I hope this hasn't been asked and answered many times but I am considering a wedding cake with somewhat tall tiers. I want to use 14, 12, 10 & 8 diameter round cakes, 2 layers each 3 inches tall. I believe the most prudent course of action would be to insert cardboard between each layer. Has anybody done this or can anybody offer input? Many thanks.
I would think you'd be okay with just using carboards between each tier. I just did a topsy turvy with three layers, each 2 in high and it was fine like that. Also, when I have tall tiers I use a sharpened cental dowel to keep the cake(s) from sliding. I actually used three central dowels on my last cake, two sharp dowels into the bottom two cakes and one that pierced the middle tier's board and then I stuck the top tier(dummy tier) on top of that. Since your cake is so big you may need to stagger the dowels like I did.
Good luck! Post pics! Is it going to be fondant or BC?
Courtney
Courtney
I make tall tiers for my cakes.. 5 1/2 - 6 1/2 inches tall.. and I haven't used cardboard between the tiers...
Thanks a million for your replies. I don't usually make my tiers more than about 3-4 inches thick so this one makes me a little nervous. The staggered dowels sound like a great idea (that just didn't occur to me). This bride is leaning toward bc but I think there's nothing like MMF. Hopefully she decides soon for a 9/15 wedding. Thanks again!
I make tall tiers for my cakes.. 5 1/2 - 6 1/2 inches tall.. and I haven't used cardboard between the tiers...
If you do not use cardboard between your tiers then how do you support the tiers of cake as you stack them?
For the original question, I would not worry about cardboard between your layers but I would Definitely put cardboard/plates with dowels/pillars between each tier. You need something to support those top tiers.
I wrote tier instead of layer... My bad
There is a cardboard round under each tier but bit in the middle of each layer .. example... my tier is 6 inches tall.. there is no cardboard in the middle of that layer... there is one under it... maybe I wasn't clear... I understood her question as if your tier was over 4 inches tall .. you needed an additional cardboard in between to supoort it....
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