What Size Board Do You Use Under Your Cakes?
Decorating By pmarks0 Updated 30 May 2012 , 3:36pm by Jealena
I've always used a drum board that is 4" bigger than my bottom tier But there are times that it just looks too big. Yet it seems that using one that's 2" bigger than the bottom tier it appears too small.
I've got an 8"/10" cake for this weekend and I was going to put it on a 14" board but I'm thinking that it may be too big.
What do you use?
Thanks,
I normally use drums 2" larger than my cake (my cakes are mostly 10" 95% of the time) - simply because I am having a hard time finding cake boxes larger than 12". But ideally I would have liked to go up about an inch, because I sometimes want to decorate more around the base of the cake. Never gone up 4", though.
I will usually use a drum 2" larger if it's a small two tier (like a 10 and 6) and one 4" if it's a larger one. It also depends on how much I want to decorate the board.
I like using a 14" under a 10" cake. It depends on whether a message or a large decoration needs to be on the board.
Me too! I usually will use a board that is 4 inches larger than the cake especially if there are figures and lots of flowers.
Wedding cake bases--I use 2 inches bigger.
I go at least 4 inches bigger, cover the board in fondant, and decorate to match the cake
This is why I like the bigger board! 
I usually go 2" bigger unless I plan on adding a flower spray at the base of the bottom tier.
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