I will be transporting a wedding cake and a groom's cake approximately 2 hours to a wedding. Never have I transported a cake this far... I need opinions/advice from any of you that has done this before. Any tips/advice are more than welcome!!

The cake will be 3 tiers, oval shape (suppose to be covered in fondant but has been left up to me if I want to do this). The groom's cake is a sheet cake, 11" x 15"... I will be going via Interstate to the place where the wedding reception will be held and let me tell you, Louisiana's interstate's are famous for being rough!!

My thoughts were to place it all on egg crate foam, which I will have to purchase, then place the egg crate foam on top of some non-skid shelf liner so that it will not slide around in the trunk. Do you think I should put another later of non-skid shelf liner on top of the egg crate foam also?

I'm VERY, VERY nervous about this cake!!

I had to transport a 3 tiered cake last fall for about 1 1/2 hours. I did exactly what you posted.

1. I put non skid liner down first
2. Then I put a 4" thick piece of foam on that
3. then I put another piece of non skid liner under each cake box
4. Then I set the boxes with cakes on that
5. I then assembled it at the venue.

We drove very carefully - and I cringed over every bump, but it arrived in perfect condition.

I recently transported a cake for two hours over both interstate and country roads. It was taller than my usual cakes, but not tiered. I did dowel it heavily so the layers didn't shift. It did have a topper. I was too chicken...didn't add the topper until we got there. I put the cake in a big plastic bin with nonskid on the bottom. It went nowhere. However, I was worried as much about the border shaking off as anything. Every sharp bump made my heart lurch. It was fine. But, I'm not sure that you could do anything about a border landslide other than bringing tips and icing to fix it if the worst happens.

Thanks ladies!

I plan to bring icing, my tool caddy with all my tips, etc. in it and any other incidentals I may need. This cake will be tiered with pillars between it, so I will assemble once I get there. Good idea with the big plastic bins Crimsicle. I wish I could find boxes large enough to put these things in! The bottom tier will be the largest oval shape from the Wilton oval pan set, then the next size up, then the next size. I won't be using the smallest pan from the set... I hit another dilemma with this oval shape cake earlier... as you know, the oval shape cake plates are no longer made!! I had to order some foam core ones to tier the cake up with... I plan to use the push in pillars as and pray I have enough room for the flowers that we're planning on using .. I just have to make sure and not make the cakes too fat, which I tend to do with all my cakes

Thanks again ladies for you input! As always, it's greatly appreciated