I have a 7 tier cake to deliver in Oct. I'm going to transport with the tiers seperated and assemble on site. I was thinking that I didn't need a center dowel going through the entire cake since I would stack the cake on the cake table on site.
You don't need a center dowel if not transporting assembled. (Your support dowels will help to prevent the layers from sliding apart if using a lot of filling or if making extra tall tiers.)
I'm planning on dowels and cake plates in each tier as normal and then having a center dowl going through the bottom 4 and top 3 tiers to help support. Just nothing going through all 7 tiers. Is this a mistake?
You can hammer a center dowel into cake plates... besides, it won't help support--just helps to prevent layers from sliding.
Thanks for the responses. My cake will be 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6. The 18" will be a dummy cake. So, I think it will all work out fine. I've never done a cake that tall so, I'm a little worried. Just starting to think and pray about it early! Thanks again!
As long as you have proof that the cake was in mint condition, the court would be on your side. Maybe she is looking for a refund of some kind. I'm with everyone else. What does some minor flaws have to do with serving the cake? Dosen't make sense. 
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