I'm getting ready for my son's wedding on the 30th. Doing a 4 tier round stacked cake 6-10-14-18 inch with fondant. The 18 in. is not real. I will be transporting it (approx. 1 1/4 hour drive) and putting it together on site.
- make cakes, cool, wrap, wrap, wrap and freeze
- remove from freezer and let thaw (almost to room temp.)
- bottom (real) tier pipe a dam approx. 1/4" away from cake edge
- put filling in (no any higher than dam height) - I'm using cool whip mixed with seedless raspberry jam)
- lightly press 2nd layer of tier on
- let it sit so gravity can set in
- crumb coat while still a little frozen
- put dowels in
- put fondant on
- sprinkle some powdered sugar in area ONLY where next tier will sit
- make sure you put a hole in the middle of the cake board of the next tier so that the middle dowel will fit through.
- repeat this procedure until you get to the top tier.
Is there anything I've got wrong or have left out?
Any help is appreciated.
I have all my cakes made and frozen and I think I will make the buttercream on Monday and just put it in the fridge (freezer?). Or is this too early?
Thanks everyone.
I don't refrigerate my icing or freeze it .. I've had some sealed up in an airtight bowl that was there for almost 2 weeks and it was just as fresh as the day I made it .. I keep my house really cool so melting or icing breaking down doesn't happen .. it sounds like you have the dowel thing pretty much down .. I use the Wilton plastic dowels and I don't dowel down thru the center of all the tiers (like with wooden dowels).
It sounds like you have a great list...it looks good to me. I do not usually freeze my icing. I would probably wait a few more days to make the icing and then store it in the refrigerator. But I know others do freeze it. I would make sure you take extra icing/fondant along with some decorating tools for the road. You want to be prepared for any accidents that may need fixing! Good luck! 
traci
Remember to wrap your cake boards so that they don't warp with the mositure form the cake! Good luck!!!!
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