Hi everybody
Usually I buy board ready to use for all my cakes. But this time I have to prepair a big and heavy cake. So, for the first time, I can not buy a board ready to use for this one because the cake will be too heavy. I will have to use a wood board that I will cover with cake foil. What I need to know is:
1) Do you put many coat of foil??
2) Do you put something under the foil ??
3) How to do if I don't want a foil strip each time they want to cut a piece of cake ??
Thanks and have a good day
Here's what I do to all my boards. Cover with wrapping paper according to theme, and then I cover that with clear contact paper. It makes it grease free and you can coordinate with the theme. You could use just white paper if it is for a wedding.
Here's how I have prepared someof my boards:
If I have to have a wood board, I first put contact paper all over the baord so whatever I tap on top of that can easily come off and I can reuse it with no problem.
I then go and get some scrapbook paper or wrapping paper cover the board and then cover That with contact paper. This way, you don't have to worry about the foil stripes. Does that make sense?? I hope this helps
also........if it's a really heavy cake it can be hard to pick the board up once it's on a table or something (I learned this the hard way too LOL).......you might look into gluing or even screwing some wood beads or wooden balls or something onto the bottom of the board to act as feet to make it easier to lift! I also cover with paper/fabric etc. and then with clear contact paper.......I covered my board for my guitar cake in cake foil...but they never cut it so I don't know if the foil came up when they cut it.........usually if you let people know to use a cake server to cut instead of a steak knife LOL they won't have any issues with cutting into the board covering.
You can also use fondant to cover or Royal icing. Cover the wood first in contact paper and then ice or put Fondant on it. You could also decorate the board with scrolls work or imprints like the quilting or diamond patterns, the possibilities are endless.
If you use foil be sure to get the kind meant to be used on cake boards. Michaels carries silver and gold in their cake decorating section. Or you can get many other colors in cake decorating specialty stores. It is heavier with a special backing, and doesn't strip off as the cake is cut. I would not use regular foil meant for general use in a kitchen, that you get in any grocery store. That might strip off.
I heard many years ago, that a young mom had use alumminum foil and after slicing the cake her child got gravely ill. When he passed they did an autopsy and found a sliver of foil in his intestines. It had ruptured and he bleed to death. This was when I was making cakes for my little ones. Since then I use contanct paper or wilton fanci foil. I am also learry of floral foil they contain lead paint in them, around cakes or anything edible. JMHO
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