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Message: [QUOTE="ninamari, post: 33269, member: 2365"] Hi flourchild, Here's a nice tutorial on stacking cakes and using dowels for support. The number of dowels needed will depend on how heavy the cake is and what type of dowel you're using. I've only stacked one cake before and the top tier was very small (only a 6 inch round) so it wasn't very heavy. I still used dowels for support (I believe 4), with a cake board under the top tier. Since you'll have several 9 inch layers on top, I'd go with at least 5 wooden dowels (four along the sides and one in the center). Hope this helps! [URL]http://www.gratednutmeg.com/?p=7143[/URL] [/QUOTE]