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Topic tags/keywords: spongebob cake buttercream fondant delivery birthday advice question

I would like to make a sitting Spongebob cake for an order next Friday (like the photo), but it has to be a buttercream finish. It’s so tall and narrow I’m not sure how I would deliver it 30 minutes away without messing up the finish. If it was fondant then I could support it with my hands, but the b/c is throwing a monkey wrench in my plans, lol. I feel like it would topple over if I wasn’t holding it up. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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#1 posted 265 days ago

Dowel it really well. I have never done it before, So I can’t explain how, but maybe try the dowels that screw into the cake board? Two of those in his body would ensure he wouldn’t be going anywhere!

-- Nikki, So Cal, www.Facebook.com/nikkibelleperchecakes

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#2 posted 265 days ago

That sounds like a good idea. I’ve never done that either, but I think it’s a good plan. Thank You!

-- Happy Cakes

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#3 posted 264 days ago

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Get a large enough dowel and drill a small hole in one end. Decide where you will place it on your cake board, then poke a hole in the cake board. Hold the dowel in place over the hole. Then, from the bottom of the cake board, attach the dowel with a small screw & a washer. The washer will stopthe screw from going through the board. Works for me…hopethis can help you. Use as many dowels as you need to support whatever size cake you’re making.

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#4 posted 263 days ago

Okay, I think I understand what you’re saying about screwing in the dowel, but wouldn’t the nut stick out from the bottom of the board and cause it to sit unevenly? Or are you saying to just use a washer with no nut?

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#5 posted 263 days ago

Use only the washer.

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#6 posted 263 days ago

I would think also that using a drum or 3 cake boards as your base would give you enough room to put the screw in just enough to sit flush on the bottom without peeking through on top. Thanks for the tip lolobeauty! I like your way a lot more then others I have seen. Seems more affordable too!

-- Nikki, So Cal, www.Facebook.com/nikkibelleperchecakes

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#7 posted 258 days ago

Thank you all for the help!

-- Happy Cakes

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