I just measured my pillars in the SPS bags I got at the cake supply store. The store did not have options of lengths just these bags and you buy the bag.
Just measured the pillars and they are 5 inches. I really don't want to cut them.
How much space does the icing take up? My cakes are 2" each so if I ice them do I now have 5".
First time using SPS. Sorry for all the questions.
Interesting. The 5" pillars only come in the multi-piece set. Those are mostly for cakes with separations. To use them for a regular stacked cake, with normal 4" tiers, I'm afraid you'll need to cut them. You'll need a chop saw or a miter box that you can do straight cut with. It's not terribly difficult, but the pillars are designed to be quite sturdy, so you definitely will need either a hand saw or a power saw.
The legs come in the standard 4" length. Also, as you've discovered they come as a multi-piece set with a 5" leg, plus 2, 2" extensions so that you can use legs that are 5", 7" or 9". Sometimes that's handy. Then the legs also come as a 1 piece 9" length. All are packaged a dozen legs to a bag - enough for a four tier cake.
2" extensions. Can I just put two of the extensions together and use them as the pillars? I'm not sure what you bought. It sounds like it was repackaged by the store. In a few minutes you're gong to notice that the 2" extensions don't fit into the plate - they only fit into the legs.
So, no you can't just use the extensions. You really have to cut the legs.
SPS is designed with different parts for fairly specific applications. It is best to purchase the specific parts needed for the specific design of your cake.
If your layers are each 2", you could torte them both and have 4 layers of cake and 3 layers of filling, plus your icing on top, would give you pretty darn close to a 5" layer.
In fact most of my cakes end up being 5" because I hate to cut off and discard cake.
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