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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on August 22, 2010 at 1:28pm

Karen her cakes are on cake boards that are the same size as her cake...she supports them with dowels or straws...the boards are cut to fit, this way they dont show and you hide the seams with borders....that is only if you are placing them right on top of each other

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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on August 22, 2010 at 1:31pm

also if you are going to be transporting it you may want to cut a dowel the about 1/4" smaller than the size of your finished cake and push it down through all three layers.....sharpen one end like a pencil and push through the cake layers and the cardboard...then cover with icing...make sure your client knows about the dowel.

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Permalink Reply by Lynne Salmon on August 22, 2010 at 3:56pm

karen marie said:........ transporting it you may want to cut a dowel the about 1/4" smaller than the size of your finished cake and push it down through all three layers.....sharpen one end like a pencil and push through the cake layers and the cardboard..........

I delivered 100s of stacked cakes w/o doing this:) It does give one a false sense of safety. I have had cakes w/this doweling in them still shift and fall.
Also I have learned if using a center dowel it is better to cut it about 1-2" *taller* than the total heigth of cake and remove it when you are at the venue. Then cover the hole w/a squirt of icing OR a decoration: flower, leaf etc.
Most people don't have any idea how to remove that center dowel! If it is pulled straight up it will take the tiers apart:( It must be twisted as it is slowly pulled up.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Marie on August 22, 2010 at 6:08pm

Good advice Lynn....

Lynne Salmon said:

karen marie said:........ transporting it you may want to cut a dowel the about 1/4" smaller than the size of your finished cake and push it down through all three layers.....sharpen one end like a pencil and push through the cake layers and the cardboard..........

I delivered 100s of stacked cakes w/o doing this:) It does give one a false sense of safety. I have had cakes w/this doweling in them still shift and fall.
Also I have learned if using a center dowel it is better to cut it about 1-2" *taller* than the total heigth of cake and remove it when you are at the venue. Then cover the hole w/a squirt of icing OR a decoration: flower, leaf etc.
Most people don't have any idea how to remove that center dowel! If it is pulled straight up it will take the tiers apart:( It must be twisted as it is slowly pulled up.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on August 23, 2010 at 1:35pm

Thanks. I've watched her video twice and it appears she is REMOVING the cake layer from the cake board ... unless she has them on 2 cake boards. It just didn't make sense to me.

Karen Marie said:

Karen her cakes are on cake boards that are the same size as her cake...she supports them with dowels or straws...the boards are cut to fit, this way they dont show and you hide the seams with borders....that is only if you are placing them right on top of each other

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Permalink Reply by Karen on August 23, 2010 at 1:35pm

Thanks. Appreciate your help.

Karen Marie said:

Good advice Lynn....

Lynne Salmon said:

karen marie said:........ transporting it you may want to cut a dowel the about 1/4" smaller than the size of your finished cake and push it down through all three layers.....sharpen one end like a pencil and push through the cake layers and the cardboard..........

I delivered 100s of stacked cakes w/o doing this:) It does give one a false sense of safety. I have had cakes w/this doweling in them still shift and fall.
Also I have learned if using a center dowel it is better to cut it about 1-2" *taller* than the total heigth of cake and remove it when you are at the venue. Then cover the hole w/a squirt of icing OR a decoration: flower, leaf etc.
Most people don't have any idea how to remove that center dowel! If it is pulled straight up it will take the tiers apart:( It must be twisted as it is slowly pulled up.

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