There is a cake on here that I am going to try to recreate. I found it under "army" it's a 1/2 sheet cake with 2 round cakes on top with a road cut into the round cake.

My question is do I need extra support for the top 2 round cakes on top of my 1/2 sheet cake. If I do what do I do?

Thank you so much

this is the linky to the cake I want to make:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1148463

I would use some dowels if I were doing it. It would probably work without, but better safe than sorry It will be easier to cut if the round cake is on a board anyhow. I like to use the wilton plastic disposable dowels, the ones that you cut with a steak knife. Push one dowel in, measure to the height that you need, take it out and cut it, and then cut three more the same length. Put them into the cake, but don't push them all the way down. Set the round cake on top of them and let the weight of it push the dowels the rest of the way in (that way you don't have to figure out a way to get your hands out from under the cake without messing up the icing).

TEXAS_ROSE YOU ARE SO CLEVER.YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HELPFUL YOUR TIP IS.

I even do it that way with using wooden skewers as dowell-support... it's so much fun to set the cake on top of them (like 2-4" up) & quickly let go, watching the cake drop. Good luck with your re-creation!

Thanks so much! I will swing by Michaels and see if they have any. If not I wonder if a local bakery will sell me the dowels & cake board...

Thanks again for the TERRIFIC ideas...now if I could only find a great buttercream.

Hi and Welcome to CC, canuckonassignment.

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HTH

I've been in a bind before & had to purchase boards & boxes from my local grocery stores (Safeway, Albertsons)... some won't do it, some will. Now I tend to keep a really good stock =) Buying in bulk saves you too. AND, if you cannot find dowells', I use wooden skewers ALL the time... and I've seen Martha Stewart use straws for a wedding cake! (I think that was on Julia Child's show)...