I have a bride who brought me a picture from dessertswork.net. She wants me to base her cake on this one. No problem. It will be iced in BC. She wants the trim to be lilac MMF. Again no problem I have the cutter for that pattern. And the florist will be placing live flowers on the cake to match her bouquet. All is good, until I drive to the venue the other day. 30 minutes away VERY bumpy, up and down the WV hills of gravel UGGGGH. Soooo my question to you all is--Would you assemble at home and drive like a snail or would you take it in parts with the MMF and scroll work in place hoping you can assemble without messing up the trim, or last but not least would you go early enough to place the MMF and scrolls on-site?
Duh! 
Might help if I post the picture of it!?!?
allow enough time so you can be alone and assemble so your not so rushed .
I have to say almost every stacked cake I have made I have assembled at home and drove very careful. I think you should do what your most comfortable with especially if there's stringwork.
Funny you should post this picture because I saved it to my photos this morning for a sample cake to show a bride. dessert works is about 45 minutes from me they do really nice cakes. I did apply to work there but the hours didn't work for me.
Good luck
Paula
I've had a stacked cake disaster and for peace of mind I would assemble on site. Good Luck!
Jacqui
When is the wedding??? I can't wait to see the pictures but I do not know much but sounds like you are better off taking extra time to put it together on site.
Wedding is Sat. And thanks psurrette for the link! I was having problems finding it.
Get there early and assemble on site, IMO. Ok folks I pretty much had made up my mind to assemble on site when I posted this BUT... I really want to attach the MMF trim and do the scroll work at home. Think I could get away with it? And assemble on site with the trim in place or am I asking for trouble with my fingers getting in the way? I thought if I did the scroll work with royal it would help.
If you think do it all at the site how will I keep the strips of MMF from drying out during the trip?
I've had to keep fondant soft and pliable in advance so what I've done is cover it with plastic wrap and it did great.
Jacqui
Can you do a small one with the trim and do a dry run to the venue and see how it works? It may be worth that extra just to know what you will have to deal with, IMO. If you can do it and it all stays put, you will know you won't have to completely do all of that work on site. If it doesn't make it, you know you will have to do all the trim work there.
I can that is a good idea! I am not as conserned about the trim staying in place as I am about messing it up with my fingers when I go to stack it.
What about rolling out the MMF cutting it with the cutter to the length I need and laying it between 2 pieces of press and seal?
What about using candy clay instead of MMF???
What about using a wilton footed plate for each layer? Those 4 feet give you enough time to get the fingers out of the way and you would have something to hold onto till the last minute - let the dowels stay up an inch or so and then set the plate on them with your fingers still there, and slowly set the cake down.....at the very last minute, pull your fingers out. Would you be able to put a small trim there around the edge where the plate is so it wouldn't show after getting them stacked?
Just checked the photo again, and I am betting that is how they did it too. There is a small trim there at the bottom of each tier. You could do it that way and not mess up that trim!
Now see this is why I love ya all 
I have all sizes of those plates, but I wonder if the new smooth edge plates would have less of it showing?
That is going to be a gorgeous cake! I can't wait to see your "after" pictures.
Safe journey to the venue 
Yes, I would think the smooth edged ones would be good ~ I just used them on the cake I delivered last Sat. (no pics of it up yet though - sorry) And that is exactly what I did - stacked with the plates and then added a trim - that smooth edge was very easy to hide. (and dowelled of course too under the plates)
You have been a BIG help! (Wanta come to WV and help me out Sat ) Thanks alot! I will be sure to post back here after it is over!
Thanks Quadcrew and everyone else who helped me figure out how to do the most of this cake at home and still transport it seperate! The separator plates worked great! I am going to try and attach a pic here, but if it doesn't work it is in my gallery.
PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR HONEST OPINION! I CAN TAKE IT! 
Mahvalous!!! Where did you get the silver monogram if you don't mind me asking?
Beautiful cake!! How did the set-up on site go for you? Were you able to get your fingers out of the way fast enough? Just kidding, I know from earlier posts that you were concerned about that. But, from the look of the picture, everything went very well.
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