Pour Ganache Before Or After Stacking???????
Decorating By OhioBaker Updated 3 Nov 2008 , 10:23pm by indydebi
I need to make a three tier wedding cake for my cousin in a couple weeks. I've never used Ganache before and I wonder if I should pour the ganache on before I stack them or after? If before, will the ganache crack when I stack them?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
It shouldn't. When you stack your cakes the cake teirs are actually sitting on the supports (dowels/sps) and that holds the weight of the cake.
HTH
I second that comment. Your cake looks so good!!!! Is that Chocolate BC?
depends on the style of ganache pouring. In the pic above, yes, I would pour before stacking. In this cake that I did .... http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=987333 ..... I had to pour it over the entire cake after it was stacked, then transport it to the wedding facility.
This is the cake that pretty much forced me to try the dowel-down-the-center thing that I'd read so much about on here .... and was very happy to find it works just like everyone says it does! 
Thanks so much! 
Yes, the cake was iced in chocolate buttercream. It was a chocolate lovers dream. Three tiers were double chocolate cake with two tiers filled with chocolate mousse and one with mocha mousse. By the way, after pouring the ganache and letting it run, I did put the tiers in the fridge to firm it up quicker for stacking.
Debi I have a ques- what's up with the rosesless rose stems? Looks like morticia adaams had her way with them! 
Metro and Indy: those cakes are beautiful! One question...which ganache recipe do either of you use? I've printed 3 or 4 different recipes from this site and they all seem to be different. I'd like to use one that I know will work.
Also, Metro...how many batches of ganache did you have to use for that particular cake?
Hi indydebbi, ok I got to ask.. why were you forced to use the dowel down the middle of the cake.? I have never done this. and wonder in what case I should be doing this.. I use foam board cake boards will this method work with foam boards?
Because I had to transport a 4-tier cake already assembled. Granted it was a mini-cake .... 9/8/6/4 ..... but it was my first fully-assembled cake. I was really nervous about using the center dowel, but as I like telling everyone, "I kept my eyes open and everything!"
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