Question About Cakeboard Rounds/squares Etc
Decorating By angllfish Updated 1 Sep 2005 , 9:26pm by Daniela
Does anyone know if you can make your own cardboard for the cake to be placed on? I realized card boards are pricy! Thanks for help
Hmm....I had never considered that...but I am sure if you got a good grade of the waxed type it would work to cut your own
Thanks KayDay, I was thinking a good strong regular piece of cardboard and covering it with the decorative foil.....What do you think about that?
I make my own boards and cover them with foil but I have been thinking about covering them with differnt colors and patterns of contact paper.
There is an appliance store around the corner from where I work and they just throw their boxes away. So I have been collecting them and making cake boards. The appliance boxes are very strong as most are either double corrigated. I even found one box that was actually four layers of corrigated. The cake boards from that one could hold some massive weight.
Hope this helps!
My hubby says that I am the "Penny Pinching Queen".
Thanks Fishercakes----My husband has spent a ton of money on my new found cake decorating hobby, so he'll be glad to hear that you can make your own....I guess if I dont habve something super sturdy I can glue a couple pieces together and then cover--no-one will ever know
Happy Baking
I have had to use two of the Wilton boards that I bought from Wal-Mart in order for them to be strong enough, (that can get very expensive!)
Check with you local appliance and furniture stores about their boxes. Even the grocery stores.
Glad I could help!
It seems like everything is so pricy these days I'm always looking to save a dime...LOL!
I've made them from sturdy boxes in a pinch. Just be sure to cover completely both sides, as shipping boxes can be dirty. You can hot glue two together for sturdiness.
I got tired of spending alot on cake circles (not to mention I can't get them locally) and had DH get me some masonite from the lumber yard. Now i ask for the boards back - and it's much more sturdy than cardboard.
Masonite is a type of building material, approx. 1/4" thick. I'm not sure what it's made from, some kind of pressed material. Reminds me of that brown pegboard stuff.
It comes in sheets like plywood. Here's a link to a picture of premade ones..
http://www.candylandcrafts.com/masonitecakeboards.htm
We had some plywood left over in our garage so my DH cut several sizes for me. I ask for them back and everyone tries real hard to not cut through the polyfoil cover on them and give the board back still covered. EEEWWWW!!! I always take it off and throw that away. I guess they think it looks too fancy to toss!
Amy
No problem! It has saved me a gazillion in cake boards and saved my cakes from cracking if picked up without being supported on the bottom.
Amy
Thank you! My mother used to decorate years ago and I guess it caught on. I had to take some basic courses though. I've been decorating for a hobby for five years now!
Amy
I make my boards too. I have access at work to all the box's I want. Saves lots of money.
Judy
Cake mommy, do people give you a problem when you ask for the boards to be returned. I have seen that some people ask for deposits.
My DH cuts mine form plywood as well! I still use cardboard for cakes that I do for the birthday party place and I usually never see the customer. I think plywood is a necessity for my heavy, stacked buttercream cakes. It keeps the icing from cracking when it's moved. People are usually very kind and return them, I just tell them they can leave it on the front porch anytime. Sometimes I end up calling for it.
Yes, it is nasty when they leave the polyfoil on.
One woman collected all of the dowels I used for her cake and returned them in a plastic bag. They don't know any better.
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