How do you Tier cakes??? Have you done them before? What did you use??

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.

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. 💕💕

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 🙌🏼

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 KZfaq 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!

I've never tired a cake before, but now I'm not nervous at all about it. Thank you for the great video.

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 🥰

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!

Putting the board on top of the cake and the flipping it round...blew my MIND!

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!❤😁

Dear God help me! I'm doing this today!

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.

Sharpening the Dowel with a pencil sharpener 🤯 mind blown 😄. I have never thought of that! Thanks for the tips!!

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.

I will be attempting my 1st tier cake this weekend 😬 hopefully it's a success 🤞

I'm surprising my cousin on her birthday and this is so helpful 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

You hit 1.5 M!!! Let’s go Laurie!! Love your videos :)

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!

Easy to follow instructions and I dig the cute background music. A+

superb video... really very helpful. I have a recipe request... eggless macrons recipe please.

Thank you so much for making this video it helped alot Love you so much

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 KZfaq 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?

I'm 11 and have my own baking business xx it channel has helped me solo much x

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?

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.

You are wonderful and I like your work 😋

I have never ever tier two, I will try your way, you were ver explicit it, thank you

That cake looks so good! This video made me hungry. :O

Just a quick question. When you eat the cake, won’t the dowels not let you cut into it? And what about the cardboard?

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!

So nice cake 👍

Thank you . You make everything easy. I appreciate you!!!

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

Vanilla cake!you the best cook making cake😋👑

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. :)

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

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!!!!!

Super helpful and sooooo simple. Thank you!!!

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!! 🤞

I'm trying mine today hopefully can make it.

Amazing tutorial! I’m going to make a tiered cake this week for the first time and this is really going to help!

Feel more confident after watching this video!

Thank you very much from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

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Freezing the cakes prior to stacking helps a lot.

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

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?

Thanks, great guide😄😄

Love your cakes your recepies omg

Hi can you make a video of how you make the cake itself - a recipe? ❤🥰

Thank you! That was very helpful!

Thank you😊

Wouuuu you are so beautiful :) I am Ecuatorian and i am learning new things with yours videos

I love your video! Gets straight to the point!

I’ve never tiered a cake but now I want to!

Hi! I saved this video. I have a question. How many slices would this size cake cut? For a wedding. ❤

Am just bigner. It's very useful video for me..

New subscriber!!! I love your video!!! I will be doing my first tier cake in two weeks!!!

Very helpful thank you!

Wait I’m confused. How did the center dowel go through if there was a cake board between the two layers?

My 5-year-old great-granddaughter wants 'grandma' to make her a 3-tiered Barbie cake! yikes. I've made wedding cakes however they all had stands that separated the layers. I'll certainly use your method; this cake must travel about 20 miles! eeeek thanks for the video.

Thank you for making this video!! I needed to know how to tier a cake!! And the white cake is so pretty!! 🎂

Have you ever used plastic dowels and do you have issues with covering the hole on top with buttercream since they are hollow?

This was really helpful for me. Thank you.

I’m making my first tier cake tonight!! Wish me luck

What sizes are these cakes?

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!!!

You are sooo pretty

Excellent tuturial! Thank you

This is a really good guide!

Great technique thanks

When you hammered that dowel down won't particles of the cardboard end up in the cake?

Perfect ! Thank you 😊

Do you have a video on how to make cake decorations and designs?

Thank you.. great idea on tiering a cake :)

Awesome video! Thank you

I'm about to try this today for the first time.. hopefully I do it right 😬😬

You are amazing at making these! Helped a lot, your really good c

Wow that was so good.

For the four layers on the bottom, do you need to use dowels? And do you put a board between each of them?

so the cake board on the smaller cake stays or do we remove it before placing it on top?

I have used the same method with wood dows. 😊

Thank you! 💕

I have a 8 inch bottom tier and a 6 inch top you would only put 3 bubba straws to hold it up? Different videos say you would use the amount of straws the top layer is? I don't have to? And No center dowel? Thank you

YESSSS NOW I KNOW THANKS LAURIE

I love this thank you!

Fantastic tips!

Thank you!

What about the board between the lower can n upper cake how can dowel insert in it

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No se mucho de inglés pero me encanta tu canal aunque no lo hable

Thank u..... simple.. clear

I would like to know when you stack the cakes Does the top layer of the cake stick to the cardboard?

Same method as you. I prefer the wooden dowels than the plastic straws. I've made 3 cakes which were tiered.