Cake Support For Heavier Cakes. Help!
Decorating By deamgabe Updated 13 Jul 2007 , 1:18pm by DianeLM
Hi, I'm a newbie at cake decorating even though I've been making cakes for years at home, but I have a cake to make for next week for an order.
It will be a square cake, one layer cake, but with a triple-layer filling so it will be heavy and I know those cardboard cake circles won't hold it. What kinds of boards do cake decorators use for their heavy cakes? I've seen many pictures with thick boards but I don't know where to find them or what kind of material they're made of...
If anyone could give me some help or tips, I'd really appreciate it!!
Hun just go to the local lumber yard and smile real big and ask for a piece of MDF or plywood from the scrap pile that is to the dimensions that you need. More than likely, if you tell em its for a cake (no they won't laugh at you) you'll get it for free. Cover it with foil or contact paper or whatever you are using. And you have yerself a great support for your cakes.
P.S. I bet if you bat yer eyelashes a coupla times they might even cut a larger scrap into the size you need.
Or at your local craft store (around here its Michaels) or cake decorating store you can get a cake board that is 1/2 inch thick.. that is what I use for my heavier cakes. Its already foil wrapped and looks really pretty usually in the dimensions that you need.
Chaptlps gave you great advice!!! My husband (the carpenter 
) also gave me a good idea. If you are going to use plywood to cover with contact paper, first hot glue a cardboard cake board on top of the plywood before covering it. The plywood is usually a little rough, but the cardboard cakeboard will give you a nice smooth surface for the contact paper to adhere to, and it makes your presentation board look much nicer. Also, you can purchase a mesh looking material at Wal-Mart that is designed to use like contact paper (for lining shelves etc.) This material is a lifesaver for that large bottom tier. Just lay a piece of it on the bottom plywood covered board, so your cake will not slide during transport. It will keep your cake nice and secure, and take a lot of worry out of your transporting the cake. Hope this helps!!!
Suzian
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The heavier cake boards tnuty is talking about is called a drum. The work great but IMHO are a little expensive. You can buy what they call foam board at the craft store or even Walmart and cut it to the size you need. It comes in a large sheet in various thickness'. If your cake is real heavy you can double the boards and then cover them with freezer paper shiney side out and you have a very sturdy cake board. In addition to plywood you can buy masonite it is quite cheap and they will cut it for you at Home Depot for no charge. I always put a board or piece of foamboard over my masonite just so it is easier to cut and wrap both of them as one in the freezer paper.
HTH
Melissa
***HAPPY FRIDAY!
The heavier cake boards tnuty is talking about is called a drum. The work great but IMHO are a little expensive.
I started to buy one of these once and the lady at the store told me "Those are just 3 cardboard taped together. It's cheaper to buy the 3 cardboards and make it yourself."
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