My First Diaster That Brought Me To My Knees!
Decorating By Cynita Updated 24 Aug 2007 , 1:22am by gscout73
Or maybe you could go ahead and stack the cake without any boards, just to shape it, then once you have it carved the way you want, you can cut the boards to the right size, then put it all together with fillings, etc. Might be messier, but that would take out the guess-work when it comes to sizing the boards.
That's what I would've done! Good advice!
YOUR CAKE WAS AMAZING! I am so sorry that you had to wake up to that! I am sure that they weren't that upset. Most people just think...it's cake! They aren't like us cake decorators! 
I think maybe also the contour of the shape of the cake on the top might have been too heavy. I am soo sorry...it really was great!
That is my fear and I have had my share of big problems...so besides regular doweling and boards, I also sharpen one large dowel at one end point and tap it thru the whole cake...thru the cakeboards and everything...if it is sharpened, it will go thru the boards w/ no problem. If the cake is sitting on a decorated drum, it will go into that a tad also and really support. 
The cake was Fabulous!. Be proud that you did a fantastic job. I can see how you must have been crushed... I've had icing melt/slide slowly down and I've had 2 eaten by a dog, but I've never had one explode.
I would love to try a cake like that with the beer bottles. With my luck, my BF woud see the bottles sitting on the counter and either put them in the fridge to chill or try to open one...
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