Dowel Rods When Stacking Single Layer Cakes....
Decorating By TYA7677 Updated 3 Dec 2009 , 1:46am by juleebug
I do but I use 1/2 the amount I would for a double layer.
So if it's a 6", 8" and 10" I dowel the 10" with 4 instead of 8 and the 8 with 3 dowels instead of 6.
I don't know if that's the right way but it has always worked for me.
If I understand you correclty, you're going to stack, for example, a 6" layer on top of a a 10" layer on top of a 14" layer?? Is each layer 2 inches tall, so the entire cake is, say, 6 inches tall??
If it's very dense cake or has a lot of filling, I'd support the 6" layer (put it on it's own board and a few dowels in the 10" under it), but other than that, no, I wouldn't see the need for any other supports.
Rae
If the cake won't be traveling far, I don't even bother to dowel 3 tier singles. No disasters yet and I live in the Appalachian Mountain region with lots of curvy roads. Here's one I did almost the same sizes as you are doing and it survived with no issues.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1523163
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