I'm making a stacked cake covered in BC w/ fondant decorations, when do I put my dowels in? Before I ice it, after I ice, but before fondant decorations?!! No clue, PLEASE HELP!!! Thank you!
I put mine after I've iced the cake and if applying fondant, after the fondant too ... then I tier up on top with the next tier that's been iced and covered with fondant.
Put them in after you ice.
Put one in, mark it, take it out......cut it, then cut the others to match that height.
Depending on the placement of your fondant decorations.......place what you can before you stack.
When I take the dowel out, will it take the cake out w/ it? I am going to use the hollow thick plastic dowels and straws.
How do you cut the thicker plastic dowels? I didn't even think about that...scissors won't do it!
I just purchased a wonderful little tool from Micheals, in the wood section. Its a very small miter box (metal) and you purchase a little saw blade with a handle along with it. It works FANTASTIC for cutting wooden dowels for my cakes. They no longer shoot all over my kitchen when I snap them with cutters 
This is a true gem, it saws nice straight edges, easy to use, and will even cut angles if you need. Very small and compact (about 5 inches long) if you have to travel somewhere with it too, or are assembling on site.
I imagine it would cut the plastic ones just fine as well! 
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