I am making a 3 tiered wedding cake for tomorrow. I gingerly placed each layer on top of one another using dowels for support. I walked away to wash my hands and when I returned, the bottom tier has cracked almost in half. There is a crack running down the left and right side of the bottom tier. It wasn't there before and now? It's the GRAND CANYON of cracks??? How do I fill in the crack without having to take all the tiers off and starting all over again on the bottom tier?

Help!

Signed,
Desperately High on Sugar and about to cry

I don't have good news for you.

It sounds like your dowels were too short or uneven and the lower cake has too much pressure. If you don't take it apart, there is a risk the side will collapse during transit.

Well looks like this is going to take much longer than I expected. I tried removing the fondant which adhered to the cream cheese frosting underneath which adhered to the cake which is now in the garbage.

If it cracks next time it will be the scream heard around the world.