When she pushes the big dowel down the middle of all 3 cakes can bits or particles of the cardboard under the middle and top cakes come off and into the cake while shes pushing it through?
Stop talking crap! It's not a foam cake! Even if it was a foam cake for the video, it works just as well with real cakes. This way of stacking is VERY common even with professionals, and the physics of it is indeed supporting. The dowels you get in any construction/ woodwork store (I pour boiling water on them to make them hygenic), the scissors you can use normal garden scissors (garden store) or a small saw/ knife (I did it with a saw). Better not drive in car though - best assemble at party.
Unfortunately, I know from experience that it is VERY importaint for multi-tiered cakes to have a full support system. When I made my first two tier cake, I placed the top tier directly on top of the bottom tier, which looked fine at first. A half an hour later, there was a giant bubble on the side of the bottom where the cake was starting too expand under pressure.
I know better now, and I am making a wedding cake at home soon, so I'm looking for cheap ways to support it.
I don't understand what all the negative comments are about...Has any of you ever made a wedding cake before? One without floating tiers? YOU MUST put the dowels in to make the cake stable and even. If this was not done then the cake would become uneven and start to crush the bottom levels when it is transported to the reception. This video is a great example of cake stacking 101. I personally use a food coloring pen to mark my dowels...I don't thing a permanent marker would be to yummy!
It is not to support the WHOLE cake. The four dowels in each cake is to support the cake above it. This helps prevent sinkage especially in soft cakes as well as makes cakes being transported much sturdier.
@MsFutureBaker Food safe dowels really? Thats just in culinary school. Regular dowels are just fine and used all over the industry. As long as they are not treated with any chemicals aka weather proof is fine. And by this video she is using them to hold the layers together especially if its a long trip to the event. Perfectly acceptable!
@MsFutureBaker you clearly know/knew little or nothing about cake making. try doing some research before criticizing people who know what they're doing :) it's a bit insulting
Am I right in thinking that little shards of cardboard will be pushed into the cakes as each layer is pierced with the final dowel? The only solution I can think if if to pre-cut slightly larger circles in the boards before stacking. Thoughts? :)
The dowel isn't going to come a part with a serving knife...so you won't be eating it and the whole point is for support otherwise the weight on the cake would make it all crumble down...I think I'd rather have it stay together ,beautiful and delicious...you don't eat the serving plate just because it is underneath the cake same reason for support...duh
they put the dowels in so the cake doesnt colllapse!!! cakes such as fruit cake are very dense and heavy so the dowels will not "tear the cake apart"!! The long middle dowel is so the cake can be transported without the layers sliding off each other.
@xXxThoroughbredxXx If you dont the layars slide, the filling squirts out the sides, and the cake sags in the middle. I've done it without dowels on a two level cake, but any more levels than that and dowels are completely necessary.
I appreciate free tutorials like this one. I wish I could stack a cake as well as this woman, but I'm working on it. I don't understand negative comments from people. I think the golden rule of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" applies here.
the point of the dowels is?....i mean yea i know the big one in the middle is needed but wth is the other ones used for and dont tell me support cuz im sure sticking them in each tear will support the whole cake ?
@christalbabyboo00 with a cake even at that hieght/thickness support is needed so it doesn't cave in on itself, other wise it wouldn't be very nice looking
@christalbabyboo00 when stacking cakes, simply resting each cake on top of the other would cause them to sink into each other especially when iced etc. the only way is to use dowels in lower tiers to support the board which holds the cake on top. the dowels are simply removed by the people cutting and serving the cake
@christalbabyboo00 The dowels on each layer DO support the cake. The cake sits on top of each dowel which supports the cardboard base. Without dowels on each tier, the cake will collapse inwards and begin sinking into the cake underneath due to the weight.
@scorpions411 Actually, I've done 2 and 3 tiers cakes and used dowels for support and drove with the cakes assembled and the system worked really well.
you know what is funny, if you make this properly IT DOESNT NEED DOWELS fucking useless people, and before i get any shit my mum is a chef and my auntie makes wedding cakes for a living
@BASTEH99 You're an idiot. NO cake is strong enough to support two other cakes on top of it, let alone just one cake. You need those dowels for support, or else the cake will get smashed under its own weight moron.
Dowels bear the weight of the upper cakes. Otherwise it can sink or tip or both. She probably thought we knew that. ;) The center dowel is for "staking" it so when you deliver it doesn't slide off or tip over.
so is there a card board under each cake? and under the frosting there layered cakes also? and i also wanted to do a cake like this with the foundant frosting is it easier to do or the same? sorry so many qusitions this is going to be my first cake <3
This is just what I was looking for! I'm going to attempt to design, build & decorate a cake modeled on the Mayan temple at Tulum, Mexico (Yucatan). I consulted "The Joy of Cooking" by Rombauer which instructs us to "insert one-inch dowels cut to the length of the height of the cake pan into the cake." I was wondering how the heck the dowels would stay in place in the unbaked batter. Now it turns out she never mentioned *baking* the cake first! Wah-wah-waaaaahhh.
in chinese wedding cake they don't put wood sticks to hold the cake. and what did u use to make the cake u are holding it and the frosting doesn't come off.... O_O its wood hard cake
I was wondering what kind of scissors were you using to cut the dowels and where can I get a pair? Also, were you using bases under the tiers that you were stacking? Thank you for your feedback.
i think the small sticks are for supporting the cake, so when the weight of other layers would not "crush" on the bottom one. The Small Sticks are to help the bottom layer
Your icing is stiff (you can handle your cakes without getting icing all over you) How do you get this, where they are easy to handle? How do you get your cakes so smooth? Do you freeze them before you use them?
So the weight from the top tiers doesn't cause the bottom layer to start flattening. Without these the cake may become lopsided or have other problems.
sorry this maybe stupid question....see when you put the center dowel, did you put a hole in the middle of all cardboard below the cake (i notice theres a cardboard on the cake) coz im not sure how to push the dowel right to the bottom without ruining the cake w/o a hole on the cardboard?
very good strategy but I have a question ... ay people who only get a couple of sticks in the middle but your technique paresio too perfect to me how to measure and I paresio wonderful .... but tell me ay differance between yours and others that just put the sticks in medium hard Reverse the cake ?.... same as yours even better than me parese your friend Kenny other god bye butterfly
Banquet workers are trained on how to cut a wedding cake. Every wedding cake I cut had dowels in them for support, you just pull then out prior to cutting each level.
@oldbag699 i am a pastry chef and yes, every single one of those cakes you see on television (cake boss, ace of cakes, amazing wedding cakes) and at weddings have wooden dowels inside. they are the support system. The catering halls/banquet facilities or restaurants are aware of them and remove them prior to cutting and serving. they leave small unnoticeable holes. Without the towels, the layers underneath would buckle, crack and break. then you'd really have a mess on your hands.
You don't have to leave the bases in between the tiers if you don't want it. However, in this video it seems like she dose to help with stability, as well as the initial handling and stacking of the tiers.
IMO, I would leave the bases there, but the initial decision is yours.
it's not that they're joining the cakes together, it's that they're support systems. without supports in the two bootom layers, the weight on top would cause it to sag
The dowels are only in the bottom two tiers, which helps to keep the upper tiers from not only squishing the bottom ones, but also to help keep the ones above themselves steadier. The center dowel is the only one that goes through all three tiers, and is usually the stabalizer for the entire cake itself. So, whilst not all of the dowels are holding the cake togeather, on dowel is.
Why don't you measure the height of the cake before putting that larger (or any) dowling in so you dont have to keep stabbing the cake or finding your holes again?
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KeelyElishaar201 2 months ago
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WillieAverytg585 2 months ago
@TubeTelivision It looks like she used fondant. Fondant is used extensively on wedding cakes and gives them a smooth encased look like on this video.
tpno2005 2 months ago
vaya muy bien video muchas thanks
lachacala100 2 months ago
When she pushes the big dowel down the middle of all 3 cakes can bits or particles of the cardboard under the middle and top cakes come off and into the cake while shes pushing it through?
MegaLesley01 3 months ago
Soo.. They dont really eat the wedding cake, right?
SakuraNitez 3 months ago
love your video can't wait to actually make the cake, thank you
rivera357 4 months ago
love your video can't to actually make the cake, thank you
rivera357 4 months ago
I thought the cake was a lie.....
MrSnagi94 5 months ago 4
@xXashleyyisawesomeXx it isn't a pencil just a stick that she sharpened :)
MsSugar80 5 months ago
weak
MultiHnz 5 months ago
how the crap did you frost it so perfectly????
TubeTelivision 5 months ago 4
why would you stick a pencil in the cake?? it will get cemicals in it and stuff.. unless its a speical pencil??
xXashleyyisawesomeXx 5 months ago
cant wait til i go back to america i dont like the cakes here in peru they are way diferent from americas especially their chocolate
TheXxsuperxxchickxx 6 months ago in playlist Icing a Cake & other techniques
Stop talking crap! It's not a foam cake! Even if it was a foam cake for the video, it works just as well with real cakes. This way of stacking is VERY common even with professionals, and the physics of it is indeed supporting. The dowels you get in any construction/ woodwork store (I pour boiling water on them to make them hygenic), the scissors you can use normal garden scissors (garden store) or a small saw/ knife (I did it with a saw). Better not drive in car though - best assemble at party.
jannimadebygod 6 months ago
where did u buy the scissor?
tina9623 6 months ago
@tina9623 I got mine at a hardware store. It is used only in the kitchen
alyrios 6 months ago
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amrita81696 6 months ago
can we use barbecue sticks for the dowels if they are not available?
Taynz123456 7 months ago in playlist Icing a Cake & other techniques
@Taynz123456 They should work. I use craft dowels myself.
alyrios 6 months ago
What she didnt tell you is that thats not cake. its foam!
artdude12 7 months ago
1:44 i thought it was glue! XD
JoHnNyDePp2137 7 months ago
you can use large straws also instead of the wooden dowels, and it's easy to cut with scissors.
edelinyo 7 months ago
hmmmm ... pen on the cake... yummy...
charlotte07071 7 months ago
the cake is a lie
Agakroete45 8 months ago
I am curious...how to cut a cake that has dowels inserted into it? and where do you get such long dowels
sweetgirl3283 8 months ago
@sweetgirl3283 hobby shop
Pilotsofer 7 months ago
Can anyone tell me what kind of scissors she is using to cut the dowels. Does anyone know where I can find them?
Megera85 8 months ago
This is very helpful.
Unfortunately, I know from experience that it is VERY importaint for multi-tiered cakes to have a full support system. When I made my first two tier cake, I placed the top tier directly on top of the bottom tier, which looked fine at first. A half an hour later, there was a giant bubble on the side of the bottom where the cake was starting too expand under pressure.
I know better now, and I am making a wedding cake at home soon, so I'm looking for cheap ways to support it.
Megera85 8 months ago 2
i tried this for my aunt's wedding and i forgot the dowles and it went MUSH! and im sad! :'( maybe 12 year old shouldnt make wedding cakes...
thecrazy1jmc 8 months ago
Nice cleavage
ravineg5 8 months ago
The dowels are used to support each tier of cake above it, so the cake doesn't get "smashed." You could also use plastic straws.
LauraMalaise 8 months ago
great demo, thank you.
rachelinauk 9 months ago
THE CAKE IS A LIE.
Reinrex88 9 months ago
@Reinrex88 How is a lie?
tfnybby1 8 months ago
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shedinjasweeper 9 months ago
where do you get dowels from and are there any other alternatives that you might have at your house that you can use? can you use straws?
rino1096 9 months ago
I don't understand what all the negative comments are about...Has any of you ever made a wedding cake before? One without floating tiers? YOU MUST put the dowels in to make the cake stable and even. If this was not done then the cake would become uneven and start to crush the bottom levels when it is transported to the reception. This video is a great example of cake stacking 101. I personally use a food coloring pen to mark my dowels...I don't thing a permanent marker would be to yummy!
sarajeanne86 9 months ago 5
umm .. not trying to be rude but what uf someone EATE the WOOD ??
Joanna16091997 9 months ago
yum pen on a cake
2000demdem 9 months ago
It is not to support the WHOLE cake. The four dowels in each cake is to support the cake above it. This helps prevent sinkage especially in soft cakes as well as makes cakes being transported much sturdier.
LadyDarion1 9 months ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
No baking trainees should take tips from this woman.
She used a SHARPIE on a CAKE, and I saw some on the frosting;
Those are WOODEN dowels, like you get from the HARDWARE STORE,
she should be using food-safe dowels that do not chip and if the cake
would collapse under its own weight without them, then she's using the
wrong type of cake. Dowels are to hold the cake TOGETHER, not UP.
She is simply not suitable for the delicate art of cake decorating.
She should go back to construction.
MsFutureBaker 10 months ago
@MsFutureBaker Food safe dowels really? Thats just in culinary school. Regular dowels are just fine and used all over the industry. As long as they are not treated with any chemicals aka weather proof is fine. And by this video she is using them to hold the layers together especially if its a long trip to the event. Perfectly acceptable!
TanningMiami 10 months ago 8
@MsFutureBaker I agree I would be mad if I got a wedding cake with a whole bunch of dowels in it.Not to mention they make cake stands...
CuriousCosmo09 9 months ago
@MsFutureBaker you clearly know/knew little or nothing about cake making. try doing some research before criticizing people who know what they're doing :) it's a bit insulting
IgonOvabord 9 months ago
who needs good looking cake? Just eat it! Nom nom nom
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SupaoDeanneau337 10 months ago
Am I right in thinking that little shards of cardboard will be pushed into the cakes as each layer is pierced with the final dowel? The only solution I can think if if to pre-cut slightly larger circles in the boards before stacking. Thoughts? :)
spamala12345 10 months ago 2
I saw this while watching a CAKE music video...the fuck?
xXAlphaGazelleXx 10 months ago
what kind of cake is the mix ?
yazmin444 10 months ago
I love how you make a heart out of icing to bind the layers togeather. It's adorable.
AnimeLover12321 10 months ago
The dowel isn't going to come a part with a serving knife...so you won't be eating it and the whole point is for support otherwise the weight on the cake would make it all crumble down...I think I'd rather have it stay together ,beautiful and delicious...you don't eat the serving plate just because it is underneath the cake same reason for support...duh
cmpngal1 11 months ago 2
they put the dowels in so the cake doesnt colllapse!!! cakes such as fruit cake are very dense and heavy so the dowels will not "tear the cake apart"!! The long middle dowel is so the cake can be transported without the layers sliding off each other.
missbeaver26 11 months ago 3
I am a Cake Decorating Amateur and this video was great. Thank you
pinkcurves 11 months ago
NICE!! doesn't seem toooo difficult?
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tenikanilmini 11 months ago
why so many wood? aren't the first ones enough?
etuak 11 months ago
Did u just put permanent marker on a cake!!!
Redalicous1 11 months ago
@Redalicous1
she marked the dowel you need something that will easily mark it so you dont mess it up.
missbeaver26 11 months ago
Where can I buy those shears? Thanx for posting this. It helps alot:-)
csknights84 11 months ago
Does anyone know why they put dowels in a cake??? I don't get it!
xXxThoroughbredxXx 11 months ago
@xXxThoroughbredxXx If you dont the layars slide, the filling squirts out the sides, and the cake sags in the middle. I've done it without dowels on a two level cake, but any more levels than that and dowels are completely necessary.
floatingpineapple 11 months ago
@floatingpineapple Thank you!!!!
xXxThoroughbredxXx 11 months ago
These videos are soooo helpful!!! Thank you!!!
TiffanyPaddock 11 months ago
You don't need a dowel that thick
4ndr3w1431 1 year ago
I appreciate free tutorials like this one. I wish I could stack a cake as well as this woman, but I'm working on it. I don't understand negative comments from people. I think the golden rule of "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" applies here.
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the point of the dowels is?....i mean yea i know the big one in the middle is needed but wth is the other ones used for and dont tell me support cuz im sure sticking them in each tear will support the whole cake ?
christalbabyboo00 1 year ago 11
@christalbabyboo00 with a cake even at that hieght/thickness support is needed so it doesn't cave in on itself, other wise it wouldn't be very nice looking
Kandykane95 1 year ago
@christalbabyboo00 Yeah I wanna know too. The middle one supports all of them. But the rest don't make any sense.
Desi4evah 11 months ago
@christalbabyboo00 maybe to support the weight of the top two tiers?
spongebob2789 10 months ago
@spongebob2789 HOW?? she stuck them in the cakes not thru all the cakes together think about it!
LOL
christalbabyboo00 10 months ago
@christalbabyboo00 I believe they are supporting the cardboard under each layer of cake.
Vompireful 10 months ago
@Vompireful hell yea cuz the cardboard is just to heavy LMAO
christalbabyboo00 10 months ago
@christalbabyboo00 when stacking cakes, simply resting each cake on top of the other would cause them to sink into each other especially when iced etc. the only way is to use dowels in lower tiers to support the board which holds the cake on top. the dowels are simply removed by the people cutting and serving the cake
IgonOvabord 9 months ago 2
@christalbabyboo00 The dowels on each layer DO support the cake. The cake sits on top of each dowel which supports the cardboard base. Without dowels on each tier, the cake will collapse inwards and begin sinking into the cake underneath due to the weight.
fairytalerescue 8 months ago 21
@christalbabyboo00 -- commonsense is not common
freakinferrari 7 months ago
@christalbabyboo00
r u and the guys who gave thumbs up serious ?.....
didnt u have physics in school?
scorpions411 7 months ago
@scorpions411 Actually, I've done 2 and 3 tiers cakes and used dowels for support and drove with the cakes assembled and the system worked really well.
alyrios 6 months ago
Hello!
I have a question...whats the middle stick for?...the large one andd for how many people is this cake?
thanks
canavas 1 year ago
I love me some sticks!
iluvdemi1000xyes 1 year ago
lol when i was in primary school
me and my friend used to sharp sticks like this
and poke each other with them.... nice tutorial although...!!!
ahsanfiaz100 1 year ago
YEY, dowels!
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HaleyEisen 1 year ago
you know what is funny, if you make this properly IT DOESNT NEED DOWELS fucking useless people, and before i get any shit my mum is a chef and my auntie makes wedding cakes for a living
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GreenMarble 1 year ago
@BASTEH99 You're an idiot. NO cake is strong enough to support two other cakes on top of it, let alone just one cake. You need those dowels for support, or else the cake will get smashed under its own weight moron.
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BelenFawn 1 year ago
Dowels bear the weight of the upper cakes. Otherwise it can sink or tip or both. She probably thought we knew that. ;) The center dowel is for "staking" it so when you deliver it doesn't slide off or tip over.
superjae5 1 year ago
why do we put wooden dowels in the cake? she never said!
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jshsks089dfs 1 year ago
i find it so cute that u make a heart in between the layers
ungredda4 1 year ago
What if some retard manages to eat a stick thats in there? : >
Fluffyyy2 1 year ago
@Fluffyyy2
i think you might be the retard that would eat it! it wouldnt get served with the dowel in it
missbeaver26 11 months ago
so is there a card board under each cake? and under the frosting there layered cakes also? and i also wanted to do a cake like this with the foundant frosting is it easier to do or the same? sorry so many qusitions this is going to be my first cake <3
msyola41 1 year ago
so is there a card board under each cake? and under the frosting there layered cakes also?
msyola41 1 year ago
This is just what I was looking for! I'm going to attempt to design, build & decorate a cake modeled on the Mayan temple at Tulum, Mexico (Yucatan). I consulted "The Joy of Cooking" by Rombauer which instructs us to "insert one-inch dowels cut to the length of the height of the cake pan into the cake." I was wondering how the heck the dowels would stay in place in the unbaked batter. Now it turns out she never mentioned *baking* the cake first! Wah-wah-waaaaahhh.
METROGNOME57 1 year ago
in chinese wedding cake they don't put wood sticks to hold the cake. and what did u use to make the cake u are holding it and the frosting doesn't come off.... O_O its wood hard cake
animemily3027 1 year ago
Do you have to put rounds under each cake level? if yes, where can you buy them?
ChefTellsie 1 year ago
nice boobs
FatPizza56 1 year ago
@FatPizza56 oooh weee
elgeeno 1 year ago
The base is a "coregater brown"? What?
theroadsofar 1 year ago
@theroadsofar
"corrugated round" is what she said. It's just cardboard like the boxes you get from UPS, USPS, etc... except they are clean pieces used for food.
tahoe350 1 year ago
mmm... wood cake
cmonneah 1 year ago 46
where did she get that dowel cutters from?
ebony66pink 1 year ago
that heart things was cute
superaznboy 1 year ago
is a 6 inch pan 6 inches diameter, or 6 inches circumference?
MyJKProductions 1 year ago
@MyJKProductions diameter
munkibiznis 1 year ago
@MyJKProductions Diameter, to be sure. A 6" circumference pan would be scaled to the size of a troll doll. Mmmmmmmm troll dolls....
METROGNOME57 1 year ago
what kind of icing did you use?
sk8ingchamp 1 year ago 2
@sk8ingchamp yeah i really need to know that too!
jennypenny001 1 year ago
lol y was she smushing the hearts she was making.. y didnt she just randomly make a x or like zigzags
WheresWaldoTV 1 year ago
@WheresWaldoTV she wanted to seem cool lol
MyJKProductions 1 year ago
@MyJKProductions lmao tht what she can smush hearts? lmao gr8 so shes not in a relationship
WheresWaldoTV 1 year ago
I was wondering what kind of scissors were you using to cut the dowels and where can I get a pair? Also, were you using bases under the tiers that you were stacking? Thank you for your feedback.
75purplebutterfly 1 year ago
yeah why do you have to use all those little sticks sumone plz tell me!!
rainbowgirl76 1 year ago
do youu need a cardboard plate thing foor each tier ?
faatmee 1 year ago
i think the small sticks are for supporting the cake, so when the weight of other layers would not "crush" on the bottom one. The Small Sticks are to help the bottom layer
koikoikoiy 1 year ago
Haha 1sketchie!! Too funny... hey epicurious.....go buy some boobies!
sweetsbymrswang 1 year ago
haha, awesome video but i was so hoping she'd drop that massive 12'' base on the floor ;)
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kikiscustomcakes 1 year ago
Im dying. I love cakes. But we havent this kind of cakes here. Hate it!!!
HIGHBORNLADY 1 year ago
nom nom nom no more cake! jokes, nice work with making it, it is very professional!!!
s1h2o3r4t5i6 1 year ago 2
nom nom nom
s1h2o3r4t5i6 1 year ago 2
r those garden shears u used to cut the dowels?
angeleyes3250 1 year ago
is this buttercream frosting? its so smooth like fondant
maraypaz 1 year ago
well made, informative, and because I am a freak: slightly arousing.
nomnomnoms42 1 year ago
Your icing is stiff (you can handle your cakes without getting icing all over you) How do you get this, where they are easy to handle? How do you get your cakes so smooth? Do you freeze them before you use them?
chicknchat 1 year ago
you are very dis respectful she just finished a beautiful artictic piece and all you cna think about is her breasts get a life
you did a great job i am now going into making cakes and hopefully soon i will be as good as you
power2thepoeple13 1 year ago
nice boobs!!!!i love it!!!
TZOY75 1 year ago
ok, tnx
rowtje12345 1 year ago
it would be funny if the tip of the large dowel broke when she was sharpening it...
AndrewACruz 1 year ago
io mi sn distratto stavo guardando le gumme :-)
triarii76 1 year ago
Hi
Can you tell me why do you put 4 dowels in the bottom of the cake
farscape46 1 year ago
@farscape46
Yes I will like to know too please
christachick 1 year ago
It gives teh cake support so that when teh next tier is put on it won't cruch into the lower tier. You would puc supports in each layer
lovebug2083 1 year ago
@farscape46
So the weight from the top tiers doesn't cause the bottom layer to start flattening. Without these the cake may become lopsided or have other problems.
punkette4u 1 year ago 2
Thanks for the awesome vid! :)
I was wondering if this technique is required for fondant cakes as well or could the bottom cakes "survive" without this?
TheYziad 1 year ago
sorry this maybe stupid question....see when you put the center dowel, did you put a hole in the middle of all cardboard below the cake (i notice theres a cardboard on the cake) coz im not sure how to push the dowel right to the bottom without ruining the cake w/o a hole on the cardboard?
islandkisser 1 year ago
very good strategy but I have a question ... ay people who only get a couple of sticks in the middle but your technique paresio too perfect to me how to measure and I paresio wonderful .... but tell me ay differance between yours and others that just put the sticks in medium hard Reverse the cake ?.... same as yours even better than me parese your friend Kenny other god bye butterfly
marilynm1983 1 year ago
she put in the dowels to help the the cake to not slide off cuz shes usin frosting and it tends to move alot
stylestudioxx 1 year ago
Thanks for the Info.
robertfriend1 1 year ago
doesnt it make a mess of the cake with all those dowels in it
oldbag699 1 year ago 11
@oldbag699 An even bigger mess would be a collapsed cake. Tiered cakes need those supports to be able to stand straight and be transportable.
Serenity0047 1 year ago
@oldbag699 a bigger mess would be the cake falling inward and sliding.
cjtay51 1 year ago
@oldbag699
Banquet workers are trained on how to cut a wedding cake. Every wedding cake I cut had dowels in them for support, you just pull then out prior to cutting each level.
Nymphony 1 year ago
@oldbag699 i am a pastry chef and yes, every single one of those cakes you see on television (cake boss, ace of cakes, amazing wedding cakes) and at weddings have wooden dowels inside. they are the support system. The catering halls/banquet facilities or restaurants are aware of them and remove them prior to cutting and serving. they leave small unnoticeable holes. Without the towels, the layers underneath would buckle, crack and break. then you'd really have a mess on your hands.
Headache 11 months ago 2
hi, do you leave the cake boards/bases under each layer o cake?
amandamacaulay 2 years ago
@amandamacaulay
the chefs usually dont leave anythign beteween the layers
wchild56 2 years ago
do u leave the bases in between the tiers...thanx
munozangie21 2 years ago
You don't have to leave the bases in between the tiers if you don't want it. However, in this video it seems like she dose to help with stability, as well as the initial handling and stacking of the tiers.
IMO, I would leave the bases there, but the initial decision is yours.
rsk8ter55 2 years ago
@munozangie21
no usually they dont leave anythign between the layers.
wchild56 2 years ago
why do you need to put dowels into the individual cakes? they don't seem to be joining the cake together.
mtxh89 2 years ago
it's not that they're joining the cakes together, it's that they're support systems. without supports in the two bootom layers, the weight on top would cause it to sag
cricketsballroom 2 years ago
thanks :)
mtxh89 2 years ago
Its because of the 2 top tiers weight. You dont want the bottom tier to smoosh. The center dowel is what keeps the whole structure together.
babyfrog12 2 years ago
The dowels are only in the bottom two tiers, which helps to keep the upper tiers from not only squishing the bottom ones, but also to help keep the ones above themselves steadier. The center dowel is the only one that goes through all three tiers, and is usually the stabalizer for the entire cake itself. So, whilst not all of the dowels are holding the cake togeather, on dowel is.
rsk8ter55 2 years ago 2
im guessing so the cake can stay together. because she used frosting and not fondant or anythign like that
wchild56 2 years ago
CAKEIS GOOOOD
trepxtrechi 2 years ago
I would'nt do the yellow though
MrStrawberry2000 2 years ago
I wish i could do that !!!!!!!!!!!!
MrStrawberry2000 2 years ago
what kind of cutting implement is she using for the dowels?
BlueAmina25 2 years ago
I saw hedge cutters of something of the sort, I'm not sure.
beagle4864 2 years ago
good butt still needs improovement... u didd so roughly!!
girligirlie 2 years ago
it would've been convenient if you had put a link to the seaming video on the side.
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HallieAMY 2 years ago
how nice.
ChloeGoh1998 2 years ago
Whats your icing recipe?very nice cake and smooth.
micram2008 2 years ago
Do cake bases stick to bottom layer? If so how can that be prevented? Thanks for this tutorial it's very helpful
Nilla2124 2 years ago
This is very helpful - same question as above - how do you cut the cake? also, can I use swiss meringue buttercream underneath the fondant?
mcmaggimoo 2 years ago 2
Why don't you measure the height of the cake before putting that larger (or any) dowling in so you dont have to keep stabbing the cake or finding your holes again?
danishbacon87 2 years ago
What type of icing are you using? I am making my wedding cake and i can not find a icing that is that smooth?
bride5152010 2 years ago
tks a lot for your video.
Ginevralazar 2 years ago
if the marker touches the cake...
KatieSam96 2 years ago
How do you cut it up to serve for a party or wedding?
sexylilaprons 2 years ago