I'm making a double layered 6 inch cake to sit on top of a double layered 12 inch cake. The 6 inch cake will be to the back of the 12 inch and centered. It's on the cake to provide heighth and visual effect for some figurines I'm putting on the cake. My question is do I need to support the 6 inch cake with anything underneath it?
The 6" cake should be placed on a cardboard round (I usually cover with press n seal). Then wooden dowels or straws (or the SPS system discussed all over the place on this website) should be place in the cake below and the cardboard round should be set on top of the support.
If you decide to go with dowels or straws you need to make sure they are all the same height and that they are inserted straight in the cake. If even one support is angled it could cause problems.
Good luck!
I too use the press and seal to cover my cardboards - love that idea - someone suggested it here and it really works great. No more moist cardboards. I use regular drinking straws or dowels for support on those sizes of cakes. Works fine. I have never done more than 2 tiers yet - I'm chicken 
And have never covered a whole cake in fondant - that's my next big step. Fun learning, isn't it? Everyone here is SO helpful!
If you do a search on here with "straws support" you will find a host of pros and cons to using straws, dowels, etc. It would be worthwhile to read some of those posts before you decide which you feel most comfortable using.
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