Quick Newbie Stacking Question :)

Decorating By ThistleGirl Updated 20 Mar 2007 , 12:49pm by fooby

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ThistleGirl Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 10:28am
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I'm making a cake for my stepsons birthday that is going to be one 10" square topped with one 6" square (each 3" high), iced and decorated in buttercream. While I need to support to top tier with any dowels/boards? It's just for a family party, so nothing super spiffy, but I don't want it to sink either icon_smile.gif

While I be all right to just stack the smaller layer on top of the larger layer? Thanks in advance for your help!

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scgriffiths Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 10:54am
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Hi and welcome!!!

What sort of cakes are you making? If they are dense, I wouldn't bother with dowel, but you probably should wait for some other opinions!!

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ThistleGirl Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 12:35pm
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Oh, it'll just be a standard yellow cake. He actually requested no cake at all, just icing!

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mqguffey Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 12:49pm
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You know, it'll probably be fine, especially if it's a pretty firm cake, but why not go ahead and do a plate and dowel just for the practice? That's what I do.

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fooby Posted 20 Mar 2007 , 12:49pm
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I suggest you use dowels. Just use around 3 to support the 6" cake on top and then one dowel in the center that goes between the 6 and 10 inch cake. Make sure to sharpen your middle dowel so it goes through the middle board easily.

HTH

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