Maintenance Guide | 1. Follow the meal plans in this Maintenance Guide if you have less than 15. pounds to lose, as the 5 & 1 Plan is not appropriate for those wishing to lose. less than 15 pounds.
Take a piece of real ribbon that is the width of the gap you want between your first and second strips. I used a piece that was 3/8 wide. Pin one end of the ribbon to the back of the cake, above the seam of your fondant strip. Wind the ribbon all the way around your cake, resting it on top of the fondant strip.f you want to add stripes to the to of the top of the cake, repeat the steps above but use the top of the cake as a guide for your first strip. It is safer to gently coil your strip up and rest it on top of the tier as you unwind it to glue it into place.
1 Make sure each tier is completely level using a level from the hardware store set on the top. 2  Insert dowels into all the tiers except the top one. 3  Place a cake board the same size as the tier above the bottom one centered on top of the bottom tier and press it gently to imprint the outline on the icing or fondant.or example, a 16 inch or 18 inch cake will require at least eight dowels and a ten inch cake will need at least six dowels. You can gently press a cake board the same size as the upper tier on the top of the lower tier to mark where to place the dowels.