Hey--new here, so sorry if this has been covered a gazillion times.
I was wondering what kinds of dowels people find best to work with for tiered cakes...wooden, plastic, etc. I'm new to tiered cakes and I'm not quite sure where to begin with these.
Also, I see people talking about SPS...what is this?
Thanks!
Have used nice, thick, standard plastic drink straws for years w/o a problem
SPS = Single Plate System. Bakery Crafts make a plate w/lock-on legs. The legs take the place of dowels. The price is minimal so you don't have to worry about getting them back or if you do get them back they can be reused a couple of times once sanitized.
i use bubble tea straws and fomcore bords and a ceneter dowel. Love it!
and somehow I completely missed the sticky on SPS... d'oh!
I guess I don't know much either. What are bubble tea straws?
Big, fat, beautiful, easy to cut all level, sturdy and the bomb!
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Does anyone know if they sell bubble tea straws at party city?
You can get the large drinking straws at restraunt supply stores like smart & final, cash n carry, even sams clubs. Or if you don't need alot of them .......McD's & Jack n box have them for free!
i have always used hard wood dowels, do the bubble straws really hold as much weight? Even with a 4 tier cake? .... knees a knockin' thinking about it....
What do you use for the center dowel, then? (unless they make super tall bubble tea straws 
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I also use straws. I have always used the regular straws that I can get at Sams or Walmart or my local grocery store. They have never let me down. I still use a dowel down the middle for two or three tier cakes and anything larger I go for two dowels down the middle.
good luck!
What do you use for the center dowel, then? (unless they make super tall bubble tea straws )
I also use straws. I have always used the regular straws that I can get at Sams or Walmart or my local grocery store. They have never let me down. I still use a dowel down the middle for two or three tier cakes and anything larger I go for two dowels down the middle.
good luck!
What do you use for the center dowel, then? (unless they make super tall bubble tea straws )
I also use straws. I have always used the regular straws that I can get at Sams or Walmart or my local grocery store. They have never let me down. I still use a dowel down the middle for two or three tier cakes and anything larger I go for two dowels down the middle.
good luck!
I have not found dowels food safe longer than 12". If you find them please let me know too!!
I'd love to try the bubble straws (they'd definitely be easier to cut and more cost effective) but the thought of straws supporting a hundred pounds of cake scares the life out of me.
I'd love to try the bubble straws (they'd definitely be easier to cut and more cost effective) but the thought of straws supporting a hundred pounds of cake scares the life out of me.
Me too. Have you looked at SPS?
The only experience i have with them is in a dummy cake. you like them?
those wide straws are as strong as plastic dowels, way easier to cut and more stable than wooden dowels for sure.
i have not uses SPS so no opinion on that method.
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