The 5-Second Hack To Turn Your Cake Stand Into A Punch Bowl
After curating your guest list, deciding on a menu, and getting your home looking its best, it's T-minus 30 minutes until your dinner party starts when it hits you. You want to prepare a taste-bud-tingling party punch, but you don't have a punch bowl to serve it in. And so, short on time and high on stress, you Google something like "punch bowl alternatives." After discovering an Ehow article that suggests using a bundt cake pan or, yes, even a watermelon husk in place of the missing entertainment tool, you may be about to give up. But fear not, if you have a cake stand with a glass lid there is another way to save the party from being punch-parched.
Let us introduce you to Mr Carrington, a lifestyle YouTuber who posts content that will help you spruce up your home. However, while the user has made videos about DIY autumn decor and quick and easy ways to upgrade your bathroom, the post that's going to save you is a reel where Mr Carrington guides viewers through how to transform a cake stand with a glass lid into a punch bowl in 5 seconds. Here's how you do it.
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The reel starts off with Mr Carrington crouching in a store aisle holding a cake stand with a glass cover in his hands. "I've got a little hack for you if you have a cake stand with one of these glass lids and you're after a punch bowl for your party," said OP. The YouTuber then proceeded to turn the base upside down. He revealed that the handle at the top of the glass lid will perfectly slip into the bottom of its cake stand. The result was a beautiful makeshift punch bowl.
Users in the comment section were blown away by the YouTuber's no-hassle trick. One commenter wrote, "Amazing!!! Would have never thought to do that!" And another stated, "I have seen some that were designed to do this, but your idea is great because it's a lot less expensive."
As the commenter noted, you can, in fact, buy kitchen tools that are marketed as part cake stand, part punch bowl. However, there are several videos across TikTok, one with over 177,000 views, that verify the trick works with most, if not all, cake stands. So if you have a cake stand with a glass lid, odds are, your party (and your punch) are saved.
More cake stand hacks
There are several ways to utilize a cake stand that don't involve showing off your freshly made baked goods. You can use the entertaining staple to decorate your home. For example, the outlet suggests transforming it into a plant stand. Or you can even upgrade your candy bowl game by placing a beautiful dish filled with sweets on top of a cake stand for your guests to enjoy. By filling the kitchen tool with candles you can make it the visual centerpiece of your dinner party. Or you can even up your bathroom decor by using your elegant-looking stand to hold hand soap and towels.
Aside from turning it into a punch bowl, you can also use your cake stand to present other party food staples. Placing cheese and crackers on a cake stand instead of your usual charcuterie board will save you table space. And you can even it as an elevated fruit bowl. From DIY punch bowl to decor staple, by following these tricks you'll for sure get your money's worth out of your cake stand.