Hi there!

I'm going to my first cake competition in a couple of weeks and I'm not sure how to travel with a styrofoam cake.

Should I put it all together and push a dowel rod through all the layers?
Or should I travel with each tier in it's own box and then put it together when I get there?

Any thoughts, tips, tricks would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
Celeste

I traveled about an hour with a styrofoam cake. It was constructed and all I had was a dowel through the middle of it! It did fine and was still perfect went I arrived at my destination!

I traveled about an hour with a styrofoam cake. It was constructed and all I had was a dowel through the middle of it! It did fine and was still perfect went I arrived at my destination!

I don't see a need to dowel. Just put a smear of bc or RI or superglue...whatever you have...between the tiers and go.

Hec the last competition i went to traveled 8 hours and just had the stryo cake stacked with royal between them. If that royal is dry that "cake" isn't going any where.

I just use icing between too. DH and I worked at a festival in Oct and when we packed up our table we just put the sun-faded display cakes in the bed of our pickup. Those puppies didn't go anywhere. I drove about 60 mph on the way home and they made it in one piece. Can you picture it?

LOL Jammjenks!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate all the info! I'm going about 6 hours away... so if you all can do it, then so can I!!

I just use regular BC between the tiers ... no dowel. I pick my dummies up by the top tier ... and the bottom 3 or 4 tiers come right along with it! Mine have logged extensive travel miles to bridal shows, school demos, etc., and they hold up just fine.