Two Tiered Cake With Space In Between.
Decorating By LittleLinda Updated 27 Sep 2007 , 6:20pm by LittleLinda
What products (that I can find in Wal Mart or AC Moore or Michaels) can I use to create a space (pillars I imagine?) between a six inch and eight inch cake? Better yet, any ideas on homemade products? I want to put fake flowers between the tiers.
OMG, I already got an idea ... do you think a champagne glass bewteen tiers would work? Would I need to put a cake board on top of the bottom tier with dowels underneath? Or just dowels? ... It would probably be unstable wouldn't it? Unless I glue the glass to a small cake board? (It's for a 25th anniversary for a friend.)
I don't have a picture of it but years ago I used the plastic plate seperators and used some silver goblet type things in between the layers, I would make sure it was doweled and had the plastic plates to hold the glasses then as long as the table you set it on was stable you'd be ok. Of course don't transport it put together. Good luck and post a picture. 
I saw a stubby (about 6in tall) crystal candlesticks in a department store recently - and I thought what beautiful separators they would make! They weighed a ton though, so I would think excellent dowelling techniques would be essential!
What products (that I can find in Wal Mart or AC Moore or Michaels) can I use to create a space (pillars I imagine?) between a six inch and eight inch cake? Better yet, any ideas on homemade products? I want to put fake flowers between the tiers.
OMG, I already got an idea ... do you think a champagne glass bewteen tiers would work? Would I need to put a cake board on top of the bottom tier with dowels underneath? Or just dowels? ... It would probably be unstable wouldn't it? Unless I glue the glass to a small cake board? (It's for a 25th anniversary for a friend.)
I've used champagne glasses between pillars. Yes, you do need to have some sort of plate/board on top of the bottom tier, with a plate (obviously) under the top tier. The problem with this system, though, is that champagne glasses are not always able to "fit" easily within this system. Sometimes they're too tall, sometimes they're too wide, etc. (Generally the old-style, short and squat coupe glasses work best for this, not the tall and narrow flutes).
I did do a cake about 20 years ago where I separated each tier with the champagne flutes, though. It was several square cakes, with champagne flutes at each corner and in the middle of each tier, so there was a 5-point support system in place. Instead of using a pre-made plate and pillar system, though, I went to a glass and mirror company and requested 1/4" plexiglass squares cut to my specifications (about 2" larger than each tier it would be supporting so I had a little room to decorate each tier). I had two made for each "separation". Dowels in each cake to support the weight of the plexiglass and (obviously) each tier above, and I turned the glasses upside down, so the stems were up, and I could put a piped rose under each glass. It was really lovely. If I had purchased more champagne flutes I would have put 3 glasses at each corner and one in the middle of each separation for more sturdiness. I wish I had a photo, but it has been lost along the way a long time ago ... I have moved multiple times since and I have not seen a picture of it for quite some time. Sorry. 
My biggest problem with that cake was its height -- it stood over 5 feet tall, and I was so worried that the children in the reception hall would bump into the table and that gorgeous cake would come crashing down, glass shards everywhere, icing all over the place, etc., but thankfully nothing happened to it. It was for a dear friend and his new Bride and my husband and I sat right next to the cake table to "protect" it.
And everyone thinks that only Brittney Spears deserves a bodyguard!!!
HTH,
Odessa
I did do a cake about 20 years ago where I separated each tier with the champagne flutes, ...I turned the glasses upside down, so the stems were up, and I could put a piped rose under each glass. It was really lovely. If I had purchased more champagne flutes I would have put 3 glasses at ...
Odessa, that sounds gorgeous. I wish you had a picture too!
Here's the bottom tier:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1080743
For whatever reason the picture of both tiers is too many pixels; so I can't post it.
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