I am making a sheet cake with a 3D basketball on it. I am going to stick a dowel in the sheet cake to support the basketball. Should I wrap the cardboard circle the basketball is going to be on?
Does anybody wrap thereâs in aluminum foil? If not what should I wrap them in?
I wrap. I'm afraid of getting cardboard fuzzies in the cake i guess.
What do you use to wrap them with? Do you wrap it all the way around the board?
I used to wrap cardboard. Now, I use foamboard, which I don't wrap, but do use white electrical tape around the raw edge. Sometimes I'll wrap a cardboard in contact paper, but be careful, because it can be slippery.
Diane, so you find that the foamboard holds up ok and doesn't get soggy like a cardboard? My concern is when doing 3D cakes and the boards are sitting inside the cake for a couple days. But I really would rather not have to wrap cake boards! Thanks for the electrical tape tip....that's a good one.
Courtney
Courtney, this is what I love about foamboard. It does not get soggy. The paper will separate from the foam when it comes into contact with grease, hence the tape around the edge. The paper will show grease marks, but it won't disintegrate like cardboard.
Where can you buy foamboard? I guess I'm not sure what that is.
Where can you buy foamboard? I guess I'm not sure what that is.
You can get it at craft stores and WalMart. It's a piece of white foam coated on both sides with white glossy paper. It comes in 3/16" and 1/2" thicknesses. You'll find it either by the mat boards or the school presentation materials.
I use 3/16" under tiers and the 1/2" for base boards.
Wow, thanks everyone for all of the great tips. This is why I love cake central!!!!!
I wrap the bottom board only - and I buy plastic tablecloths in the party section at wal-mart to wrap them in. One tablecloth covers many boards and they come in all colors and sometimes patterns around the holidays, so I can always color coordinate with my cake. They're 99 cents each.
I use foam board for large/heavy cakes and I cover it as well. I get it at wal-mart - it's usually right next to the posterboard on the school supply isle.
i really hope this doesn't sound dumb.. but can wrapping paper be used to wrap the boards instead of foil or fanci foil? and contact paper can be used? just needing a festive way to decorate the boards..
Wrapping paper still needs to be covered with clear contact paper because the moisture from the cake will cause the dyes to bleed and the paper to get soggy and fall apart.
BTW, there are no dumb questions. 
- and I buy plastic tablecloths in the party section at wal-mart to wrap them in. One tablecloth covers many boards and they come in all colors and sometimes patterns around the holidays, so I can always color coordinate with my cake. They're 99 cents each.
What a GREAT idea!
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Does wrapping the cake circles make it hard for the dowels to go through them?
Wow, thanks everyone for all of the great tips. This is why I love cake central!!!!!
I second that! 
I have a dumb question, but the board you're talking about- is it the thin cardboard (usually has scalloped edges) or are you talking about the firmer cake circle board that you rest cakes on. I'm doing a stacked cake soon, and I'm not sure which one you are supposed to use
I don't wrap the cake circles that are between stacked cakes. What I usually do is put the cake on a larger circle than needed, ice and then smooth, and after it has set up, I use very sharp scissors to cut the cardboard to fit the bottom of the cake perfectly.
The only board I cover is the bottom board that will be seen. I've not had a problem with grease soaking through or any construction problems and I have made some pretty tall and heavy cakes check out my photo to see what I'm talking about.
jibbies
I wrap only my cake boards I am using as the cake base. I use Parchment paper. It gives the cake a nice clean and professional look. If I am covering with fondant I don't cover the boards just tape them together for strength.
I do not cover the boards in between tiers - only the bottom board that is seen.
Also, I poke a hole through the boards that my tiers will be on, in advance. Then I insert a long dowel through center of the bottom tier and slide all my other tiers down the dowel through the pre-drilled hole in the boards. Once my tiers are all stacked, I trim the excess dowel from the top and patched the hole. This prevents having to sharpen dowels, or force them through the tiers and it helps me keep the dowel perfectly strait. (I always had a problem with slanting my dowel as I put it through the etire cake and it casued my cakes to slide a bit) That's not been a problem with my current method of stacking!
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