1St Birthday Please Help

Decorating By Xpsl Updated 3 May 2019 , 7:52pm by LindsayH

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Xpsl Posted 2 May 2019 , 12:26am
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I'm making a smash cake for my son's 1st birthday and need to find a safer alternative to dowels. I know it's crazy but I thought pretzel rods. Any suggestions please, Thanks.

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-K8memphis Posted 2 May 2019 , 1:23am
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what are you planning

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-K8memphis Posted 2 May 2019 , 1:24am
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pretzels would dissolve

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SandraSmiley Posted 2 May 2019 , 1:58am
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If you need dowels, it must be an awfully large smash cake!  They are usually very small.

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kakeladi Posted 2 May 2019 , 1:59am
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Yah pretzels will soften from the moisture in the cake   Best bet is plastic drink straws   Usually a smash cake is a 6” or smaller cake given to the little one   Don’t understand why you think you need any 

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LindsayH Posted 3 May 2019 , 7:52pm
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I've only ever done small, 5" or 6", single-tier smash cakes. No dowels needed. But even if you do want to do a two-tier cake, I would guess that they would still be very small, probably 3" or 4" top-tier and 5" or 6" bottom. I would probably still forego the dowels and just stack the tiers. They're not heavy and the bottom tier isn't supporting a ton of weight, and the kid is just going to destroy it anyway. I wouldn't want dowels or cake rounds getting in the way of the smashing. 

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