Help With Stacked Cakes

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Maudrey74 Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 4:18pm
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Please someone inform me. I am doing a 18x12 cake with the race car pan cake on top. Should I dowel rod the cake to support the race car cake? and if so how? I understand the placking of the dowel rods into the botton cake, but does the top cake have to have a cake board under it to rest on the bottom? I hope I'm explaining it well enough for someone to help. icon_redface.gif

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MISSYCOMPOC Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 4:23pm
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here's a bump for you. I'm not sure myself icon_smile.gif

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sk8gr8md Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 4:24pm
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I did something similar with the football cake that I think is in my photos, but not sure. I did a football on top of a sheet cake. I cut a board for the football just to be sure. Without it, I don't know if the bottom dowels do much good. This way it was just like doing a plain stack cake. I put dowels in the sheet to support the football and a dowell in the middle through both the football and sheet to keep it from sliding. All that may not be entirely necessary, but better safe than sorry.

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tirby Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Maudrey74

Please someone inform me. I am doing a 18x12 cake with the race car pan cake on top. Should I dowel rod the cake to support the race car cake? and if so how? I understand the placking of the dowel rods into the botton cake, but does the top cake have to have a cake board under it to rest on the bottom? I hope I'm explaining it well enough for someone to help. icon_redface.gif




quick question, is the 18x12 a single layer with the racecar being a single layer too. If yes then my "opinion" is that on 2 layer cakes you never put anything in between except icing and no dowels needed. Stacked and tiered cakes need the extra support....unless this is a stand up race car like a sculpted one..... Does any one agree on this?

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Maudrey74 Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 4:55pm
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Thanks for the response. The bottom is going to be 2 layer and then the top race car just a single layer.

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Vicky30 Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 5:04pm
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structure wise i'd say you would be fine. When I did my daugthers cake in Nov, I but a board under the Elmo cake so i could remove it for her to play with and served the rest. I did not use dowels but the cake was staying at the house.

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tirby Posted 4 Jan 2007 , 5:10pm
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Id say cover a board. just cardboard is fine and add a few dowels if transporting. Or straws if you arent going to take it anywhere. But I always do if its over 2 high just to be safe. But as I said it's an "opinion" I dont know that you would HAVE to

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