I’d recommend freezing the cake you plan on putting on top. That way you could easily adjust it with your hands without worrying about ruining the buttercream.
While watching this video the only thing I had in mind was: "This is the reason why people shouldn't slam the face of the birthday person into the birthday cake. So many accidents have happened with people getting sticks stuck into their face. One almost lost an eye." So people!...never do that to anyone. All bakers stick things into the cake to structure them.
2 years late but this is suuuuper helpful! making my first 2-tier cake for a wedding and I'm sups anxious. hopefully this guide will help me get through! thank youuu 🙌🏼
how did you do with your first 2-tier cake? I have to make a cake for 50 ppl for a 50th bday, tell me how yours turned out and how many it was for if you can, :)
@@VeryMaggs I did well! I'm not sure how many pax it was for the wedding, but it was an 8" bottom tier and 6" top tier (both 4 layers tall). pretty sure it fed up to 50 people at least! hope it helps, good luck to you!! ❤️
@@niarsyadHi! I’m about to do my first cake just like this that same size! 8” and 6” both 4 layers Do you have any tips? Did your cake move at all or how did it went in really nervous! 😅
@andreajuradom1721 hi! don't be nervous. as long as you prepped it well from the start, it will all go well. firstly you have to ensure that both cakes are completely chilled and have their own board base at the bottom. then the bottom tier should be well supported with either wooden dowels or straws. I used straws bcos it's cheaper, then only used 1 wooden dowel through the center. work with a really flat spatula when you wanna move your cold cake! any smudges is ok, you can easily fix it with extra buttercream and smooth it back. all the best!! I hope the video from the creator and ny extra tips help you 😊
I HAVE tiered cakes. Sadly the first one I did not level well beforehand, so it looked a little wonky. The second one was levelled, and also fondant, so it held up and was lovely. Thanks for the tips!
I asked my sister who lives in the UK how to tier a cake as I’m making one for my granddaughter’s birthday. She started going on about dowels and suchlike but it was hard to understand over the phone. So... I searched on TH-cam and came across this video which made the process much clearer. A really excellent video I must say - straight to the point, no unnecessary, long-winded intro, fast but not too fast and perfectly clear... now I just hope that my effort turns out even half as well!
Love your videos! I'm a new hobby cake maker and I'm loving it! Did 3 this week, and I did the tier one today! Your advice was magnificent! Thanks so much!❤😁
I tried making a tiered gingerbread themed cake for my mom’s December birthday...grossly underestimated the size of the cake layers, first of all 😅 then I only had bendy straws as supports, so I cut the bendy part off and made-do 😅 it survived the car ride but by the time I got to her 2nd floor apartment (no elevator), it looked like the slanted Whoville mountain village 🤣 and THEN my mom goes “I’m gonna use the bathroom” while I’m trying to hold this cake upright long enough for her to enjoy it - I yelled “PEE FASTER!!!” 🤣🤣🤣 (btw it was a spice cake with vanilla buttercream). She LOVED the cake and was even more moved to tears by how much work I put into it just for her 🥰
Thanks, this makes me stress less. My daughter wants a bottom tier chocolate Bavarian cake, top tier baked cheese cake with berries. I have told her the cheese cake would be better on the bottom but this is what she wants. I feel a little more confident after watching this, thanks again.
Thank you for sharing your video. I prefer the straws as I have cut my finger cutting dowels b4 and they are strong. I haven't tried hammering a dowel through the centre as it scares me but i will have to try thins next time for extra support. Love all of your videos so helpful.
Thank you for this video!! I have never done this... I have turn out some orders because of this step!! But I wanted to see how it was done!! You make it looks nice!! Thank you!
I have never tiered a cake before but am taking a basic baking class soon! So I can learn about all cake things. Your videos have helped me so much I can never thank you enough
I’m making my first tiered cake next month and I’m curious how you know exactly where that hole in the center of your cake board is going to be if you can’t see it because you’re putting the dowel through the top of the cake?
I’ve made a two tier cake only once before, I did the second method you mentioned with a fondant owl cake 😁 unfortunately, I didn’t know your video existed when I did it, otherwise I would’ve used a longer dowel- I don’t think it even went past half of the top tier but it did still feel secure though... luckily I stacked it at the location so thankfully, there’s was less chance of any sliding accidents! Thank you for your advice! So appreciative! Xx
I'm about to and I'm going to use this method... I watched a lot of TH-cam videos and it's took a lot of convincing to get my daughter to let me make my grandson's birthday cake.. I'm so excited!!
So the cakeboards stay IN the cake between each layer (in addition to the dowel rods/thick straws)? Or did you remove the cakeboard when putting the second tier on top of the first?
Great question.For an event like a wedding you would go to a room in the back and you would cut until the cardboard.You can cut around the dowel and remove the cardboard as you go.Hope this helps!
Nice video. We explained! That's the technique I use for my cakes. I have a bit of difficulty putting my gumpaste flowers and the cake has to be slid back.
Laurie, thank you for the easy way of explaining "how to" in this vid. I love your presentation and teaching method. I have just done a single layered cake, with two levels... so I've never used dowels etc. But now I know how. :)
Looooove this tutorial. Planning to bake a 2 tier chocolate ganache cake for my parent's anniversary. It's the first time I'm a making a 2 tier cake!! Fingers crossed!! 🤞
Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🙏🙏 I'm making the cake for a friend's backyard wedding. While I'm confident it will taste good, I want to make sure it looks good, too. This was super helpful!
I just made my first tiered cake 8" and 6 " 4 layers each..I did fairly well now that Im watching your video..Now the question❓ how can I do full decorations prior and how do I then keep cake before collection? It is Thursday, I want to finish it for collection on Saturday morning. Can I leave it out or can I refrigerate for 2 days? Please help
I made a 10, 8 and 6 inch tiered cake last week for my niece's sweet 16 party. I assembled it very late Saturday night, placed 8 dowels in the 10 inch tier to hold the 8" tier; placed 5 dowels in the 8 inch tier to hold the 6 inch tier. It was white cake for the 10 and 6 inch tiers; I made devils food cake for the middle, 8 inch tier. I had buttercreamed the cake, no fondant. I placed the cake in a refrigerated large box, secured the bottom drum with styrofoam around it so the drum would not move at all. Got it to my car in one piece, my brother and nephew carried it for me. I drove a total of 3 miles to the venue at like 10 miles and hour, and crawled around turns. When I opened the box at the venue, the middle tier had collapsed sideways and pushed the layers of the 10 inch bottom tiers. The bottom two tiers were destroyed; after crying for a spell, I went back home and proceeded to make two more tiers and redo the entire cake and assemble it back at the venue. What happened? My filling for the devils food cake was ganache and strawberry filling... i cannot figure out why the middle tier slid. I have read over and over a long dowel in the middle is not needed for a three tier cake...... ??? Help? Should I not assembled these tiers until I get to the venues?
My brother is getting married next month. I'm going to make a two tier cake with bottom 9" dummy and 6" real cake. How should I dowel this? I'm a beginner. And I really don't know what to do here. This is going to be my first time tier cake. Thank you for the video.
Hi, thanks for the great video. Did you put 6 inch cake on top tier while keeping cake board underneath? If yes then do we need to make center hole inside 6 inch cake board before so that center dowel can slide thru board
I've made a few tiered cakes and did it this way!!! I had to watch your video to remember since it's been a while but now I remember good thing too cause I'm making my son a Batman cake for his birthday today!!!
Hiiii does anyone know where I can buy those douls?? Thanks so much for this video, making a two tier birthday cake for the first time and things are so much more clearer now ❤️
Quick hint: if you don’t want to put cardboard and dowels in your cake the you can use bubble tea straws, you put them in cut it and put some royal icing on top then your other cake. Just suggesting another way, but you can decide. Hope this helps!
How do you Tier cakes???
Have you done them before? What did you use??
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Thank You! 😊 i usually use wood sticks :)
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Just in time, as I’m doing my first 2 tiered cake 8” & 6” cake. Thank you very much for this video. Will be a great help. 💕💕
How it turn out!!
Same!
did you have to dowel supports for this small cake??
Omg same
Same I'm doing one too 😬😍
I’d recommend freezing the cake you plan on putting on top. That way you could easily adjust it with your hands without worrying about ruining the buttercream.
great idea!
Perfect 👌🏾
What if the cake gets dry and is the day of the event ?
Also recommended sticking your hands in ice so the heat of your hands don’t melt the butter cream.
@@andreinamejia20 use simple syrup before icing layers
I'm literally making my mother in law's cake for her wedding and I've never ever ever made a tier cake before and this was so simple to follow.
While watching this video the only thing I had in mind was: "This is the reason why people shouldn't slam the face of the birthday person into the birthday cake. So many accidents have happened with people getting sticks stuck into their face. One almost lost an eye." So people!...never do that to anyone. All bakers stick things into the cake to structure them.
2 years late but this is suuuuper helpful! making my first 2-tier cake for a wedding and I'm sups anxious. hopefully this guide will help me get through! thank youuu 🙌🏼
how did you do with your first 2-tier cake? I have to make a cake for 50 ppl for a 50th bday, tell me how yours turned out and how many it was for if you can, :)
@@VeryMaggs I did well! I'm not sure how many pax it was for the wedding, but it was an 8" bottom tier and 6" top tier (both 4 layers tall). pretty sure it fed up to 50 people at least! hope it helps, good luck to you!! ❤️
@@niarsyadHi! I’m about to do my first cake just like this that same size! 8” and 6” both 4 layers
Do you have any tips? Did your cake move at all or how did it went in really nervous! 😅
@andreajuradom1721 hi! don't be nervous. as long as you prepped it well from the start, it will all go well. firstly you have to ensure that both cakes are completely chilled and have their own board base at the bottom. then the bottom tier should be well supported with either wooden dowels or straws. I used straws bcos it's cheaper, then only used 1 wooden dowel through the center. work with a really flat spatula when you wanna move your cold cake! any smudges is ok, you can easily fix it with extra buttercream and smooth it back. all the best!! I hope the video from the creator and ny extra tips help you 😊
I HAVE tiered cakes. Sadly the first one I did not level well beforehand, so it looked a little wonky. The second one was levelled, and also fondant, so it held up and was lovely. Thanks for the tips!
I've never tired a cake before, but now I'm not nervous at all about it. Thank you for the great video.
I asked my sister who lives in the UK how to tier a cake as I’m making one for my granddaughter’s birthday. She started going on about dowels and suchlike but it was hard to understand over the phone. So... I searched on TH-cam and came across this video which made the process much clearer. A really excellent video I must say - straight to the point, no unnecessary, long-winded intro, fast but not too fast and perfectly clear... now I just hope that my effort turns out even half as well!
Love your videos! I'm a new hobby cake maker and I'm loving it! Did 3 this week, and I did the tier one today! Your advice was magnificent! Thanks so much!❤😁
I tried making a tiered gingerbread themed cake for my mom’s December birthday...grossly underestimated the size of the cake layers, first of all 😅 then I only had bendy straws as supports, so I cut the bendy part off and made-do 😅 it survived the car ride but by the time I got to her 2nd floor apartment (no elevator), it looked like the slanted Whoville mountain village 🤣 and THEN my mom goes “I’m gonna use the bathroom” while I’m trying to hold this cake upright long enough for her to enjoy it - I yelled “PEE FASTER!!!” 🤣🤣🤣 (btw it was a spice cake with vanilla buttercream). She LOVED the cake and was even more moved to tears by how much work I put into it just for her 🥰
You’re a good daughter. 👍
Thanks, this makes me stress less. My daughter wants a bottom tier chocolate Bavarian cake, top tier baked cheese cake with berries. I have told her the cheese cake would be better on the bottom but this is what she wants. I feel a little more confident after watching this, thanks again.
You hit 1.5 M!!! Let’s go Laurie!! Love your videos :)
Aww thanks so much Rylie!!!❤️ I still can't believe that number! 😁
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I will be attempting my 1st tier cake this weekend 😬 hopefully it's a success 🤞
was it a success lol
@@nylastelsel4896 im wondering too lol
Iam Asli gonna try to make it this weekend
Any update? Hahaha
Please help...how early before the event can we complete the entire cake and how do we then store it?
Thank you for sharing your video. I prefer the straws as I have cut my finger cutting dowels b4 and they are strong. I haven't tried hammering a dowel through the centre as it scares me but i will have to try thins next time for extra support. Love all of your videos so helpful.
Putting the board on top of the cake and the flipping it round...blew my MIND!
Sharpening the Dowel with a pencil sharpener 🤯 mind blown 😄. I have never thought of that! Thanks for the tips!!
I'm surprising my cousin on her birthday and this is so helpful thank you!
Thank you for this video!! I have never done this... I have turn out some orders because of this step!! But I wanted to see how it was done!! You make it looks nice!! Thank you!
I have never tiered a cake before but am taking a basic baking class soon! So I can learn about all cake things. Your videos have helped me so much I can never thank you enough
I’m making my first tiered cake next month and I’m curious how you know exactly where that hole in the center of your cake board is going to be if you can’t see it because you’re putting the dowel through the top of the cake?
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Easy to follow instructions and I dig the cute background music. A+
I’ve made a two tier cake only once before, I did the second method you mentioned with a fondant owl cake 😁 unfortunately, I didn’t know your video existed when I did it, otherwise I would’ve used a longer dowel- I don’t think it even went past half of the top tier but it did still feel secure though... luckily I stacked it at the location so thankfully, there’s was less chance of any sliding accidents! Thank you for your advice! So appreciative! Xx
I'm about to and I'm going to use this method... I watched a lot of TH-cam videos and it's took a lot of convincing to get my daughter to let me make my grandson's birthday cake.. I'm so excited!!
Thank you so much for making this video it helped alot
Love you so much
So the cakeboards stay IN the cake between each layer (in addition to the dowel rods/thick straws)? Or did you remove the cakeboard when putting the second tier on top of the first?
You are wonderful and I like your work 😋
superb video... really very helpful. I have a recipe request... eggless macrons recipe please.
Just a quick question. When you eat the cake, won’t the dowels not let you cut into it? And what about the cardboard?
Great question.For an event like a wedding you would go to a room in the back and you would cut until the cardboard.You can cut around the dowel and remove the cardboard as you go.Hope this helps!
To slice and eat the layers are removed one by one and cuts are made around where the dowels are. How I know? I've seen it done.
I'm 11 and have my own baking business xx it channel has helped me solo much x
Nice video. We explained! That's the technique I use for my cakes. I have a bit of difficulty putting my gumpaste flowers and the cake has to be slid back.
I'm making my son's cake for his wedding! This gives me hope that I can do it!
Vanilla cake!you the best cook making cake😋👑
That cake looks so good! This video made me hungry. :O
Super helpful and sooooo simple. Thank you!!!
Thank you . You make everything easy. I appreciate you!!!
I have never ever tier two, I will try your way, you were ver explicit it, thank you
Super later for this video, but glad it's here to watch. Getting ready to tier my first cake. I have the straws, not the dowels
So nice cake 👍
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Wait I’m confused. How did the center dowel go through if there was a cake board between the two layers?
Good question..other boards have holes punched in it.🫣
She said she sharpened one end of a dowel so she can hammer it through the cake board in the middle
I have said this before in a different video, but a way to make it edible, would be to make rods of rice crispys. You can try it if you want
I'm trying mine today hopefully can make it.
Laurie, thank you for the easy way of explaining "how to" in this vid. I love your presentation and teaching method. I have just done a single layered cake, with two levels... so I've never used dowels etc. But now I know how. :)
Thanks, great guide😄😄
Great cake! But I have a question whenever you put the dowel in the 2nd tier to go into the first tier if there is no hole in the cardboard
Thats what i am thinking of. Or maybe it perforated when she hammering the dowel?
You can cut a hole into the cardboard in advance.
I needed to watch this video, great video. I am attempting a 13 yr old 2 tier cake candy cake decorations. For a candy party
I love your cakes!!!!!
New subscriber!!! I love your video!!! I will be doing my first tier cake in two weeks!!!
Thank you very much from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
I love your video! Gets straight to the point!
Looooove this tutorial. Planning to bake a 2 tier chocolate ganache cake for my parent's anniversary. It's the first time I'm a making a 2 tier cake!! Fingers crossed!! 🤞
Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🙏🙏 I'm making the cake for a friend's backyard wedding. While I'm confident it will taste good, I want to make sure it looks good, too. This was super helpful!
I just made my first tiered cake 8" and 6 " 4 layers each..I did fairly well now that Im watching your video..Now the question❓ how can I do full decorations prior and how do I then keep cake before collection? It is Thursday, I want to finish it for collection on Saturday morning. Can I leave it out or can I refrigerate for 2 days? Please help
Hi! I saved this video. I have a question. How many slices would this size cake cut? For a wedding. ❤
Amazing tutorial! I’m going to make a tiered cake this week for the first time and this is really going to help!
Hi can you make a video of how you make the cake itself - a recipe? ❤🥰
Awesome video! Thank you
I made a 10, 8 and 6 inch tiered cake last week for my niece's sweet 16 party. I assembled it very late Saturday night, placed 8 dowels in the 10 inch tier to hold the 8" tier; placed 5 dowels in the 8 inch tier to hold the 6 inch tier. It was white cake for the 10 and 6 inch tiers; I made devils food cake for the middle, 8 inch tier. I had buttercreamed the cake, no fondant.
I placed the cake in a refrigerated large box, secured the bottom drum with styrofoam around it so the drum would not move at all. Got it to my car in one piece, my brother and nephew carried it for me. I drove a total of 3 miles to the venue at like 10 miles and hour, and crawled around turns. When I opened the box at the venue, the middle tier had collapsed sideways and pushed the layers of the 10 inch bottom tiers. The bottom two tiers were destroyed; after crying for a spell, I went back home and proceeded to make two more tiers and redo the entire cake and assemble it back at the venue. What happened? My filling for the devils food cake was ganache and strawberry filling... i cannot figure out why the middle tier slid. I have read over and over a long dowel in the middle is not needed for a three tier cake...... ??? Help? Should I not assembled these tiers until I get to the venues?
Nickki it has been my experience to always dowel through the center for extra support, especially when transporting an already stacked cake.
Thank you.. great idea on tiering a cake :)
Love your cakes your recepies omg
I love this thank you!
Hi. Enjoyed your video. What is the best base for a large bottom tier of a wedding cake if I am going to use a walnut slab as the cake stand?
Wouuuu you are so beautiful :) I am Ecuatorian and i am learning new things with yours videos
Freezing the cakes prior to stacking helps a lot.
Great technique thanks
Thank you for making this video!! I needed to know how to tier a cake!! And the white cake is so pretty!! 🎂
Aw thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
Do you have a video on how to make cake decorations and designs?
My brother is getting married next month. I'm going to make a two tier cake with bottom 9" dummy and 6" real cake. How should I dowel this? I'm a beginner. And I really don't know what to do here. This is going to be my first time tier cake. Thank you for the video.
Hi, thanks for the great video. Did you put 6 inch cake on top tier while keeping cake board underneath? If yes then do we need to make center hole inside 6 inch cake board before so that center dowel can slide thru board
Feel more confident after watching this video!
I love it so much 🥰
Thank you! 💕
Perfect ! Thank you 😊
I've made a few tiered cakes and did it this way!!! I had to watch your video to remember since it's been a while but now I remember good thing too cause I'm making my son a Batman cake for his birthday today!!!
This was really helpful for me. Thank you.
Very helpful.... My only concern.....
doesn't the butter cream come off from the down cake while you remove the top cake for cutting?
It shouldn’t.If it does you can refrigerate the cake overnight to help.Hope this helps!
I'm about to try this today for the first time.. hopefully I do it right 😬😬
Hiiii does anyone know where I can buy those douls?? Thanks so much for this video, making a two tier birthday cake for the first time and things are so much more clearer now ❤️
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Thank you! That was very helpful!
Am just bigner. It's very useful video for me..
Have you ever used plastic dowels and do you have issues with covering the hole on top with buttercream since they are hollow?
Fantastic tips!
Very helpful thank you!
When you hammered that dowel down won't particles of the cardboard end up in the cake?
Hi, may i know what king of frosting did you used? It looks very stable.. and do you have a video of it?? Thank you from Philippines ❤️
This is a really good guide!
YESSSS NOW I KNOW THANKS LAURIE
Fantastic, straightforward, and easy, so that us newbies dont get all overwhelmed!!🍄🧁💫
Thank u..... simple.. clear
Thank you for the video quite helpful
Same method as you. I prefer the wooden dowels than the plastic straws. I've made 3 cakes which were tiered.
Can you get them at a Wal-Mart?
Very beautiful so
I’m making my first tier cake tonight!! Wish me luck
Wow that was so good.
Quick hint: if you don’t want to put cardboard and dowels in your cake the you can use bubble tea straws, you put them in cut it and put some royal icing on top then your other cake. Just suggesting another way, but you can decide. Hope this helps!
How can you NOT use cardboard rounds?
Excellent tuturial! Thank you
Thank you!
I’ve never tiered a cake but now I want to!
!!luv!! Every moment every tip