I have read many posts about cakes sliding for one reason or another. Cakes that are only two layers. Not tiered cakes. Suggestions were made that the cake should have had a dowel put in to stabilize it.
I am of a different mind on this. Putting a dowel in this kind of cake is not going to prevent that layer from sliding. It will just push its way around that little piece of wood/plastic and wind up a mess anyway.
Doweling in a tiered cake is a must... not for sliding but for supporting the weight of the tiers. Putting that central dowel down the middle of a stacked cake will keep the cardboard from moving... but not the actual cake.. if it wants to commit suicide 
Anyone out there agree?
Never in my life does it occur to me to put a piece of wood in a 2-layer cake. Heck, even our moms, who know NOTHING about cakes like we make, have made 2 layer cakes for decades. They were transported to family get together, picnics, etc. with no problems.
Sometimes folks tend to over-think things.
Wow a dowel in a 2 layer cake? Maybe they should put that idea on the back of the cake mix boxes for the 2 8 or 9 inch rounds. Makes you wonder if the beautifully sliced piece on the front of said box has a straw in it!!
LOL As Debi said 2 layer cakes have been made for generations. I fixed my sliding problem by making the icing for my dam a little stiffer...More glue like that way.
i do... i figure a 1 cent piece of wood wasted is better than chancing my work to the floor!...but then again, most of my cakes are more than 2 layers
i'll usually put in an odd number just so if it's "going to commit suicide" it has to work its way around more than one!
Sometimes if I put too much fruit preserves in between my layers they will slide a little. If it is for family and I'm worry about it traveling I will put some cut straws in it, in 3 or 4 places. I use the straws instead of toothpics, like my mom used, cause you can see them easier. 
[quote="TexasSugar"]Sometimes if I put too much fruit preserves in between my layers they will slide a little. If it is for family and I'm worry about it traveling I will put some cut straws in it, in 3 or 4 places. I use the straws instead of toothpics, like my
Dang!! I've never seen a 4" toothpick!!
As they said in the "Ralphie" movie ("A Christmas Story"): You'll put your eye out!
Here in Arkansas, I know quite a few people who still "toothpick" a 2 layer cake in the summertime. On occasion, in the high heat of summer, I have used straws to prevent layers from sliding when the cake will be served at a picnic/outdoors. It just depends where you live. It was 107 here last week.
This all makes me wonder about something. In a thread a while back, it was stated that people in Florida (and other places too, I guess) sometimes want NO filling... nothing at all between layers... and I wonder if maybe they request that because it saves them from layer slipage in the heat.
Just a thought...
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