I use the cardboard rounds for tiered cakes, and I usually use platters or pedestals to display my cakes on as the bigger cardboard ones aren't that durable.
I notice a lot of people using much thicker rounds in the photo galleries and I think they are wood. I've read about using these wooden rounds as bases, but for the life of me, I can't find them anywhere.
So, where in the heck can you find a nice, solid base for heavier cakes?
Thanks a bunch!
Most cake supply stores carry masonite boards.
http://www.intotheoven.com/Cake-Essentials-Masonite-Boards-Round/c46_81_82/index.html
Or, if you or someone you know is handy with a saw, you can always buy wood at a place like Home Depot and cut it!
Edited to add:
Some of the boards you see are foam core, or cake drums.
http://www.intotheoven.com/Cake-Essentials-Cake-Drums-Round/c46_83_84/index.html
I usually use styrofoam, or foam core boards and cut them myself... I think some of the supply places on line sell the wooden ones though. I've read where some people use ply wood, etc. that they get from lumber yards and cut them into the shapes they need....
I take a cardboard round and cut up a yardstick and brace it, then attache another round to it so you can't see the yardsticks and secure togehter. Then cover neatly with contact paper. I expect my customers to return these. I brace the sheet cake cardboards the same way. These are very lightweight.
I also have a word into a remodeling contractor and a plumber. Whenever they cut a hole in countertop for a sink, they save the pieces for me. Most of the time they're a nice oval or a huge rectangle. My husband uses my pans as a model to recut them to the size I want. The really nice looking ones I just cover the raw edge with ribbon. The ones that are funky colors I cover with fanci foil or white freezer paper. Heavier than the cardboard ones, but no chance of these collapsing and ruining your cake. Also great for cake "scenes" where you want the board decorated somewhat too.
For wedding cakes or anything really above 2-tiered, I use MDF (?) boards from Home Depot. My husband can normally get about 4-5 12"/14" rounds/squares from a single sheet that runs me about $7. I use decorative contact paper from their home decorating section to finish them off. I used to buy the cake drums, but all in all, these boards are far sturdier, stand up better and the contact paper offers a huge array of cover option for the boards.
Amy
a nice cheap alternative for a wooden round base are thos little three legged tables with the round wooden tops you can find at the dollar stores for like 3-5 bucks a piece......you know the ones they make the glass tops for??? and those nasty ruffly skirts for?? scrap the legs and use the top for a cake board! You can put any contact paper or whatever.......nice to cover them with wrapping paper too and then pop on the glass overtop and then put the cake on......then it's easy to change out the decor on them. I usually use foam core or the regular cardboards round (I normally glue about 3 together criss crossing the corrugated lines to make them stronger and then put ribbon around them...that's what I did for my pink and black topsy turvy cake and the little mermaid one)
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