I know this has been asked before , but i need to know if you set the cake down on the decorated covered board or do you have the cake on a cake board, im wanting to do a Birthday cake where the cake is sitting on a pretty covered board im doing one for a 50 and i want to cover one board in black, see what i mean i thought of using a black plastic table cloth and cutting it to the size i need, Thanks for any info on this

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The cake itself would be on it's on own cake circle, which is then placed on the "presentation board"... at least this is how I do it.

Mine just goes straight on the board.

I have a cake board under my cake that is between the actual covered board. The reason I do this is because I ice my cake on a board about an inch too big all the way around so when I smooth the sides with my spatula I have something to rest the end of the spatula against, after it is smoothed I trim the cardboard right up against the smooth sides of the cake with a very sharp pair of scissors. That way I get the perfect size cake board everytime. then that's what I set on the covered presentation board. So when its cut the knife will only cut the cardboard circle under the cake not the presentation board itelf.

Jibbies

you could use any type of paper to cover your board. It doesn't have to be a plastic tablecloth. then you can put contact paper over that to protect it from absorbing the grease from the buttercream.

If you set the cake on a circle and then on your display board, what keeps it from sliding around? Does it sit still?

I always put a little dolop of buttercream or royal icing in between the boards to keep them from sliding.