Super Newbie Question - Please Help
Decorating By jackieaugusto Updated 19 Feb 2007 , 2:51am by nutcase68
I made a 16" cake and placed elmo's head on top of that cake. I used a 16" cake board and then the bottom decoration round is probably 20". My question is should I have used an 18" cake board instead? When I was piping shells on the bottom border it was no longer on the 16" cake board but on the 20" decorated bottom. Did I make any sense?
How much bigger than my cake should the board be? I think I remember wilton instructions saying 2 inches bigger but dont remember. Help! Jackie
Hi, I don´t think there is a rule on how big your boards should be, as long as you have enough space to do your border. When I do a 16" cake I would use a 20" board so I can have an extra inch for the border and another extra inch for me to be able to handle the cake. HTH and good luck!
I just use whatever board I think will be better. I tend to use just 2 inches bigger that the cake, but depending on what decorations I a planning on doing - I might use a bigger circle.
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