Covering Cake Board - I Should Probably Know This!
Decorating By JulieBee Updated 20 Jun 2007 , 8:38pm by MrsMissey
Do you cover with foil, the cake board between two layers of cake? Or do you just place the uncovered cardboard between the layers.
Julie
if you are making say a 2 tier cake and If your top tier is going to sit directly on the bottom cake then you would use the same size cake round for each cake and you wouldn't see the cake round in between cakes at all. If you see the edges then you could cover it with a border. You would use a fancy cake round to put the cake whole cake on or you could cover the cake rounds with foil.
Hope that helps.
I also cover the top and bottom with clear contact paper....if you don't, as peg818 stated, the grease will weaken your boards tremendously!
I use grease proof boards so there is no need to cover the board that goes in between the two cakes.
Here is a website where you could order them also:
http://www.brenmarco.com/supermarket/SUPERMARKET%20LARGE%20PAGES/cakecircles.htm
Does anyone have any tricks on covering the base cake board? I bought a big box of cardboard pizza rounds and hot glued about five together, What is the best & prettiest thing to cover it with and what is the best way to adhere it? Thanks so much!!
Does anyone have any tricks on covering the base cake board? I bought a big box of cardboard pizza rounds and hot glued about five together, What is the best & prettiest thing to cover it with and what is the best way to adhere it? Thanks so much!!
You can cover it with foil then ribbon or if you are covering your cakes with fondant, you could use fondant to cover the board.
I cover my boards with contact paper (top and bottom), then apply fondant on the top (with embossed design, painting, etc. to match the cake).
Adding a different line to this subject. What do you all use for the bottom base that is strong enough to support big cakes. I hate having to tape a bunch of boards together. And I don't want to spend a fortune either. My DH suggested a piece of wood, covered very well of course. I am beginning to think yeah maybe, but don't know about the food safe issue? What are your opinions?
I use 1/2" foam core as the base board for most cakes. For the really big ones, masonite board. I cover all of them with contact paper then decorated fondant on top.
I think as long as you cover the wood board with foil or contact paper you will be fine. My boss at a country club that I used to work for used wooden cake rounds for the bottom.
I use MDF boards covered with contact paper. It's hard to find masonite where I live.
To answer almost all the questions lol...
When I have to have a board between cakes I cover the board with clear contact paper just as I would with foil, then I pipe around to hide the edges.
Bottom boards... I cover with foil or contact paper and wrapping paper and another layer of clear contact paper because most wrapping paper isn't food safe but contact paper is.
Sturdy bottoms.... my husband is a carpenter and brings me home scrap wood all the time. He cuts them to fit whatever I need. I'll take a regular cake board and cut it to match the cake and then he'll use that as a template to mark the wood for cutting. Normally it's a thick piece of plywood or in some rare cases I get really expencive wood lol With the wood, I cover with contact paper - any kind just to hide it - and then I'll cover with foil or decorative paper to match the cake theme, which is then covered in clear contact paper.
I went to my local home store and purchased wood rounds (not Home Depot, theirs are too big) for $2-$5 each. Each has a hole in the middle my DH drilled for me. When I need a cake board I grab the size I need, cover it with wrapping, cakeboard or contact paper, shove a dowel through it as high as the cake will be and start building. You have to mushroom the end of it a little by hitting it against a solid surface. I have about 5 of them, a 6, 8,10, 12, 14 and I think maybe a bigger one floating around here somewhere.... I only had one cake that went to someone I didn't know so far, and I charged them a deposit ($20) to insure return of my board.
miriel, I have been thinking about using foam core. Where do you buy yours?
I get mine at Michael's when they are on sale. Doug posted this link to AC Moore having a sale with $1 foam core today. http://www.acmoore.com/Newsletter/newsletter_2007-06-19_50.htm
I've heard of using dollar store vinyl table cloths to cover the bottom board. I haven't tried it yet but I will soon.
I like the logicpic.com boards and support system...I don't have to cover the boards, they don't weaken, and the bases can be wrapped with ribbon to match any cake. Much easier than all that wrapping--anything to save me time!
I also like the Wilton silver cake drums at Michaels, but most of my brides are going with the white base rather than the silver this year.
miriel, I have been thinking about using foam core. Where do you buy yours?
I get mine at Michael's when they are on sale. Doug posted this link to AC Moore having a sale with $1 foam core today. http://www.acmoore.com/Newsletter/newsletter_2007-06-19_50.htm
does it take a special tool to cut them?
I use an exacto knife to cut them. Some use a heated exacto knife which makes it a lot easier to do.
Here's the link to the heated craft knife: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat3266&PRODID=prd53380&source=search
Here is a website where you could order them also:
http://www.brenmarco.com/supermarket/SUPERMARKET%20LARGE%20PAGES/cakecircles.htm
Thanks.
I use wax cake boards for in-between layers. Then I use the 1/2 silver cake drums since I sculpt and can pound the dowel(s) through for sturdiness. When I cover my cake drums, I use fondant and finish it off with a ribbon around the edge.
There have been exceptions and I have used, tiles, wood boards, masonite, mirrors and glass. HTH
If you were using a metallic foil wrapping paper, do you still need to cover it with clear contact paper?
The benefit of having a full time job at a cabinet shop is...my cakes (over 8" OR stacked) sit on 3/4" plywood which is then covered in some sort of paper and clear contact paper.
And to the original questions, I always wrap my cardboard rounds in either contact paper or saran wrap to keep them from getting greasy - plus it makes it easier to get them off of the cake when it's time to cut.
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