Okay, where ever I go I always look for cool foil to cover my cakeboards. I have only ever seen silver, white or gold....sometimes green or red. Where do you all get such cool looking foil/cakeboard covers? If you don't use foil, what do you use that has all those cool designs. I've heard someone say they use scrapbooking paper, but wouldn't your cake make the paper soggy when you set it on it? Not to mention the ink.

Thanks!

Vicki

I have gotten to where I use shelf paper. Yep, the same kind that you line cabinets and such with. I use a little doille or parchment in between the cake/board. They work beautifully, and they really go a long way. I pretty much stick with just white and ivory. After all, one or the other will go with everything, right?

I alwas use either plastic tablecloths (the ones that come in a lot of colors that you get at party city etc), i figured since they are tablecloths they are food safe, plus my cake has a cardboard underneath. Also, i use pretty papers (scrapbooking or wrapping) and i cover it with clear contact.

I actually go to my local dollar store... You can get a roll of 15 ft of wrapping paper that looks pretty and is waterproof... So if you spill something on it, it just wipes clean... They have pretty colors too like rose, chrome, and blue...

Do you use a smear of icing to get the cardboard under the cake to stick to the covered board? If not, then what do you use? I've always wondered how a cake that's on a cardboard that's cut the same size as the cake (like for fondant covered cakes) stays onto the cake board without sliding around. On Ace of Cakes they do it all the time, but I've never been able to tell how they get the cake to stay on the board.

I tape my cake board (the one the size of the cake) to the foil covered one. OTher than that, the weight of the cake holds it on the board (especially fondant covered ones). I've never had one slide.

What is clear contact paper?

thanks I will try that!