Cake Picnic Tips: Perfect Transport

0:00It's March 19. Here's your Sydney news in two minutes. Cake Picnic is hitting Australia with sold-out events during the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival on March 21st and in Sydney on March 28th. Home Bakers are whipping up showstopper cakes to bring along, but getting them there without a wobble is key. Pros like Amelia Jackson and Alice Bennett share simple tricks to keep your creation steady from kitchen to picnic. Start with the right box and board. Take a cake box that matches the board size, which should be a bit wider than your cake for a tight fit. Tape the flat pack box securely and cut one side open to slide the cake in easily. Go for extra height to avoid squishing the top. In the car, skip the seats and use the boot or front passenger footwell for a flat surface. Add non-slip mats under the box and board inside to prevent any sliding. Seed belts work in a pinch, but flat spots keep everything level on bumpy roads. Hold your cake for stability from the start. Use a blob of buttercream to anchor the base layer, level everything out, and add a crumb

1:04coat that sets firm. For fillings, pipe a buttercream dam around edges to hold them in, and support multi-tier cakes with dowels or trim straws between boards. Chill the cake overnight in the fridge for rock hard buttercream that travels well, then let it warm up on route. Judges won joyful flavors, nostalgia, and passion over perfection with 1600 cakes in Melbourne, and 500 in Sydney ready to. Impress Daily News Now is presented by our sponsor, linked in the description. Head in, sound on, lights out. That is the routine, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com.