have you ever used a wood cutting board? its the same thing... they probably (hopefully) coated it with a food safe varnish. We are having a tree trunk cake base made and it will have a food safe coating so we can put cake directly on top.
I'm with jill. Here's a photo of my tree trunk base. http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1472403
I had a local woodworker (Jill, he's in Greenfield) watch for a large round circle from a cut tree for me. It took him a few months to get the size I wanted. It has LOTS of coats of finish on it for me, including the sides, to seal the wood.
Here's a photo w/o the cake on it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55969028@N00/3707534825/
Here's a copy of the underside: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55969028@N00/3708341324/in/photostream/ Cutting away the excess "weight" is very important, especially if you are going to try to carry a really heavy cake on it.
I have just started watching Cake Boss and that was the first thing I noticed too. They make all their big specialty type cakes directly on boards that appear to have no sealants of any type. My dh said they look like masonite. I was wondering how that could be food safe?
Thanks Debi, I have a cake coming up next month, and I am putting it on a slab of wood too. Was wondering how to do this. My husband is going to cut the round for me, but was worried about bugs hiding inside, so you sealed the wood, that is a great idea.
Hi, my wife works at Carlo's Bakery and she has uses masonite for her cakes as welll. Here is a good read on it.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5KM_hLJlw64J:www.panel.com/uploads/whatisitcda0.pdf+what+is+masonite&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiIXbU9ClfLPcTnwgYrbXEDFQrSzBkjhN5jOe0N2yQ8p82gxTSMfTtMh-uZ-cG7gGM3kyXhC2xadB5FkTRwGmOTmAuJuyy85JwPHX2ZzwUsYnVqsaBugkDkleDVW27R30e8GQjq&sig=AHIEtbSKIwdiGaIyeZ63fi26SfDGnulSgg
You can get some on ebay here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=190393883769&Category=46281&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1
My wife has also used plywood for bigger cakes as a base but she'll cover that with fondant first. However for the masonite she'll put the cake right on it, after cleaning it of course.
@jayne...I know what my wife will say. Don't you dare! She tries to avoid the camera when they are filming. You do catch a quick glimpse of her in the season permier episode. When I say quick glimpse I mean "magnifying glass, if you blink you'll miss her" quick glimpse. lol. She's on Cake Central too her handle is Cakemommie.
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