I am trying to put ganach frosting on a 6" round cake and the darn cake keeps moving on the turntable what can I do?

I tried a towel under it and my frosting is good and soft?

I know what you mean, I hate that!

I use a little piece of that shelf liner that's kinda cushy with the holes in it.
I think the thinner stuff works better than the thick stuff.
Even with that, 6ies are tough for me, too.

Thanks flamingobaker.

I always have trouble with the 6's and 4's doing this.

I just put a silicone baking mat under it and it's holding it a lot better!

From the top down:

cake
cake board
small piece of non-skid shelf liner
can of crisco (for height, coffee can....whatever you have)
another piece of shelf liner
turntable


This is only for the smaller cakes. It helps me not to ice my turntable while I'm icing my cake.

If you've got a footed turntable--flip it over.

This used to upset my boss' applecart. She would wait till I got the little cake iced then she would help me flip it right side up. lol

That's funny. I'll be icing 2 6" cakes tonight. I don't have time to go get the shelf liner stuff for these so I'll try your method k8memphis.

Dampen a paper towel (slightly...not dripping wet), put on turntable and put cake ontop. Sounds silly but works!

Never thought about building the height up to stop myself frosting the turntable while doing the smaller cakes, thank you!

Thanks so much - this was just the answer I came here looking for today!