oh y'know what???
i never saw your post with the link upthread--we posted at the same time
when i wrote 'i don't see it'--i really missed it all!!!! missed two of your posts
and i was just waiting...
anyhow
yes it's a foam separation between those tiers
just decorated to match
yes i thread my tiers down onto to a middle dowel
that I already have planted in the cake base
everything gets a hole in it
you really gotta plan it out because different tiers get different angles of holes
then when you assemble you want to use the same pathway you already established
i just cut the foam myself
this is a cake that i would def assemble onsite
and the cake holds itself together fine
if you notice the second tier from the top is almost level with the table top
the other two are just slightly angled
it's just a great optical illusion
the cake won't budge