It will be much easier to stack your cakes if they’re already level.
You can find cake plates at most home goods stores.
You can make your own cake boards out of cardboard by cutting out circles that are the exact diameter of each tier, or you can purchase pre-cut cake plates or boards from a home goods store.
You can also insert a large straw into the center of the cake and then see how far it goes in.
You can find plastic dowels at most home goods stores. They are thicker and more sturdy than wooden dowels.
The top of the dowels should sit flush with the top of the tier so that they don’t stick out.
Some plastic cake boards have dowels attached to the bottom. If yours does, you can push your cake board into the holes that you made with the plastic dowels.
The top tier doesn’t need a cake board because it’s the smallest one, so it will just be supported by the dowels underneath it.
You can find bamboo sticks at most home goods stores. Bamboo sticks work well for securing cakes because they won’t get soggy like normal wooden dowels and they aren’t as thick as plastic ones.
Use frosted flowers or a cake topper to cover up the uneven surface at the top of your cake if you’d like even more coverage.
