Help! I am just starting out and need to know how to stack a smaller cake on top of a larger one. Not with pillars, but directly onto the cake underneath.

Well you will need to dowel the larger cake first to hold the weight of the smaller tier...Here are a couple of links to help you.


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http://www.wilton.com/cakes/tiered-cakes/dowel-rod-construction.cfm

http://www.wilton.com/cakes/tiered-cakes/stacked-tiered-cake-construction.cfm

Thank you so much! Those links are exactly what I needed!