I have seen some really great cake board coverings, some that look like fancy wrapping paper. What is it??? I need to find something that doesn't get the grease marks after the buttercream touches it and soaks in. Foil is not an option, that just makes me cringe to think about it. Please give me some ideas. I have seen the fondant covered boards and they look really nice but i need other options. ???

Covering cakeboards with wrapping paper:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-649188-.html

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-634017-.html

HTH

I have covered with scrapbook paper before and then cover wit contact paper over that , works great and if you want you can reuse them, (I don't often at all) because they wipe clean with some soapy water

I use only fondant.

I ran out recently and had to come up with an alternative fast, since I had a cake due and there are no stores where I live that sell fanci foil or anything even remotely like it. I found a roll of freezer paper and it worked like a charm! It's bright white and coated on one side. The roll is huge and cost a fraction of the price of fanci foil. It's food grade and it doesn't cut or tear easily when the cake is being cut. I may never buy fanci foil again!

<--Is a part of a black vinyl Halloween tablecloth I found at Wal-Mart for less than $2. The cake was on its own board, so it didn't actually touch the table cloth directly. I've also used wrapping paper the same way. I can't find the off-white non-pattern paper I had been using anymore, so I have to find something new-I'm going to try the freezer paper idea. Thanks!

Thanks for posting GottaLuvCake! I normally use Wilton's cake boards that are pre-covered in nice foil, but it's getting costly. I do need an alternative.

Can I interject a related question, please? Do you worry about what the bottom of the board looks like? And, how many cake circles do you put together when making a cake board?

I use freezer paper for every cake I do. For the underside, I just use clear tape and do not care what it looks like. If you turn it over and do look, it looks like a brown picture with a white mat. Make sense?

To make my own drums, I hot glue 2 or 3 cardboards together depending on the size/weight of my cake. Then I cover the cardboards with freezer paper. I use masonite a lot though. For wedding cakes (or other very large/heavy cakes) I use 1/2 inch plywood covered in freezer paper.

I often cover my boards in candy melts in a color that complements my cake, cheap, fast and easy.

I use either fondant or scrapbooking cardstock (when I use this I use saran wrap under the cake itself, but I trim and tuck it in so you can't see it).