Yes. Their called bubble tea straws. You can find them at Asian markets or online. Also, if you buy Sharon Zambito's Successful Stacking dvd, she shows you how to use them step by step. They work great because they are very stiff but not as hard to cut as a dowel!
I am anxiously waiting for Sharon's boxes and bows DVD and the Topsy turvy DVD to arrive. I am also expecting a cake shipment to come tomorrow with bubble tea straws in it. Do you know if Sharon explains how to use them in the boxes and bows dvd? I didn't order successful stacking.
I watched a tutorial that tonedna did and she used the bubble tea straws. I got them after I watched that and I LOVE them. They are very sturdy and easy to use! So much easier than wooden dowels!!
One cake was a 8" & 7" with a styrofoam divider in the middle with picks around it (obviously wrapped in plastic wrap so no styrofoam touched the cake) and the second was 10", 8" & 6". And tonedna's tutorials rock! I will watch anything she posts and if you email her, she always answers you! Love her!
Is tonednas tutorial on youtube for stacking?
Yes. And she has some great ones on making gumpaste flowers, too.
I don't think Edna used bubble tea straws on that video. I remember her saying that she used something else. And plus I believe she cut it with a serrated knife and not scissors. Correct me if I am wrong.
I always use a combination of bubble tea straws and wooden dowels.
Edna uses some sort of cardboard straws I believe. Similar in principal to the bubble straws, and of course, not quite dowels either.
I use bubble straws or SPS, depends on the cake.
For a 6" on top of a 8 or 10" for example, I only need three. They are strong.
Thanks everyone.. if jammjenks did a 5 tier square and drove it assembled those straws must be sturdy. It is morning here now,just like Xmas. My package comes today with my straws and fmm funky cutters. I love how they look on everyone else's cake. I just hope that my DVD's from SHaron arrive soon.....
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