I just did this on friday. I did most of the assemble in my kitchen. I set the bottom two tiers on the board all supports in place. Then I assembled the top two tiers. So really I took the cake in two pieces. Once we arrived at the reception all I had to do was place the top tiers on the top and fix the ribbon in place. I delivered the cake at 2:30 in the arvo and the guests all arrived there by 5:30. Plenty of time. One thing I always do is to ring the reception centre a few days before and ask when the earliest time I can deliver. The earlier the better incase of any little emergency. You may even be able to deliver the day before if the room isn’t being used for anything else. As for a repair kit. Take everything you used to decorate the cake in the first place. Good Luck..
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