Taking your cakes from basic store-bought-looking rectangles to a beautifully stacked cylinder is not as hard as you think!  It's all about having the right tools and knowing a couple of key things.  First, lets talk about the supplies I recommend for decorating stacked cakes. There's only 4 must haves! I have linked the ones that I use  A good turn table. We are going to be creating something round so being able to easily turn it around and around is very important. I use the Ateco  turntable, I've had it for about 4 years now and it is still perfect. A good spatula. It can be straight or offset, but I definitely recommend a metal one. I use this one .  Cake boards - you need something sturdy to put your cake on as you decorate it. For a one tier cake we want the board to be at least one inch larger than the circumference of your cake rounds. There's so many different kinds out there - thin card board ones, shiny ones, square ones, acrylic ones. I use these most of th