What are people using to cover cakeboards in different colors. I know some people use fondant ,but what else can be used?

Fondant is my favorite covering for cake boards because it's so customizable. However, I know you can also buy paper specifically made to cover the cake boards, and they come in different colors. I have also covered some cake boards in wrapping paper, but you have to be careful because the wrapping paper will absorb some of the grease from the buttercream...and that's not very appetizing. Hope that helps!

I use fondant or royal icing. The royal icing looks almost like fondant when it's dry.

I use leftover fondant...just freeze my fondant scraps until I need them. Usually my cake boards are darker colors so it's easy to use up scraps.

But you can also buy fanci-foil at the cake decorating store in lots of colors, or use tissue paper with plastic wrap over it, or wrapping paper with plastic wrap over it.

I just started using plastic table covers you find at the party shops you get a lot of covering from one tablecloth and they come in many colors and sometimes they are only 99 cents per tablecloth thats what I used on my pirate ship cake. I'm hooked

Molly

PinkLisa

how do you apply the RI?

Do you brush it on?

thanks

You can buy food-safe cello wrap at Michaels and then cover paper or tissue with that- it's something I do often.

Nannie -- I thin the royal icing and then just pour it on. I use a brush to move it around if needed and to get it right up to the edges. It sets really hard so you don't have to worry about fingerprints while lifting the cake.

PinkLisa- I love this idea!

I usually use contact paper.

I usually use contact paper.

I use plastic table covers also. They work great!

I knew about fondant, royal icing and wrapping paper with plastic wrap, but what a great idea to use plastic table covers. I will have to remember that tip!

Thanks

Jen

I use melted candy melts which come in a wide array of colors. Just brush on with paint brush and allow to harden before putting cake on top.

thanks, PinkLisa

I've only done fondant before. I'll definitly try this

Good luck nannie -- it's a trick I learned from Colette Peters. I love her books and recently saw a demonstration by her. I think that's the only way she covers her boards. I like using a food product to cover the board. Just seems to go better with the cake. It is a bit more work using fondant or royal icing and probably a bit more expensive. Another interesting point is that Colette only uses Carma fondant for her cakes which is very expensive. I'd love to try it to see how much better it tastes but I will need a really special reason for that

I like the royal icing idea. I never thought of that.

Wrapping paper, plastic table cloths, and Contact paper are not food safe to put a cake directly on. When I use a cake board covering that is not food safe, I either set the cake on another, same-sized cake board and then put that on the larger board or I use that food-safe cellophane you can buy at Michael's (and elsewhere). I wrap the covered board in that cellophane and can place the cake directly on that.

I use a plastic tablecloth also. I don't see why this isn't food safe when they are made specifically to be used on a table where there is food. Can anyone explain please.

I use florist foil but you have to put another board of a smaller size under the cake to make it food safe. Or cover it with plastic wrap.

I cover the cake board with wrap papper and then cut another board that is between cake and this covered board, I cut it so you cannot see its edges.

I've used plastic table cloths cut up(poker cakes),and often wrapping paper...I recover that with plastic wrap..that way I can pull it tight and glue only on the back..and there's always a board under the cake....so it's all safe

PinkLisa - I love the RI idea! But when using the RI do you have to create some kind of edge so the RI doesn't run off or is the texture not that thin?

If you use fondant or royal icing....do they get soft from the icing you put on the cake if you use bc? Never tried either of these always use the fanci foil. Just wondering. Thanks

I use freezer paper. It's coated on one side and that's the side I have "up". I duct tape it on the back to hold. Works like a charm, food safe, and inexpensive. Of course, you only get white, but that's not a big deal to me. If I'm doing a wedding cake, I'll use fancifoil.

pumpkinroses - I make the royal icing thick enough that I actually have to spread it with a brush a bit to reach the edges. Curiously, it just clings to the edge when you spread it (I use a foamcore board). I don't think it's a problem though if it runs a bit off the edge since you would likely cover the edge with a ribbon.

sarkee -- I use a cardboard base on all my cakes so extra moisture is not a problem with the fondant or royal icing base. If you don't want to use a cardboard base under your cake, you could cut out the space in the center of the fondant that the cake will sit on. That also saves on fondant, since why cover the underpart of the cake?

pumpkinroses - I make the royal icing thick enough that I actually have to spread it with a brush a bit to reach the edges. Curiously, it just clings to the edge when you spread it (I use a foamcore board). I don't think it's a problem though if it runs a bit off the edge since you would likely cover the edge with a ribbon.

sarkee -- I use a cardboard base on all my cakes so extra moisture is not a problem with the fondant or royal icing base. If you don't want to use a cardboard base under your cake, you could cut out the space in the center of the fondant that the cake will sit on. That also saves on fondant, since why cover the underpart of the cake?

I love the RI idea and will use it on my next cake. Normally I use wrapping paper and clear contact paper. You can also find some cute contact prints. i just wrap my board like a present. I also love using the craft foam boards you can find at any craft store. They are more durable than a cardboard and do come in several colors. they work well with the clear contact paper.