Hi,
I have a wedding 4 tier stacked cake due sat. i'm trying to "pre drill" my holes thru the foamcore so i can make sure my cake is stacked evenly, needless to say it's not working. I cannot get these holes aligned evenly, now i've got a ton of holes in the board from re-aligning.
Could I just use separator plates and not worry about doweling? I will be setting up on site.
Please help.
Thanks
Joanne
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you were attempting to do - but...if you use foam core you need to have dowels in each tier to suport the next tier and then you can sharpen a dowel with a devoted pencil sharpener and 'drive' it though all the layers to keep the cake from shifting side to side - as long as the dowel is sharpened - I've never had an problems (100's of stacked wedding cakes) you can also go with seperator plates - as long as you use push-through pillars you won't need the dowels - if your not using push through pillars you need to dowel the same way as foam core....hope this helps...
Hi,
Thanks for your quick reply. The cake is a real cake, I'm using foamcore for the boards under the cake instead of cardboard.
Thanks
Joanne
yep - i was talking about real cake - was referring to using foam core as the cake boards - cake can be very heavy and doweling is important - I use 3/16" between the tiers and 1/4" to 'skewer' the cake - never have had any problems with cardboard cake boards or foam core.....
sorry for the confusion, sometimes it's hard to understand what people mean on here, lol. anyway, so you think as long as i dowel in between layers to support the layer above i will be ok?
How do you get a center dowel thru the foamcore after it's stacked? I tried a sharpened dowel and had a hard time with no cake, i'm scared to death of cracking this cake.
thanks
joanne
btw cakes are 6, 8, 10 & 12
and i looked at your site baker, beautiful cakes!!
dowels between each layer - has always worked for me- I place the dowels after everything is completely frosted and chilled - I center an empty board on top of the bottom layer, trace around it, remove it and then I place the smaller dowels - usually six dowels for 10" cake or larger and 4 dowels for smaller....I push the dowel in mark it even with the frosting with a pencil - pull it out a little ways and cut it off with a pair of dikes (devoted to cakes) - then I push them all back into the cake and place the next layer on...- I transport stacked so I dowel through all the layers after it's stacked - I just sharpen the dowel - pencil sharp - and then push on through! Can be scary - and you have to go slow so when the dowel hits cake you don't push your hands in it!!! I have heard that some people use a rubber mallet to help get it through the foam core....hope this all made sense....Good luck!
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