Hi Everyone!
I need a better way to cut my dowels! Ive seen ppl on many website and youtube channels I follow, use cutters to just snip the dowel to the appropriate size and be done with it. RIght now, its such an annoying process, I was wondering if you guys knew what a) those cutters would be or b) things you've found that help you.
Thanks again.
I usually get mine from my local grocers. Wally World (Walsmart) has them as well. I even bought a pack of them at IKEA before. You could also order them online if your local grocers don't carry them. The straws I buy do not actually state 'bubble tea' straws, but you can definitely see the size difference compared to a regular drinking straw.
originally available in Asian markets to go with their bubble tea now available in many more places
cuky21 -- i often use different size dowel throughout the cake -- i especially like the 3/4" hollow plastic ones for bottom tiers because they provide nice stability and i use the clippers (i posted the link for upthread) to snip them -- then i might use bubble straws in mid tiers and bamboo skewers or real skinny straws in the upper tier/s --
if it's a poppa bear size cake i get 1" wooden dowel cut at the hardware store -- they just stand up by themselves nothing's gonna fall with those things in there -- but only for the bottom tier/s -- i would wash them with a wet towel and i'd dip them in wax to prevent that woodsy flavor from penetrating the cake --
another tidbit about those hollow dowel after inserting/measuring one dowel and cutting the remainder to that same size -- line them all up on the table llllll like that and place a ruler on the cut ends and scootch them back and forth to be certain all the cuts are even -- if any of them pop up or lag behind you need to trim or recut --
and the biggie with any straw is this -- do NOT place them all in the tier and snip them all off at once -- you insert ONE measure it and cut all of others to that same mark so it provides a level stable basis for the cakes above it
dowel overload
Depending on how much baking you do I usually just get a handful from a local fast food place :) Like McDonalds- they have nice fat straws. You can ask the employees "Will you sell me these?" and usually they will say just take them. The biggest cake I have made using them was probably 3 tiers - maybe 4 ( like 16,12,9,6" Rounds).
In a 16" where a 12 sits on it I would use maybe 8 straws; in the 12" topped a 9 there would be 5 or 6 and in the 9 topped by a 6"er use 3. That should give you an idea of how many are needed. If you look through my album on here you will see some of the tiered cakes I have made. Not all of them used straws - didn't start into using them until some years along in my baking world :)
I love bubble tea straw for my smaller tiered cakes! I buy them from amazon :)
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