This was for a mom's group function at my church. I had tons of problems with this cake! When I placed the center dowel in, I had trouble getting it in and made the board buckle, thus making the cake lopsided. To make matters worse, it never made it to church (in one piece) . It was on a pedestal plate, and I hit a bump, and it just kept progressively falling until it was in pieces! No more cakes for me!