I have a ? how do I place a second cake on top of another cake without slicing my fingers through the top of the bottom cake? Do I make sense? Ex: I have a 12" cake & I want to place a 10" on top of it put when I place it I end up slicing my fingers through the top of the 12" and it comes out w/my fingers printed on the top of cake? 
make sure your bottom cake is doweled to support the cake on top. I literally drop my cakes on the one below. I get as close as I can and then I let go. 
disclaimer: all of my cakes are covered in fondant which gives them a little more support than a plain bc cake.
A tip I read here is when you dowel leave them sticking up about 1 1/2 inches. then you can place your top layer on the dowels and quickly pull your hands away. the weight of the top cake will push the dowels down and you have no fingers in the bottom tier. I wish I could remember who posted this tip so I could say thank you for making my life so much easier.
Another question, when you stack a tiered cake with cake boards.. do you cover the cake boards that go between fondant layers??
I'm not understanding exactly what you mean...but what I do is cut the cake board about 1/4 " smaller than the cake itself....tht way it doesn't show at all.
Granpam...that's a great tip.....thanks
i will keep this for later, i am making a topsy turvey cake in sept. this will come in handy, thanks
oooh good tip! But here's what I meant. The middle and top tiers of a three tier cake are on cake board for support. So, do you wrap those two cake boards?
oh, I see now what you meant...I really don't need to wrap mine because
1) I make fondant cakes ...no moisture from the bottom tiers
2) I use the gold foil covered cakeboards so they repel the moisture from the cake that's sitting on it.
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