ok, so I bought a turntable and it makes frosting the cake soooooo much easier, that is until I made a few tiered cakes and had a cake board under each tier when I frosted it. Well, the cakes moved all around and I had a VERY hard time getting them to stay still while I spun it to frost the sides. I put some dabs of BC underneath and each time it moved I tried more and more but it never really stuck, what should I try next time?

We use funtack - that silly puddy like stuff from an office supply store. Works great and can be reused over and over!

you put it between the cake board and the turntable I'm assuming, and how much? little dabs or big globs?

I cut a piece of the non-skid shelf lining to fit the turntable. It works great. The cake doesn't move.

in the self liner dept at wal-mart, etc. there's a mesh no-slip product (originally developed to line shelves in RVs)....buy a roll and then cut piece to fit on top of turntable.

I also cut a piece to fit between turntable base and counter so whole thing stays put on slick counter...

and it makes a great thing to put under cake being delivered...prevents sliding on the carpet in the vehicle

Yes - just between the board and the turntable. If a little sticks to the board - it helps o hold it in the box so it doesn't move. We use it when we put a small board into a larger box - this way it doesn't slide. A little (pea size) usually works fine unless its a light cake - use a little more.

Good luck!

Are you frosting a tiered cake on the turntable? I must not have read that right?

I love it when you guys solve problems that I have, that I never thought were valid problems. Like I thought I was just 'being a baby' about my cake moving around and that I must have been doing something wrong. Now I know just to use that sticky stuff that I have in the drawer. You all are genius!!

I think she thought you were trying to ice a stacked cake or one with pillars on the turntable. I kinda thought that too after reading the first post, but now I see you're not.

I'm still not clear what's moving. Is it the cake on the board or is it the board on the turntable?

Sarah

Have to tell a funny story about turntables. I have the Wilton tiltable turnable and a couple of weeks ago I used the tilt so that I could add cake sparkles to the sides of the cake. I was so wrapped up in the cake sparkles that I didn't notice the cake was SLIDING off the cake board!! I did catch it in time and had to push it back on. Only had to make minor fixes.

the cake board was sliding around on the turntable, I thought buttercream under the board was supposed to solve that, but it made a HUGE mess when I took it off for the next tier AND didn't work
so I will DEFINITELY use the non skid mat, it sounds much less messy and like it actually works!

i keep meaning to get some of that mesh shelf liner myself and im sure it works great...but i have a way to improvise fixing the "slide effect"...i just use a hand towel on the countertop...slightly dampened....like just enough from drying wet hands...and i also put a thin washcloth slightly damp right on top of the turntable as well.....for some reason it works.....BTW...my Mama is a cake decorator from wayyy back... i remember her dragging me to Wilton classes in the top of the old JCPenney building when i was 4 or 5... lets just say that was ::thirtyCOUGHthirty:: years ago...lol..
anyway.....thats what they did..and shes worked in numerous bakeries where the owners where ::coughcheapb@stA*rdscough:: and lol thats what the decorators used to stop the sliiiiiiiiiiiiiide....

as always love the tips and stories everyone

LOL, deester, me too! I thought there must be some trick that I didn't know...and didn't think to ask. So downright annoying to have the cake sliding around!

thank you! now I have an unrelated (and probably stupid to most of you) question.... how do I get one of my pictures to be under my name like the rest of you???? I'm a lil slow today and I can't seem to figure it out!

I never even thought to use the non-stick shelf liner ... what a great idea!! I just always put a rolled up piece of packing tape or scotch tape on the center of the turntable, and the cake board doesn't move until I pull it off!

I uploaded a couple of pictures Sonoma9 but I can't figure out how to make one come up under my name when I post something, I don't even know what its called! hehe

haha,nevermind! I thought an avatar was something else, my BF just clued me in

I find the non-skid mats at the dollar store!! They work great for keeping the cake in place on the turntable, in the box, in the car. I even use little small pieces to keep the seatbelt from sliding off the box in the car.