This was chocolate cake done in an 8' and 9" pans. A spur of the moment cake. I was out of BC so had to use store bought icing....yuck! (I am so spoiled) Did what I could. Separater is actually a cereal bowl. I placed a dowel rod thru the bottom cake for support. Cake had beads hanging from wire, but ladies moved table and thus moving cake. Cake got a littl roughed up and doesnt look as pretty as it was with all things in place and sxtensions hidden. :(