Can Someone Help Me W/covering Cakeboard W/fondant
Decorating By splash2splat Updated 8 Feb 2007 , 6:37pm by melysa
Help!!
Does anyone know how to cover a cake board with fondant? Is it hard?
I really want to do this cake but it mentions covering a cake board with fondant and I didn't know if there was anything special to it.
Thank You
hi Splash, it's easy, if you have a 12 inch cake board, then roll a circle out an extra 2 inches so you have some room to work. Put some piping gel on your board first, just a thin layer so it will stick, and then just place the fondant on top, VERY carefully! 
Then I just trim off the excess, make sure you use a smoother to smooth the fondant on the board. And voila!
Hope this helps!
I'm glad I read this I tried to cover my dd's bday cake board with fondant and straight to the trash it went I rolled it too thin then it was all sticky so I just peeled it off and used paper instead, what a waste I know now for next time the fondant has to be THICK I thought it only applied to cakes. good luck covering your board
i've done it before and have not used piping gel. either just a quick spritz of water or, if i have used crisco to roll on the fondant, that has been enough to make it stick. i also smooth it out gently. i take a knife and cut the edges of the fondant to make it flush with the edge of the cardboard and then use a glue stick and wrap the board with a ribbon to conceal the cut edge and cardboard.
you can bring your fondant over the edges of your cake board to cover the raw edges as well. Set yoy cake board on a bowl so that you have it raised of the counter then trim fondant from the underside of cake board.
This may sound a bit 'crazy' - but I have rolled a long 'snake' of fondant about 2" thick - placed just within the outer edge of the cake board - and using my rolling pin, rolled the fondant flat towards the centre. I only cover about the first 3" then place the cake on top....I do it thinly - rolling off to 'nothingness', so the cake does not sit in a 'bowl'. It is really easy to do, and I only spritz if the cake board is laminated....or plastic....otherwise fondant sticks to the cardboard very well.
I do the same as most the others, roll it out quite thickly, brush the board lightly wth water, place on top, then trim the edges with a knife and put ribbon around the board.
If you use two boards to give a bit of height to a single tier cake (see my photos of single wedding cake) I cover the largest board first, then take the next board and place it on top, cut round it, then the piece I take out fits on top of the other board. then place the smaller board in the cut out bit on theh big board and place the cake on top of the smaller board. That way you don't waste any fondant!
Hope that wasnt' too confusing!!
cheers
Jan
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