Hi,

I am going to be making a 3 tier anniversary cake and have no idea how to transport it! They will not be separated layers with pillars inbetween, it will be just one tall stacked cake.
I have never done one before, and even though I feel confident to make one, I don't feel confident in transporting it!

Any advice? Anyone?

Thanks
Lisa
(mcginnis)

I would bring them all in seperate boxes and then assemble them once you got there! It's not fun driving with a 3 tier cake...I've tried it! haha

I don't know how large this is but I transport cakes of this size with a centre dowel and in a moving type of box. If you have somewhere near you where you can get these boxes, they are wonderful. For smaller stacked cakes I use a single walled that I line with non-skid rubberized shelf liner so that if the diameter is not a tight fit to the cake board size, the cake doesn't move. I use a double-walled box, like a china type box, for the larger cakes. I put more shelf liner under the box and place it on the floor of the van or car. I cut down one side to be able to place the cake in the box and then tape up the sides after the cake is inside. You can cut off the top flaps or tape them so they are opened up and just tape foil over the top of the box. Bring a utility knife to slit open the taped sides to get the cake out.
If you don't want the centre dowel to stick out of the top, just measure it against the total height of the boarded stacked cakes and cut it slightly shorter. Then for the cake board for that top tier, mark the centre and make a small hole, just smaller than the diameter of the dowel. Sharpen one end of the dowel. Using a mallet pound it through the centre of the two bottom tiers. Looking underneath the boarded top tier, line up this small hole to the dowel and thread the top tier through.
I do this all the time and never have a problem.
Hugs Squirrelly

I have transported quite a few stacked cakes. It's always ideal to transport the tiers separated and stack them at the site, but with stacked cakes, it's not always possible, especially when the elaborate decorations go on BEFORE the stacking. Anyway, have you put a dowel through the entire cake in the center? This will keep the tiers from sliding off one another. If you haven't done this before, take a dowel tall enough to go through all the tiers, sharpen one end and using a hammer, pound the dowel gently through the tiers to the bottom plate - of course, this will only work if you have used cardboard not plastic separator plates.
Once assembled, i use a bath towel as a non-skid mat in the back of my Jeep. These cakes are heavy, and it's amazing how much they don't move around if you drive carefully. I haven't lost one or damaged one yet (knock on wood, right? Good luck!