Cake Question and on a different topic my mother is no longer coming to the wedding!!

No cake expert but i think you have to use the dowels for support.

Sorry to hear about the trouble with your mum, but glad your all happy about it x

Thanks for the reply Meh we both wanted them stacked on top of each other......

Should I be more upset about my "mother" than the cake lol??? We havnt been on good terms in years now so Im kindda relived I dont have to worry what she might say or do at the wedding!!

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Im sorry your mum wasnt able to take the same initiative as you and be a little more 'adult' about this but hey i think in the long run you have made the right choice and at least you wont be on edge as you may have been with her there x

as for the cake, its perfectly doable i think here are a few pics i found:

I was confused about this too, I popped into local M and S to ask and she thinks- doesnt know for certain!- that the one I wantcomes in 3 separate boxes but you just stack them with nothing between.

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Thanks Lorna - you took the words out of my mouth def will not be on edge now plus my sister will be alot happier as she hasnt spoken to our mother in about 5 years!!!

Regarding the cake pics - there r no secret dowlers or anything im missing lol!!

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I really like this one - you cant order it more than 21 days in advance either can you??!!! lol x

hehehe not that i know of but i suppose if you were really worried you could make up a 'sticky icing glue' mixture x

Your mum should be more supportive! If you've got a great step mum I would let her look after you your mum will regret it one day!

On the cake not I've seen these which I was considering for my cake on http://www.myperfectweddingshop.co.uk/weddingcakestand.html

they have quite a few different ones

If you are having all 3 fruit it should be okay.... even a sponge on top if you wished, on top of fruit would be fine. These come on cake boards so be careful removing them from the board.

I had an M&S one, didnt get to eat enough of it, lolol.... but we used pillars to keep it traditional etc...

THATS the word we have all been looking for!!!!!!

Lol thanks Teehee and Lorna - we just want sponge so well have to see - I guess it would make a funny in retrospect story for my hitched report if the top layer falls off or something lol

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What said...

Dowels are needed to stop the cakes from sinking, it also makes it more sturdy

http://www.ehow.com/how_2310488_assemble-stacked-cake.html

SG...thats a brilliant find. Im making the cake for a relative and Sandysounds the professional cake bodger was going to plonk all three cakes on top of each other.....until I read that article!

Thats rubbish about your mum, but sounds like you'll have a fabby day anyway!

Cant help on the cake bit but thats a fabby find from Steelgoddess!!

"Sandysounds the professional cake bodger" ?? Love it!

Im having a m&s cake too, but the one with the little dots on it, romantica pearl or something.

As steelgoddess said, you will need the dowels to support the cake (even if all sponge), the pillars (like teehee had) are used if you want to stack the cakes with 'gaps' inbetween, so you see the pillars.

I ordered my cake in January I think for our wedding at the end of April ,so you can definately order before 21 days, I think it comes up saying you can collect from as early as 21 days, so I would def order before then!

There is a link on the m&s website showing you how to stack the cakes which is fab -

https://www.marksandspencer.com/l/food-to-order/cakes

I can't access the tv thing at work, but if you go to the bottom of the page in the link above and click on the 'view video making of our cakes' then there are other video's available that show them being stacked.