i'm doing a 4 or 5 tier square wedding cake. i've never done a square stacked construction. i was wondering what to use besides the dowels as supports. on one site they had "cake drums" it sounded like they used them for support but not sure. any help would be great!
Indydeb, four dowels per tier, really? I don't use dowels any more, but I was always told the rule of thumb was diameter measurement = dowel count. Therefore an 8" cake would be supported by eight dowels; a 14" cake would be supported by 14 dowels.
Just switch to SPS.
The SPS system is on my wish list, so I have plans to switch after hearing your rave reviews on it.
BUt yeah ..... I only use 4 dowels. I cut a cake once for a bride. It wasn't my cake and the person had about 12-15 dowels in the bottom tier (12" square). The cake was like swiss cheese and hard to cut .... with all the holes, it was really crumbly!
To use a round plate under a square cake, then yes ghet it as close to the size of the square as possible and of course, use a square cardboard.
SPS = Single Plate System by BakeryCrafts. There have been numerous discussons about it on CC, so search should turn up lots of info.
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