I am making a two tiered lopsided fondant cake, and I will be transporting it an hour and a half away.
When using the dowel rod technique does anyone know if I could use it except not incorporate the cake boards inbetween each tier?
Would it still work? What's the best way to do this . . . I've been looking at the instructions and they don't necessarily make sense to me.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks
I would definatly use the cake boards! If you don't, you risk the lower cakes collapsing under the weight of the cakes above it. Decorating cakes (especially topsy-turvy ones!) is way too much work and effort to not take the precaution of using cake boards. Even if you just cut up some cardboard that you have lying around, please use boards!
Just my opinion,
Diana
I would definatly use the cake boards! If you don't, you risk the lower cakes collapsing under the weight of the cakes above it. Decorating cakes (especially topsy-turvy ones!) is way too much work and effort to not take the precaution of using cake boards. Even if you just cut up some cardboard that you have lying around, please use boards!
Just my opinion,
Diana
Ok, I've been reading since I posted this . . . . let me know if I've got this right. I would just stack the 2nd cake on top of the 1st cake, but have a piece of cardboard or foamcore the same size as the 2nd cake between the two layers . . . Then, I take a dowel rod the same height as the two cakes? ... or a little shorter? and tap it down to the bottom? If it's a little shorter, how do I get it to the bottom? What am I missing?
Thanks again for your help!
That's right. The top cake goes onto a board the same size as the cake. Put dowels into the bottom cake, and then set the top cake (on its board) on top of the doweled bottom cake. Then, take a sharpened dowel (this one should be the same height or slightly shorter than the two cakes together) and push it through to the bottom of the bottom cake. When it hits the middle board, give it a whack with a hammer. Just use your finger to push it all the way down in. After the cardboard part, they usually slide in pretty easily. 
There is a great article on the homepage about stacking cakes, if you need the pictures!
HTH
Diana
That's right. The top cake goes onto a board the same size as the cake. Put dowels into the bottom cake, and then set the top cake (on its board) on top of the doweled bottom cake. Then, take a sharpened dowel (this one should be the same height or slightly shorter than the two cakes together) and push it through to the bottom of the bottom cake. When it hits the middle board, give it a whack with a hammer. Just use your finger to push it all the way down in. After the cardboard part, they usually slide in pretty easily.
There is a great article on the homepage about stacking cakes, if you need the pictures!HTH
Diana
OK, thank you SO much . . . and I just found out that the cake I've been planning is called a "mad Hatter" cake . . . I didn't know it had a name! I'm so excited . . . and nervous! By the way . . . this is AngCurves70, I'm using my daughter's log-in, lol.
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