Okay, so I've been told and also read that especially for transport you should dowel from the top all the way to the bottom and even get it to stick into foamcore or whatever.
IF each tier has a board (cardboard) under it, then how the heck do you put it through ALL the cake and the boards? Do you pre-cut the cardboard holes and hope that you can figure out where you put them?
I'm going to have 4 inches of cake, then a board, then 4 inches of cake, another board, and 4 more inches of cake, for my Rubik's cube. It's imperative that I have boards under each tier, since the sections are going to be rotated slightly.
Thanks.
I have been wondering the same thing so here is a bumlp for you...
I use the SquirrellyCakes method because I am terrified that somehow one of the boards will buckle and destroy my cake if I try to pound the sharpened dowel thru. Others swear by it though.
You put a small hole (size of the dowel) in the board then after dusting the tier below with powdered sugar (to prevent the icing from sticking upon removal) lower the next tier down onto the long dowel (already placed in the center of your bottom tier) and onto your tier below. I like Doug's x cut idea though. I'm going to try that next time instead of cutting a hole!
Also to keep your fingers out of the icing when setting it down, push your dowels cut to the height of the tier all the way down and then pull them back up a bit with tongs to give yourself some room. THe weight of the tier will push them back down!
I'm having a hard time picturing how I would get dowel through 4 inches of cake, a piece of cardboard, 4 more inches of cake, one more cardboard, 4 more inches of cake and then into the foamcore. That would have to be a mighty sharp dowel. I think I'll try Squirrelly's method. Seems logical.
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