They're Returning Cake Boards.......????
Decorating By Jen80 Updated 11 Sep 2009 , 1:06pm by yellobutterfly
In UK an 18" drum costs £5.80/$9.54, so yes I definitely want it back.I sanitize, cover with fresh foil and reuse,and I keep re using till I have to throw it out or somebody doeasn't return it.
I cover drums in paper, saran, and then fondant. After serving the cake (I am always present and don't bake professionally) I tear all of the stuff off the drum and it is practically clean since no food actually touched it directly (because of the paper, saran, and fondant). I do wipe the foil covered part thoroughly, just because I feel like I should, but there has never been anything to actually wipe off!
I do reuse them then, in the same exact manner. I really don't find it gross at all since it is so well covered beforehand. The cake never touches it.
The one time I did have a knife cut through to the board, I threw it out. That is too germy for me.
I would nevvvvver reuse dowels, since those are actually IN the cake and absorb moisture and such, and that just seems like a total breeding ground for who knows what kind of germs!
What are the $20 ones made out of?
It doesn't say in the item description. I just peeled back the foil on an old one and it looks like some kind of compressed timber or cardboard.
They are very sturdy. They don't bend. They don't dent, like I imagine a foam one would (don't know for sure because I have never used a foam core board).
Yeah, I'll clean off buttercream and cake from my equipment and tools that I retain as part of my day to day working stuff....but cleaning that stuff days later and with god knows what germs, no thanks! Disposable systems alllll the way! It doesn't have to be expensive (if you charge accordingly in the first place!).
It doesn't have to be expensive (if you charge accordingly in the first place!).
Yeah.........I know, I know.
I just get so excited about the cake (I'm gonna do this, then I'm gonna put that bit there, ooh and wouldn't it be effective if I did that!) that I totally forget what the whole thing actually sits on......duh!
Memory like a sieve I have.
Don't worry, beginners excitement is wearing thin very fast.
I get the 'gross' part of it, especially knowing that some people are not as uptight about animals on counters or setting food items on floors.
I know I have this vision of someone laying the board around their house and the cat licking off the icing, then the dog drags his butt across it...ick! (can you tell I don't do pets, lol)
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