Dowel Help - Needed Asap

Decorating By ajay0665 Updated 23 Jul 2006 , 5:17am by JulieBugg2000

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ajay0665 Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:27am
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I am making my first stacked cake. I was reading earlier today about floral wire in cakes. What about dowels? I mean, I bought mine from Micheals. It certainly isn't sanitary. Do I wrap in plastic wrap? Wash it hot water?

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Doug Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:29am
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dowels fine as is, no prep other than cut to length

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jwong9664 Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:48pm
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what do you use to cut the dowel rod???

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Doug Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:52pm
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I use a craft knife, the kind you see carpenter's use (retractable blade)

> mark dowel where you want it cut.

> lay on flat surface

> press blade in at mark

> apply pressure as you roll the dowel across the surface back & forth -- be sure to go all the way around the dowel

> will cut through very quickly and cleanly.

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others use:

> part of a hacksaw blade
> coping saw
> dremel type tool w/ cut off blade (WEAR safety goggles!)

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jwong9664 Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:55pm
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thanks doug! icon_wink.gif

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Doug Posted 22 Jul 2006 , 3:59pm
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oh...forgot one thing

don't forget to allow on length for the point on the dowel and the fact that you will be hammering it into the base.

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butterflyjuju Posted 23 Jul 2006 , 4:50am
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I guess I'm lucky. I have an actual bandsaw in the garage icon_biggrin.gif

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MommaLlama Posted 23 Jul 2006 , 5:02am
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Rose clippers from Target ($9.99) cut through dowel rods like butter.

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missyjo30 Posted 23 Jul 2006 , 5:13am
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I use straws. Of course if you are doing a 3 tiered stacked cake you would need a long dowel to go through the center.

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JulieBugg2000 Posted 23 Jul 2006 , 5:17am
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Since we're talking about dowels, I'm curious to know if anyone else has ever had the problem of their cake picking up the taste from the dowels.

I made a cake not too long ago and supported it with the rods. It happened to fall over anyway and so I took a few nibbles before I threw it away. icon_wink.gif But when I did, I noticed that the cake that was touching the dowels actually tasted like WOOD.. icon_confused.gif

It was NOT a flavor I wanted in my cake, and after I tasted it I'm glad it had fallen over and I wasn't able to give it away!!

Anyone else ever had this problem??

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