Once upon a time, cakes were only available to nobles. However today, cake has become a daily delicacy for everyone, the design and style of cake emerge in endlessly, often surprising.
But when making cakes, one thing plays a vital role --- The Cake Board.
The style, material and thickness of cake boards are various. In my opinion, the cake board should not only be beautiful, but also be strong enough to bear the weight of the cake. Of course, different cakes use different cake boards.
Next, I'd like to introduce some common cake boards to you, hoping to benefit you.
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Cake base boards
The cake base board can be made into various shapes, sizes, colors and thicknesses. The most commonly used thickness is 2 - 5 mm, while the most commonly used colors are silver, gold, white and black . The cake base board is usually made of gray board or corrugated cardboard. Often, under the same thickness, grey board is harder than corrugated board. Of course, the price will be a little higher.
Under each cakes, a cake base board is used as a support. They can also be used as a display board, but can only be used for smaller and lighter cakes.
If you don't use the cake board under the cake, when you move the cake, there will be a big change, it will break and destroy your cake. It is also easier and cleaner to move the cake with the added cake base board. The cake board you need to use should be 2 inches larger than your cake, which is more beautiful and reasonable. For example, your cake is 8 inches, but I suggest you use a 10 inch cake base.
In this way, when you want to move the cake, there is room for support. Of course, you can also write or draw on the extra space board. If you want to make a big and heavy cake, the bottom of the cake should not be your choice.
Cake Drums
The cake drum is mainly made of thick corrugated cardboard or polystyrene foam. From the perspective of environmental protection, we prefer corrugated cardboard . The thickness of the cake drum is generally 6mm-12mm, but may be thicker than this. The main product of Sunshine is 12mm cake drum.
Cake drum is the perfect choice for wedding cake, sugar cake and anniversary cake! It is widely used all over the world, such as Europe, America, Africa and other countries. We have made more than ten million cake drums every year, and this number has been growing! Some people think that the cake drum is more expensive than the Masonite cake board, but this is wrong. (of course, this is not absolute! Because I can't find out the cost of making cake drums in other countries for the time being.).
Let me tell you a little trick. Because the 12mm cake drum has enough thickness, you can print your logo on the edge of the drum, or you can choose to print the ribbon with the logo around the edge, so you can show your bakery to customers. This is a "free" advertisement.
Masonite Cake Boards
Masonite cake boards or MDF cake boards are much more durable than cardboard cake boards. The conventional thickness of Masonite cake plate is 4-6mm thick. Masonite cake boards are made of compressed wood fibres and are extremely strong, which is why they are good for decorative baseboards, as they can hold the weight of the whole cake. MDF cake boards are ideal to use for tiered cakes. When making higher than 2 tier cake, you do need a central dowel that should be screwed to the Masonite board.
It is especially necessary when you need to travel with the cake. If you don’t have a central dowel, there is a high chance that the cake can move around on the Masonite board, and on the worst case scenario the cake will either crack or completely collapse. Your decorative board should be at least 2” bigger than your cake is, ideally even more than that. Often there is no room for writing on the cake, so decorative cake board can be used as an additional decorating surface. Masonite cake boards used to come only in simple gold or silver but you can now also buy patterned ones in different colours. The decorative cake board that the cake sits on, should be attractive, but not to detract from the cake.
There is nothing worse than having amazingly beautiful cake sitting on a naked cake board. So decorating your Masonite board is just as important as decorating the whole cake. Your decorative cake board should be in similar colours as your cake is, or if not in similar colours, at least in same style as your cake. There are couple of ways to decorate Masonite cake board.
Covering Masonite Cake Board With Fondant
We decorate all of our Masonite boards with rolled fondant. Fondant covered cake board allows the design of the cake to be harmonised from top to bottom. You’d need to cover the cake board at least couple of days ahead of time, to allow the fondant to harden, so it will not get damaged when setting the cake on the board.
Brush water or edible glue over the entire surface of the cake board (did you know you can make your own, edible glue with simply adding water to the Tylose powder). Knead and soften the fondant, dust your work area with cornflour or icing sugar and roll out the fondant. Place the fondant on your MDF board, and cut off the excess. You can also texture the fondant with embossing tools, to add some extra details to it. And most importantly, don’t forget to use a ribbon, to finish decorating the cake board!!!
Cakers tip: Good quality fondant can be fairly expensive. Often your decorative cake boards are 14” wide or even bigger than that, and will take large amount of fondant to cover. To save some money and fondant, we do recommend that you cut out a hole from a fondant, that is the size of the cake, so you only cover the mdf board that is actually visible.
Covering Masonite Cake Board With Foil Or Adhesive Wrap
Covering the Masonite cake board with cake foil or adhesive wrap can add a touch of a colour and finish your cake nicely. Cake foils and adhesive wraps come in different colours and patterns, so there’s something that suits every cakes .
Bling Bling Cake Stand
Every perfect wedding cannot lack a perfect cake, and a perfect cake cannot lack a Bling Bling cake stand. Of course, it will also enhance your large-scale celebrations or small parties. Your wedding cake, cupcake or dessert is the highlight of any occasion. This charming cake rack with acrylic mirror top will elegantly reflect and enhance your wedding cake display or dessert. The side of the cake rack is covered with a rhinestone ribbon, which will attract your attention wherever you put it.
The acrylic mirror top reflects and enhances the display effect of any wedding cake, birthday cake, cupcake, macaronta or any dessert arrangement. Add extra flash to the eye-catching Rhinestone mesh to make your celebration special.
Easy to transport, strong enough to support multi-layer wedding cake. This sturdy and lightweight cake rack has a solid foam core. It is easy to transport and install and can be used for wedding cake riser or dessert table display.
Note: before use, please remove the protective film on the top of the acrylic reflector. Wipe with a wet cloth and dry immediately for repeated use. (do not immerse in water). Do not use a knife directly on top of the acrylic mirror. Always use a cake plate under the cake to avoid knife marks on the top of the acrylic mirror.
Mini Pastry Board
It is very suitable for displaying your mini cakes, cakes, cupcakes, biscuits, bars, chocolate cakes, dipped strawberries, candy apples and other desserts to meet your various needs.
Made of food grade cardboard material, it is safe, healthy, disposable, recyclable and environmentally friendly, high-quality paper material, strong and durable, and will not bend easily. Its thickness is usually 0.8-1.5 mm. The metallic color is liked by people, shiny and attractive, adding elegance and luxury to your dessert and making your dessert stand out
Preparing for large-scale events, it is very suitable for catering service providers, baking sales activities, family bakers, bakeries and food enterprises. It is an ideal tool for displaying and selling cakes .
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Post time: Aug-12-2022