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Top 5: Cake stands

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A semblance of wealth is better than none

Sick of presenting your baked bizz-nizz on old boots? A showy old cake stand needn’t cost an arm and a leg. These beauts will make your bodged packet brownies look spectacular, and they all cost £15 or less.

1. Pink spotty two-tier stand, Argos
(www.argos.co.uk)
£12.99

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Even amounts of kinky kitchen and pretty ballerina, we love it.

2. Small/ large glass cake stand, Lakeland
(www.lakeland.co.uk)
£6.49/ £7.49

Does the job, for half the price of the other four.

3. Fifties-style glass cake stand, Notonthehighstreet.com
(www.notonthehighstreet.com)
£12.99

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The glass equivalent of a doily, we almost certainly made our parents bin one of these a few years ago. Now, we want three.

4. Cream lace three-tier ceramic stand, Verynice2
(www.verynice2.com)
£14.99

Lace gloves obligatory, this one’s for those who mean business when they boil a kettle. Three tiers make it impressive enough to woo in-laws, friends and lovers; but it’s just as fun to get it out when dining alone.

5. Blue fluted stand, John Lewis
(www.johnlewis.com)
£15

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Who says the Gobbler tribe can’t afford to mix with them wot matter? This one looks grand when smothered with (reduced) Waitrose goodies.

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Comments



Avatar for Uncle Chris
Uncle Chris - 9th October 2009, 4:31pm

For max thriftyness, car boot sales, charity shops and jumble sales often have these. TOP TIP, use a disposable paper doyley, not only are they pretty but they stop the cake from sticking to the stand, making serving easier.

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