You can present your cakes in a suitably retro style using Vintage Remix’s cake stand. Search local charity shops (or online shops such as eBay) for vintage record. Good quality recordings from the 50s, 60s and 70s are ideal. Don’t use gramophone records as they are brittle and will break easily. You can search for matching vintage labels with quirky titles or a selection of favourite artists or songs.
Material you need
- Selection of 12in, 10in and 7in vinyl records
- Two or three-tier cake stand fitting (these can be found on Amazon, eBay or many online craft stores and come complete with washers and base screw)
- Four self-adhesive round felt pads approx 4 cm diameter. The type applied to furniture legs to protect wood flooring are perfect and can be found in any DIY shop
- Spray can of clear water based sealer (optional)
- Cross head screwdriver
How to make it?
1 Give your records a clean using soap, tepid water and a non-abrasive cloth. Be careful not to let them soak for too long as this may harm the label. Allow to dry; a dish drainer works well.
2 If you like, you can protect the record labels from spills by spraying with a clear water based sealer. Use the inner sleeve to protect the record while spraying the label; you may have to slightly enlarge the centre cut out panel for this. Dry on a dish drainer.
3 When the varnish has dried, assemble your record selection by size. Apply the felt pads evenly to the base (b side) of your largest record approx. 5 cm from the outer edge.
4 Starting with the largest record put your washers on and then put the bottom screw into place. Put a soft washer on the topside of this record then screw the first tier of the cake stand into place. Put a soft washer on the topside of this record then screw the first tier of the cake stand into place. Continue for the tiers 2 and 3 (if using). Finally, check all tiers are secure and gently tighten the base screw until the stand is stable. Don’t over tighten the fittings as they can then be hard to unscrew.
5 When not in use the fittings can be unscrewed and the cake stand packed flat.
If making the cake stand for a gift use the original sleeve artwork and some vintage music sheets to decorate a gift box. Decoupage techniques work well. Cut your sleeves and music as desired, arrange attractively and use a PVA craft glue to fix in place. Pizza style boxes are just the right size.