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asked May 18th 2018

rum soaked fruit cake on 2nd tier.

Hi,
I have a wedding coming up and the bride wanted the second tier (3 tier cake) to be a heavy rum soaked fruit cake. I have been hearing that you should not put this type of cake in the middle but at the bottom because it is heavy. Is this true? Am I risking a disaster wedding cake?

I plan on using dowels to support each tier along with a dowel inserted through all 3 tiers. Would this work?

She also wants the cake in royal icing with a fondant silhouette on all three tiers. Any tips?

Thanks.

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Hi,
I have a wedding coming up and the bride wanted the second tier (3 tier cake) to be a heavy rum soaked fruit cake. I have been hearing that you should not put this type of cake in the middle but at the bottom because it is heavy. Is this true? Am I risking a disaster wedding cake?

I plan on using dowels to support each tier along with a dowel inserted through all 3 tiers. Would this work?

She also wants the cake in royal icing with a fondant silhouette on all three tiers. Any tips?

Thanks.

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As long as you use plenty of dowels in the bottom and middle tiers the cake will be fine. The dowels take the weight of the cake preventing a collapse.
Please follow Paul’s dowelling method and use rigid cake boards and not the card types.

Please let me know if you need more information. 🙂

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Hi,

Thank you. I feel a lot better. I will check it out.

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