Complete Newbie Question On Stacking
Decorating By faithc24 Updated 26 Apr 2008 , 7:10pm by faithc24
Hi everybody. I seem to be picking up pace on wedding cakes by word of mouth and my question is 100% newbie question. 
On stacking iced cakes. I've so far only used cake boards between layers but my icing comes off the top from the bottom of the board when the cake it taken apart. Should I be placing a piece of parchmont? Should I place the dowels higher so it's not sitting right on the cake and ruining my icing. Is that safe construction? What do you'll do when stacking cakes on top of each other that are iced?
Thanks,
Tracy
It does sound as though your dowels might not be high enough. Are you cutting the dowels so they are the exact height of the bottom cake? I myself am a nervous nilly about using wooden dowels, despite reading how many people use them with no problem. I actually use the wider plastic dowel rods. Again...this is because I am a nervous nilly!!! I have read numerous times about a system that I believe is called SPS. If you did a search for that topic, somebody (????) gives a great in-depth description of this system.
Bakery Craft SPS is WONDERFUL! Highly recommend it, I haven't used dowels in 2 years.
I use a crusting buttercream icing, I also sprinkle a little bit of powdered sugar sometimes, but you can use parchment paper as well. Even when I haven't put anything in between, the icing did not lift off because I let it crust over first.
Thank-you! I will look that suggestion up and try the recipe on here for a good crusting buttercream icing!Quote by @%username% on %date%
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