The best cake stands should give you a little pep in your step, on both a practical and aesthetic level. As the former king of “buying a little pastry for later” at a coffee shop that I often forget about, leaving it to demise into staleness in my tote, domed cake stands help preserve the freshness of the almond croissant I just had to have, or the half-loaf of artisanal bread that I make my way through during the week.
Below, I’ve assembled a range of cake stands for every aesthetic, occasion, and, perhaps most importantly, budget. There are domed lazy Susan cake stands for under $50, and marble cake stands that could also double as a Camembert throne; there’s a ruffled cake stand for romantics, and luxury cake stand that belongs in the Beetlejuice dinner scene.
The best cake stands under $50
I choose to believe that when Anaïs Nin said “luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are” that she was talking about affordable cake stands (she wasn’t). It’s true that some of the best cake stands can be quite expensive, but price isn’t synonymous with luxury when I find a marbled cake stand to go with my marbled Romanian bowls (which have been ruling storefronts at the Montecito Country Mart) for under $50.
