American Baker in Germany

 This cake was for a friend's 50th birthday party. She asked for vanilla cake and mango buttercream. So, I made 8-inch, 6-inch and 4-inch vanilla cakes and mango Swiss meringue buttercream. I started out stacking the bottom tier on the largest cake board. I filled and frosted the 8-inch cake with mango Swiss meringue buttercream. Then, on a washable, acrylic cake board, I stacked the middle tier. And finally, on a spare disposable cake board, I stacked the smallest tier. Then I frosted the tiers again and cleaned up the cake board. Then I covered the tiers with fondant. Once I had all the tiers covered in fondant, I stacked the cake. In the bottom tier, I placed one long wooden skewer through the center and a bunch of them flush with the cake around the cake. I spread some buttercream on top of the cake to help the middle tier stick in place. Then I placed several skewers around the middle tier. Added some buttercream and placed the top tier. Now we have a three-tiered, fondant-cov...