I am making my sisters 5 tier wedding cake, stacked right on top of each other.
The cakes are 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4 inch.
Is this right regarding dowels?
12 inch - 5 dowel rods
10 inch - 4 dowel rods
8 inch - 4 dowel rods
6 inch - 3 dowel rods
Any advice much appreciated. THANK YOU
Are you using the plastic ones or wooden? If you're using plastic then that might be enough but I think I'd put 6 in the bottom tier and 4 in the 6 inch tier, just because 4 is more stable than 3 (think of a table with 4 legs vs a table with 3 legs).
I am by no means an expert, but I'll try to help.
If I were doing my cake, I would put:
8 dowel rods on the 12" (at least 6)
6 dowel rods on the 10" (at least 5)
4 dowel rods on the 8"
2 dowel rods on the 6"
And don't forget the center dowel. You might need a dowel higher than 12" though since the height of the cake will be at least 60". Although I have no idea where to purchase them higher than 12". Would like to know this too.
Are you going to deliver them all stacked? If you are, they are going to be VERY heavy. I did a 6"+ 8" + 10" and the weight of the cake kinda threw me off at first. I didn't know that it would be that heavy to lift.
Maybe someone else can chime in and help. HTH. Good luck. =)
When I do cakes that size, I put 4 wooden dowels in all tiers except the bottom, where I put 4 of the wilton plastic dowels. Never had a problem.
Does it mean that I put way too much dowels on the bottom and less on the top? I've only done 3-tiered cakes.
2 dowel rods on the 6"
2 dowels won't do much to stabilize a tier...think of the cake board on top as the tabletop and the dowels below as the table legs. 2 legs won't hold up a table. They might keep the tier above from sinking but they won't keep it from tipping.
2 dowel rods on the 6"
2 dowels won't do much to stabilize a tier...think of the cake board on top as the tabletop and the dowels below as the table legs. 2 legs won't hold up a table. They might keep the tier above from sinking but they won't keep it from tipping.
Oh, I got it now. I never even considered about tipping. Isn't that what the center dowel is supposed to be? To prevent it?
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