In my head, this is how last week's Rose Cake post was going to go; publish post, wait for the comments come rolling in. The comments would be: the cake looks great and what an ordeal but that PEDESTAL! THAT CAKE STAND! WHERE DID THE CAKE STAND COME FROM? It was going to be question after question about the glorious cake stand until I finally broke down and let you know I MADE the cake stand and everyone could calm down because I was going to do a post on it.
I had it all figured out.
Instead the comment section turned out to be a free-for-all on who has the best carrot cake recipe and then all the brussels sprouts loving weirdos starting trying to make me like brussels sprouts again.
Nobody asked about the pedestal. No one.
Assholes.
But just to show I'm not one to carry a grudge (or a concealed weapon) I'm going to show you how to make this cake stand anyway. Even though we've established you're assholes. Who eat brussels sprouts.
This is kind of complicated, the sort of thing that I probably wouldn't recommend you try unless you're really confident in your ability to glue one thing to another. So mainly you need either one working hand or even just a good set of teeth and a strong armpit.
Materials
Round Marble cutting board / cheese tray
1 bowl
Silicone
Technique
1. Remove any stickers, foot pads from marble.
2. Center the base of your bowl onto the underside of the marble.
3. Mark around the base of the bowl with a pencil.
4. Run bead of silicone around the bowl base.
5. Set bowl back on centre of marble using pencil mark as a guide.
6. Allow to dry for several hours before moving or using.
I got my hunk of marble for $14.99 at Homesense. That's Homegoods to you American folks. I found the exact same one for $19 on Amazon. It's really pretty. It has bits of sparkle in it. Natural sparkle. Not stripper sparkle.
The bowl is from Dollarama which I already had in my cupboard and I always keep silicone on hand because you never know when you're going to have to glue it to his leg.
The hardest part of this whole project was scraping the label off of it. For $14.99 you apparently don't get one of those easy to peel off labels.
The board had little felt feet so I scraped those off too. (those of you using your armpit and teeth can wedge the board under your arm and just gnaw away at the feet. They'll come off lickity split)
Now rest.
You've spent 2 minutes removing sticky things. Now you need to get down to real work with a real tool. A pencil. Centre your bowl to the underside of the marble, with the base of the bowl touching the base of the marble. Mark it with a pencil.
Once you've marked the circle, flip the bowl over and run a bead of silicone around it.
Do it as neatly as possible. So nothing like mine.
Place the bowl back on the marble, lining it up with the pencil mark.
Wipe away any silicone that oozes out.
Now you have a beautiful marble cake stand that was fun and inexpensive to make. If you have better acquaintances than I do, everyone will rave and rave about it, asking where you got it from and how could they get one too. That PEDESTAL! THAT CAKE STAND! WHERE DID THE CAKE STAND COME FROM? That's what they'll say.
Of course I rarely have a cake to put on a cake stand but it looks great with other food items on it as well. Cake plate or Shake n' Bake plate this one's a winner.
Korrine Johnson
It's a beauty! Have you ever heard of the spaghetti scrubber? It is life changing when it comes to getting sticky labels off. Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Spaghetti-Scrub-Gentle-Goodbye-Detergent/dp/B002CVTTXE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1429539553&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=spaghetti+scrub
I bought them for my whole family last Christmas.
cbblue
I am so proud! I may be an asshole because I didn't notice the cake stand which is beautiful, but I have a folding ruler just like that! So maybe I have a bit of cool like Karen!
ellenk
Karen,
Your cake stand IS a marvel but either your animals are amazingly well trained and you're a super quick shot (with the camera, don't need to know more!) or you've also used that silicone to keep them in place for those wonderful photos.
Melissa in North Carolina
Love it, I collect white cake stands! Marble will hold a little bit of temp so this makes this an added feature for perhaps a cheese platter with fresh fruit? Thanks for your smartie pants idea :)
Kelly
Bahahaha....I feel your pain Karen. Last week I took advantage of my guy being away for a couple of days to paint my bedroom. When he got home all he noticed was that I changed the artwork over the bed. I painted the bedroom a totally different colour and all he notices is that I took our (over 25 year old) wedding picture down and put something more up-to-date and artsy on the wall :(
By the way......awesome cake stand :)
LazySusan
But isn't it sweet that the one thing he "missed" in the room was your wedding photo?
mophead
LMAO @ 'assholes'. I'm crying here. In all honesty, I must have missed the post with that awesome cake stand. Sorry.
Gary G
Why not just buy a cake stand?? Or you can borrow mine if you wish...
Karen
Mainly because the name of the site is The Art of Doing Stuff, not The Art of Buying Stuff I guess. But what do I know? I made a cake stand. ~ karen!
Gary G
A bad joke on my part, Karen. Just trying to find an excuse to have you drop in and pay me a visit. Did I mention that I have a cake stand that you could borrow?
Karen
Ha! No problem. And yes. I may need a cake stand one day and you will be the person I hunt down for it. ~ karen!
Leslie Best
That is an incredible cake stand Karen! So very very incredible.
Lemon oil helps with sticky labels too.
I absolutely love that you call your readers assholes. You kill me!! Lol!
Happy Monday. I needed the giggle.
Karen
Thanks Leslie! I pride myself on my ability to surround my readers with warmth and love. ;) ~ karen!
Jane S
The cake stand is lovely, but not as lovely as your folding ruler. My grandfather used one all the time. I think of him whenever I see one. Sadly, one of my brothers has it now. Creep.
Heather
You've got competition from your readers. I don't know which is funnier: the post or the comments. Great start to a rainy Monday morning.
mimiindublin
You didn't get my comment then?
Well, here it is again:
"WHERE DID THE CAKE STAND COME FROM?"
btw, to (easily) get ff sticky labels, warm them with hairdryer first, then they peel off. If the container is soft plastic you have to be careful not to melt the plastic (had that experience lol!)
Mary Werner
Great tip about the hair dryer, thanks.
Karen
Good thinkin' ~ karen!
Feral Turtle
I think you have created the perfect foul stand! Or is it a cat stand? Beautiful no matter what it is!
Su
lovely cake stand... truly... still like brussel sprouts tho
Karol
Hi, my name is Karol, and I am an asshole. And I eat brussel sprouts.
I'll tell you who the real assholes are. The guys (I say "guys" because, well.... it's a guy thing) who glue the stickers with so much glue you have to use a blade to get them off.
Tigersmom
Ha! I'm an asshole with an incurable sweet tooth. I was so mesmerized by the cake that I failed to notice the cake stand. I am shamed. Not ashamed, shamed. There's a difference.
On the other hand, a post in which you get to point out that we are assholes for not noticing the cake stand has many more opportunities for injections of your humor than one in which you are responding to accolades now, doesn't it?
I love sparkles. Natural or the stripper variety. I'm not about to let them have all the fun.
I also noticed that amazing pose-able measuring tool and need to know where you found it. That would be so handy for all those times I wish I could spontaneously sprout a third arm.
Rose-INTJ
Lovely, except can you make one that spins around? Your hands look a little dehydrated. I can say that because mine look exactly the same.
jeri oakes
Karen, yes the cake stand is lovely. But the real beauty that caught my eye and made me go: Simply WOW.
The quiet, unassuming, confident and pose-able measuring device. Where do you find such treasure?
Karen
In my late father's workshop. :) He was a machinist. ~ karen!
Diane Bostick
Anyone with a cat knows it is not possible to have a flat surface and try to use it without a cat appearing on it. That is one of life's givens. As for the chicken....I am not too sure. He probably just wanted to inspect your handiwork and pick it apart. Obviously he will find nothing wrong. Only perfection!
ronda
add newspaper ... ipad ... whatever you're using, cats will lie on ... gotta love them!
Zoe
So once I figure out how to make a frog cake for my daughters first birthday in 2.5 weeks (ahhhh) I'll probably make the cake stand too as I'll be on such a diy roll ! At times like not being able to draw well is definitely a limitation !
Pam'a
Zoe, save your hard work for when she's old enough to remember it! Just make something tasty and easy to smush, and she'll love it every bit as much. Honestly. You have a one year-old. You do enough. :)
Jenny W
I am an asshole
Hangs head in shame
Today I'm going to head out to the $ store, make the damn cake stand, and redeem myself :)
But before I go, please answer a question - why don't your cats eat your chickens?
Karen
Mainly because the chickens are bigger and scarier than the cats, lol. ~ karen!