Unfortunately, if the cake is not transported level, it will not matter what type or how much support is in a cake. I'm sorry that happened, but cakes must be level or gravity takes over.

Sandy

I'm confident that SPS could have handled this. And it may be a new system for some of you, but honestly, it should take you all of about a minute to get comfortable with it after looking at the tutorial, of course.

But the bottom line is, cakes MUST sit flat for transport. Not having enough time to clean out the car just isn't a valid excuse. Take a few minutes throw the stuff in a garbage bag and deal with the stuff later, but clear out the car so that the cake sits flat.

I am sorry this happened. Nothing happened that can't be prevented next time.

I agree with leahs completely. Always make room for transport. You do not want all your work to go to waste or not even make the destination.

I had a similar experience with a castle cake that I tried to "level" using towels underneath and ended up "holding" it in place. I ended up doing more harm than good and learned tremendously from this experience. I also ended up with a leaning castle.

Now, I always make a level spot in my car either with a piece of wood or box and set non slip all over and place the cake. I've had excellent results this way. I have even gone over bumps and a 3 hour drive this way with no problems

when placing dowels through two tiers for support do I use the 3/16" or 1/4" size?????

I'm going through a six inch and a 10 inch cake both 4inches high.

THANKS

Waiting for an answer to transport

I assure you that 1/16 of an inch will make no difference whatsoever. Use whichever is clean and sanitized.

classiccake, I did what you said with the dowels and their placement and my castle cake arrived at it's destination without any problems.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I come on here daily and learn volumes!

Yeah! I'm so happy for you! That is success!

I remember when this kit first came out and people were having lots of problems with the turrents. The best solution that folks came up with to keep the plastic turrents stable was to drill a hole in the bottom and use a dowel inside...

Congratulations on a successful delivery!

I worried about the turrents falling down in the transport. That was another reason I had my son hold it. I thought it would keep them where they were placed. WRONG!

The instructions that came with the kit were so difficult to follow. They did suggest using the Wilton Candy Melts to glue a wooden dowel to insert into the cake. I didn't think that would be strong enough. I like the idea of drilling a hole into the turrent and inserting a dowel.