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5 tier sponge wedding cake
Hi there, I’ve been asked to make a 5 round tier wedding cake - 14”, 12”, 10, 8” and 6” . I’m nervous about stacking the 12” & 14” cakes and wondered how many dowels I should put in the 14” cake to hold up the 12” cake etc.
Your advice would be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Natalie
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Hi Natalie
If you follow Paul's dowelling tutorials you won't go far wrong. Take a peek at his free lessons on dowelling and stacking cakes here:
If you're still worried about the bottom tiers, it won't hurt to add a few extra dowells for good measure. Paul does say in other tutorial if you feel unsure use more. It doesn't have to be many, just a few more in between what has already been used. Hope this helps.