Covering Your Cake Boards- All That Fancy Paper
Decorating By cohen1 Updated 18 Jul 2007 , 3:42pm by Krisy
I get my fancy foil at Hobby Lobby or Michaels, but you can order it online I would be willing to bet. In fact you can prob get it right her on CC. Just make sure you use something or the grease from the frosting will stain your paper, and that doesn't look to pretty. HTH 
Tammy
I'm curious about this too because I noticed a lot of people say that they cover the paper [wrapping paper or whatever] with contact paper. Is this any particular kind of contact paper?? I would love to expand my options too!
Thanks
That would be using patterned wrapping paper and covering it with clear contact paper, the kind you find in the kitchen aisle used for shelves.
I'm glad this question was asked. I bought the paper and contact paper to cover my cake boards. The rectangle ones came out fine, but my round ones are horrible! How do you guys get the paper around the round ones so perfectly? (I always am the one at Christmas who wraps the sloppiest. My family knows which gifts are from me without looking at the tags. Please help!)
I'm glad this question was asked. I bought the paper and contact paper to cover my cake boards. The rectangle ones came out fine, but my round ones are horrible! How do you guys get the paper around the round ones so perfectly? (I always am the one at Christmas who wraps the sloppiest. My family knows which gifts are from me without looking at the tags. Please help!)
For round boards, I cut a round piece of contact paper about 3-4 inches bigger than the board. Take out the paper backing and glue the contact paper to the board. Make sure the contact paper is smooth.
There will be exposed contact paper around the board at this point. Using scissors, make cuts into the exposed parts, about 3/8" to 1/2" wide, all around the board. Start pulling the small tabs made from the cuts and stick to the side and underside of the board.
I have bought the Fancy foil paper a Micheals for Special occasions (ie: weddings, anniversarys....) But doing b-day cakes and other things I just use aluminum foil I crumple then smooth it out on the board. It actually looks nice, and it is grease resistant. Another thing I was shown was Freezer paper. It is white so it will match most cakes, and it is also grease proof. I have tried wrapping paper and it just looks awful when it soaks up the grease and moisture.
For sheet cakes I have gone to using the wax covered cardboard with scalloped edges that you can find at the cake decorating stores. They are usually white. I start with a piece of particle board/plywood that I have covered with fancy foil or wrapping paper and then put a piece of the matting used to keep cushions in place, then the cardboard. My particle board is just large enough to show a about an inch, so you see the color around the carboard scalloped edges. I generally can get the plywood back so this is better than triple cardboard to support the cake. I have plywood covered in standard foils - gold and silver, and then one in royal/navy blue and red. If I need another one, I can recover, or just do a new board. I have reused the gold one quite a few times before the corners started looking shabby. Even then, my boards are wide enough that I could just cover with a ribbon that matches the cake.
I use scrapbook paper a lot too. I like the large selection in all different colors and patterns. The only tough thing is that you have to cut it and try to match up the edges....and then cover it in clear contact. My nearby Michaels also recently started selling large pieces of scrapbook paper that's 18 x 18. There's not too much to choose from but they did have some nice colors and simple patterns.
Also, to hide the edges of the paper on the round board, you can glue a ribbon around the edge.
Courtney
I had some beautiful wrapping paper that I wanted to use and didn't know how to do it. I used Gladd Press and Seal wrap adn it worked just fine
Please be aware that FanciFoil, wrapping papers, colored pattern Contac(t) paper, scrapbooking papers, etc. ARE NOT FOOD SAFE. The foil color and pattern colors most likely contain LEAD and that will leach into the food touching it--particularly food heavy in fats (i.e. buttercream and cake).
It's necessary to put a barrier between the cake/icing and the covering--a thin cake cardboard, parchment paper, wax paper, saran, freezer paper, etc. Some of those options may tear easily and bits may get into cake slices during the cutting, so choose carefully.
My personal choice is parchment cut to about 1/4 inch larger than the cake tier seated on the decorative board.
Rae
I would think parchment is too thin? What do you do to keep from seeing through it?
I would think parchment is too thin? What do you do to keep from seeing through it?
I've been where we used parchment under sheet cakes on a nice plater and the parchment got soggy and we had a hard time keeping it from tearing into cake when cut.
All of my bottom tiers are on 3/16 inch foamcore. I merely put a piece of parchment (cut 1/4 inch larger around) to place under it so that the border sits on the parchment, not on the foil/contac/paper. Since borders are often left behind after cutting, it's not an issue at all, just an extra safety precaution.
Basically, I never sit a cake directly on the bottom board because of the foamcore already under the tier. I would never sit a cake directly on just parchment--it gets too much like soggy tissue very quickly.
Rae
no, you don't; it will stick to anything! It is perfect for the job, I was very excited about it. It isn't perfectly clear, but it did the job for me I am adding a picture of the one that I did. Not crazy about the cake, but the board helped to distract the eye!!
no, you don't; it will stick to anything! It is perfect for the job, I was very excited about it. It isn't perfectly clear, but it did the job for me I am adding a picture of the one that I did. Not crazy about the cake, but the board helped to distract the eye!!
ok, i am obviously a newbie since i coudln't attach the photo. i will add it to my cake photos, though. it is the one shaped like the #2.
When you want to attach a picture in a thread, you can use this site to make the picture small enough. Also helps when your pic is too big for the regular gallery.
http://www.shrinkpictures.com/
Thank You Rae, I'll have to look into doing that. I do use foam core but I never have on the bottom cake. But I don't like to use anything that isn't food safe anyways.
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