Ladies, can someone help me please. I'm doing my first wedding cake this coming weekend. It is a 16, 12 stacked with a 10 inch tier. My question is how many cardboard rounds do you use to support the 12 inch cake on top of the 16 round. One cardboard doesn't seem really strong to hold a double 12 inch cake. I would appreciate any advice that I can get. I'm also going to cover the cakes with fondant. So right now I think advice would help me more then luck, but I'll take both.
Thanks
Rena
Hi. I buy my cake boards from a local box store. The brand is PAC...it is almost like having a double board. Just one works for me. If you use boards from Wilton...my advice would be to use at least two. If possible, I would see if you find the good ones! Good luck with the cake! 
traci
Don't forget to cover your boards w/ foil & use dowel rods~ I use 2 boards together for cakes 10" & larger.
I've not tried using the plastic dowels yet, but I think that they'll support a cake better then the wooden ones. Now I have another question. When covering a cake with fondant, how do you figure how much you need. For example: a 12inch round cake, you roll the fondant to 16in round? Do you give it a four inch drop if your using 2inch deep pans?
Rena
I just wanted to say thanks to traci, tcturtleshell,loree001 and vitade for the suggestions. My cake turned out fine and the wilton plastic dowels worked great. I also used contact paper to cover my cake board. It looks nice and I don't have to do all that taping. I'm going to try and put picture in wedding cake gallery.
Thanks again.
Rena
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