Hi,

I am making my first ever wedding cake. I am wanting to use a 12 inch polystyrene dummy cake as the base layer and was wondering if cream cheese frosting will stick to it. I am a little worried it may slide straight off.

Also, the actual cake layers are mudcake. I am unsure whether to dowel these layers. People tell me that since it's mudcake and covered in cream cheese frosting that the cakes are dense enough to support themselves. However, what I read online says otherwise.

Your advice is much appreciated.

Thanks

it should stick--you could add some cornstarch or i think you might call it corn flour if you need it to thicken up for you

do you have a way to keep the dummy from sliding around while you ice it?

oh and i dowel everything but some mud cake experts will surely chime in here ;)

please come back if anything else comes up--we will all be here for you

first wedding cakes can be plenty nervey

shoot the 9,999th wedding cake can be nerve-acious too ;)

hope you've allowed plenty of time time time

best of the best to you

AThanks. To stop the dummy cake sliding around I will try using some non-slip matting cut to size.

Ok I will dowel the cakes. Do I need to put each cake on its own cake board or merely sit them on top of each other and then put the dowel through them. I will be assembling the cake at the venue so luckily won't need to transport.

Do this:

http://www.wilton.com/cakes/tiered-cakes/stacked-tiered-cake-construction.cfm