Where do you get cake boards? Do you make them yourself? What do you use to decorate them?
There are 2 bakery supply shops around here, so I buy them there. If I did more cake I'd probably buy them in bulk online. I either buy the precovered boards for the base, or put a few together and cover them myself. I did a big one recently and used a thick cardboard and covered it with contact paper.
I use foamcore boards from the craft store. For the bottom board, I usually glue two layers of foamcore together and cover with fondant, then glue a ribbon around the edge. For the boards the cake will actually sit on, I use a single layer and cover it with press and seal wrap.
Texas_Rose do you mean a single layer of foamcore for the individual tiers? Then you cover with the self stick wrap? Do you put a center dowel down through yours? I am wondering if the wrap would pull while trying to hammer the dowel through the layers. I was planning to do something like this and wondered if I should cover the foam core with clear contact paper. I'm thinking that might not be considered food safe even though it is used in kitchen shelves. I hadn't thought about using the self stick wrap. I just watched Sugarshack's stacking DVD and she uses foamcore.
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