Edible Glitter on a Mile-High Cake: Where It Shows

The Monégasque Table · Oct 11, 2026 · 5m · transcript

Where do you put edible glitter on a mile-high cake so it actually shows? On the sides, not the top. A planner had the top tier of a very tall party cake dusted gold, and in every photo from the night the top is a sliver and the sides are bare. Guests stand next to a tall cake and cameras shoot it from standing height, so the top is a place almost nobody sees. A premium bakery's 2026 trend guide says mile-high cakes "make value visible" and that "taller cakes feel more generous, more premium and far more photogenic" — the height is the whole product, so the finish should decorate the height…