Hi all!!

i'm covering a cakeboard with fondant and would like to cover the sides of the board with some pretty ribbon? any suggestions on what's the best method??

I read somewhere that I could use "double sided tape" on the ribbon, but is that really enough? Will the tape stick to the fabric ribbon??

Thanks in advance!!

Just use a glue stick, we call them Pritt Stick in the UK. Hope you know what I mean!

Yeah a glue stick or craft glue. I use the foil covered drums and the ribbon adheres perfectly.

Annie

I use Zots (glue dots found in the scrapbooking section).

I sometimes use a hot glue gun but I've used double sided tape many times and it's always worked fine.

I use Tacky Glue.

Hot Glue from a low temp glue gun. Ive tried those zots, but theyre kind of fickle, and they leave a bump, I must not be using them right. lol

I second the double stick tape. I use it exclusively and have gotten many compliments from judges (at cake competitions) about the ribbon on the edge of my cake drums.

~Chelle

I've used them all. Glue dots, hot glue, and double sided tape. They all work. It just depends on the type of ribbon I'm using as to which method I use. The easiest is the double sided tape.

Hot glue.

Hot glue.

Thanks so much for your great responses everyone!!!!

I went ahead and used the double side tape and it worked great! Though I'm not too happy about the fact that the sides on the foil covered drum aren't perfectly smooth, hence the ribbon doesn't look totally smotth, see what I mean in the picture:
http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2278800/chocolate-paw-print

Thanks again for your help, you're life savers as usual!!!

To get the sides of your cake board smoother just press them against a hard surface. It will make it look much better.

I generally pin it on using decorative pins. I can pull the ribbon taut, pin, pull, pin, and then fold in the cut ends and double pin those.

Rae

I buy cake drums with a perfectly smooth edge. They are hard as rocks but light as a feather, and have no bend or flexibility whatsoever. Unfortunately, the only place I have ever found them online is from the big bad cake supply store "whch shall not be named". But I am more or less spoiled by those drums, and addicted.

They are foil covered, but the edge has a strip of thick paper wrapped around, so there is zero folding/pleating/bumpiness that you get with most drums.

10-4

I've just come across this post, have you tried just using a pin? I find this works best for me, just pull the ribbon really tight and then slide a pin in at the back. This was you have no mess of glue or tape. You might also be interested in this new site I've come across, I couldn't live without it now, it's called www.bakingit.com. I use to help calculate how much ribbon I will need for a large cake, that way I don't over buy like I usually do.