I am doing my first stacked cake for a baby shower in a few weeks and I am getting really nervous. I have a few questions. First of all, I am making a three level cake and will need to transport it across town. I need some suggestions on how to transport the cake. My second question is how do I cut it? Do I keep it stacked together or do I take one level at a time off to cut it? Please help. Thanks so much. 
I made my first stacked cake at the end of October. First of all, breathe.
I transported mine in a cake box that I got from a place here called If it's paper. The cake was too big for the box so I didn't close it. I mainly wanted something to hold on to in the car. I took out the dowels layer by layer. I cut the cake still stacked, I was very careful. Since the dowels were still underneath the boards there wasn't a problem. I had to travel about 45 minutes with it. On the way to deliver the cake, I had a lady pull out in front of me. Nothing slid. Good luck.
I always leave my tiers in boxes or have my family go with me a hold each layer!!!! I have also cut the cake with the tiers still assembled. Iwould think it would depend on how the tiers are constructed as to whether or not it would be alright to cut tiered.
DL5CREW,
I'm doing a stacked "present" cake for my 1st lady's bday next week, How did you take the dowels out of the cake without moving the tiers? Go easy on me, I'm a NEWBIE, LOL
OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS MY FIRST STACKED CAKE, SO I NEED ALL THE HELP & TIPS & TRICKS I CAN GET!!!!
I went to the dollar store & bought a pair of needle nose pliers. Washed them in the dishwasher & used them to pull out the dowels. It did mess up the icing a bit. Since I was getting ready to cut it I thought it didn't really matter.
we all learn from each other. I tend to receive info more than I give. 
This was my first stacked cake also. The dowel removal was done layer by layer as the layers were cut.
Okay, thak you so much, now i understand. thanks again!!
When transporting cakes, the other thing I do is buy the non-skid shelving liner and cut them to fit under my cake boxes. When I put them down and then have the cake box on top of them, they have never slid on me. Definitely helpful when taking several cakes at a time...
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