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Barbaranne
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:50 am |
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Sorry for all the questions today. I am new at this.
What do you cover the cake board with? I have seen some that use a pretty colored, patterned foil. I don't know where to get it. Is it food safe?
Also, I have seen some with what appears to be wrapping paper, but I do not want to use anything that I don't know to be food safe (there could be lead in the in for instance).
I don't want to just use those plain boards that have the silver pattern already on them.
Thanks for your help!
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:02 am |
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Most of the pretty foil is called fancy foil. It is made by Wilton and comes in various colors that you can apply to cake boards.
A lot of people use scrapbooking paper or wrapping paper and cover it with clear contact paper. You can also cover boards with rolled fondant. |
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Barbaranne
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:21 am |
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So the contact paper is food safe?
I was wondering about the fondant. When the cake is cut, does the fondant that is on the board come off and stay stuck to the bottom of the cake, resulting in a messy looking board?
Thanks for all the help! |
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BakingGirl
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:34 am |
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You can also cover your board in thinned down R.I. My Darth Vader Cake, the Mermaid Cake and the Action Sports Cake in my photos all have RI covered boards. I like it because you can swirl several colours together and match the board to the cake. And it is guaranteed food safe and inexpensive. The only downside is that you have to be organised enough to do the board at least one day ahead. I have also used fondant on the board, like the Sleeping Beauty Cake. The positive is that you can use impression mat, but it is definitively a more expensive way of doing a board.
With either technique I cover the board first in foil, it just makes it easier to remove the icing afterwards so that I can re-use the boards. |
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CelebrationCakery
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:36 am |
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When your board is covered with fondant you can dust the area that will be under the cake with powdered sugar to make it so it doesn't stick. You can to the same thing between your layers to help out for when you are removing your teirs too!
Welcome to CC, you will find many knowledgable and very helpful people here!!! |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:36 am |
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Contact paper is not officially safe but remember that your cake isn't set directly on the bottom board. Generally there is a cake board under the cake while you ice and decorate - then you set the cake on the decorated board and finish off with the border. If you cover a board in fondant do it 24 to 48 hours before (or even longer) you need it so it is dry. Because your cake is on a cake board of it's own (like an 8" cake on an 8" board) when you cut the cake the fondant board is not going to stick to the cake. |
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:44 am |
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BakingGirl, how do you do the RI board? Like you would do with a cookie?
Pipe a border and flood it? |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:54 am |
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That is a neat idea to use ROYAL. I have never thought of that. I would also like to know your process for covering a board with royal. |
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BakingGirl
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:57 am |
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Edit,
I don't bother with piping a border when covering the cake board. I just blob the thinned down icing around the board, generally not bothering about covering the middle as that is under the cake anyway. Then I just push the icing out to the edges and let it run over the sides. Before the icing sets I take a spatula and run it around the edge to take off excess icing so that I don't end up with big blobs on the edge of the board. I finish the edge with a ribbon to cover it. |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:00 am |
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Thank you so much for the info! I think I will try that soon. For the swirl effect areyou just dropping colr right onto the wet royal or are you using colored royal to swirl into the main color? |
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BakingGirl
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:07 am |
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cake-angel,
I divide my RI into several bowls which I color individually, then I start "blobbing" it on, adding color until I am happy with the result. Usually there will be one main color and smaller amounts of accent colors. |
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:27 am |
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I've learned at least 2 new things today, thank you BakingGirl. |
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cake-angel
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:30 am |
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! |
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plbennett_8
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:21 am |
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| cake-angel wrote: | | Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! |
Yep! Ditto for me! Now why didn't I think of the royal idea... Perfect for a cake I have coming up! 
Thanks!
Pat |
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Win
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Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:47 am |
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I have found that the RI technique needs to be done about 24 hours in advance as well in order to dry hard. Most experts recommend that as well. Also, if you are using a single color in RI it can be thinned down to the same consistency as a petit four icing and "poured" on the board, allowing it to run off over a catch pan. This makes for a smoother than silk look to the board. |
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