Bubble Tea Straws For Cake Stacking

How i use fat straws in my stacked cakes instead of dowels or bubble straws.

Bubble tea straws for cake stacking.

Make sure when you use solid dowels supports you cut out a small circle from each. There has been a lot of discussion lately about what supports to use inside a stacked or sculpted cakes. I saw a video on youtube on how to stack big cakes or cakes taller than two layers and the lady used these instead of plastic or wood skewers of course you use thin cake boards in between and these go under the boards. Here is a simple step by step.

Once you have frosted all your cakes with icing insert heavy duty bar straws or even better bubble tea straws or wooden dowels or skewers within the diameter of your cake for support. I m not saying this is the only way just saying this is how i do it. Some people use bubble tea straws but i have a hard time finding sturdy bubble tea straws. I buy milkshake straws at cash and carry but like most things you can also find them on amazon.

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Any larger of a cake or any more than 3 small tiers should have a center dowel support and larger dowels used like these ones click here. For instance if your top cake is a 6 inch cake you will be placing about 5 straws within a 6 inch diameter.