Do Straws Really Work For Support? Need Assurance!!!

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cocobean Posted 17 May 2008 , 6:21am
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My sons wedding cake is all done I have put straws in for supports. Need assurance that they are really going to hold. Experts please advise! Thanks so much I need to go to bed. icon_confused.gif

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JoAnnB Posted 17 May 2008 , 6:23am
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as long as you used plenty, and they are perfectly even, they work great.

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alicegop Posted 17 May 2008 , 6:32am
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I've never been brave enough to use straws. I buy the wooden dowling rods from the hardware store. (yellow or blue tip. I like the yellow tip best). You can wash them. Fiskers makes womens pruning sheers which cut amazingly!

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cocobean Posted 17 May 2008 , 6:42am
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... the bottom tier is a 12" with 12 straws. The next tier is a 10" with 10 straws and the next tier is an 8 " with 8 straws. The top tier is a 6". Does it sound like enough? Thanks for your responses!

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chutzpah Posted 17 May 2008 , 6:48pm
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I use straws all the time and have never had a problem. Drinking straws are food-safe. Wooden dowels from the hardware store may be contaminated.

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rvercher23 Posted 17 May 2008 , 7:11pm
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I have used straws in every cake I have done, and had no problems. EXCEPT my topsy-turvey cake, which eventually fellicon_sad.gif So I don't know if it was just the straws, or that and the weight of the cake.

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2sdae Posted 17 May 2008 , 7:54pm
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This is a 4, 6, 8, 10 triple layered, cake I made just last week heavy cake by the way all supported with bubble tea straws and center doweling and even traveled a thirty minute car ride assembled and then carried for awhile to get to the area where it was to be placed. Nothing budged or moved a bit.
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Tomoore Posted 17 May 2008 , 8:03pm
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I was nervous too. Straws have worked well in all of my cakes. I ordered the Bubble Tea Straws and am eager to try them. But, I've been using the Starbucks straws. I do put a single dowel through the whole cake, though, and I've been fine.

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sweetcravings Posted 17 May 2008 , 8:09pm
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I don't do many stacked cakes, but the ones i have done i've used straws each time and they held the cake fine. Stop worrying, it'll be fine.

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SweetConfectionsChef Posted 17 May 2008 , 8:12pm
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I use the clear straws all of the time! It sounds like you put enough of them in there so you should be fine! thumbs_up.gif

Just an FYI but most people don't realize that wooden dowels you find at the hardware store or in the craft section are not food safe.

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Mac Posted 17 May 2008 , 8:16pm
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OK--dumb me--what are bubble tea straws?

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SweetConfectionsChef Posted 17 May 2008 , 9:59pm
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Originally Posted by Mac

OK--dumb me--what are bubble tea straws?




From what I understand they are drinking straws that are larger in diameter. I've never used them but I've seen alot of cc'ers mention them in posts!

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2sdae Posted 17 May 2008 , 10:12pm
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