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post #16 of 23
6/14/11 at 7:18pm
I always use a cake drum on the bottom. The principle is the same if you were using foam core too. Or several cardboards glue together for added support.

I personally hate SPS. I have used it several times but I never liked it. For me, bubble tea straws and 2 wooden dowels works great.
"who says you can't have your cake and eat it too?"
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"who says you can't have your cake and eat it too?"
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post #17 of 23
6/19/11 at 11:13pm
I had the same thing happen to me a couple of years ago. It's a nightmare. I just stood there and stared at the cake in the back of my car. I was able to save the top and the middle. This is why I don't like using gel fillings. From the picture the top cake looks like it's leaning just a little. A center dowel would have worked great. Anything over two tiers gets a center dowel from now on.
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post #18 of 23
6/20/11 at 4:57pm
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Thanks everyone.. Cant tell you how much I appreciate all your support!
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post #19 of 23
6/21/11 at 8:17pm
So sorry that happened to you, but thank you for sharing your story so that we all can learn for each others mistakes. Lessoned learned you will do great with your next stacked cake and travel. It was a beautiful cake.
Never Lose Hope
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post #20 of 23
6/26/11 at 8:31am
I stack my tiers on cardboard circles on each tier...So I'm guessing I couldn't do a center dowel through each cardboard circle? What should I do instead? HELP!
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post #21 of 23
6/26/11 at 9:37am
if you are doing a 3 tiered cake it cardboard rounds between the tiers (which you always should have), you sharpen the end of a wooden dowel and hammer is through all the tiers untill you hit the bottom board. It sounds terrifying but i have a "cake" hammer that i keep in my caddy and hammer away. good luck.
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post #22 of 23
6/26/11 at 11:15am
Cool! Thanks, I will DEFINITELY be practicing first! Ha! I heard a great quote today..."Even painful growth leads to greater blessings." Here's HOPING!!! Thanks again!!!
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post #23 of 23
7/3/11 at 4:09pm
Help me out...what is SPS?
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