Okay I am doing my first stacked cake this weekend. Here is some questions, I need it to feed 30 people, would an 8" and a 6" be enough? Then next question is how many dowels do I put in the bottom tier to hold the top? I know I need the one down the center but was wondering on how many to hold the top.
I just did a stacked 6" on an 8" and used 4 dowels in the bottom cake, then spiked the center of the two together. I think that should be enough cake. If you torte and fill, it will add to the cake and the slices won't need to be real big. A 6" should feed 12 adn the 8" 24 so you should have enough with a little to spare 
Yes it would feed 30 and I would use 4 dowels on the 8" cake and yes do put a dowel down the center it would be safer especially if you are taking the cake somewhere
I do it the same way - sharpen the dowel with a pencil sharpener. Press it through the top cake until it hits the board. A little tap with the hammer to get through that and you can push it right through the bottom cake. To to length before putting it in.
I was glad to get the first one out of the way and hopefully I won't be so afraid of them!
Looks nice! Good job...I've also heard of people who go in reverse- they attach the dowel to the bottom board- and then lower the rest of the cake down onto it. You would definitely need precut cake boards for this!
BlairsMom, your cake turned out sooo cute!! The baby is just precious=) Jen
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