Another Cake Decorating Question

I always cover my board in Glad Press and Seal first. It's clear w/ white writting that blends in with the white side of the cardboard and it sticks so well you don't have to tape it.

Technically a cake board should never been seen. It's either cut to fit the bottom of the cake that stands on it and placed on a serving tray or pedestal, or it's covered with frosting and decorated as an extension of the cake. Even if you let the cake cool, the oils in the cake will leach into the board. What size cake is it? And how are you decorating it? If your cake board is much larger than your cake, you can always cut it down to fit.

If I ever decorate a cake board I cover it with foil first and tape it to the underside of the board. Then it can be quickly covered with frosting, rolled fondant, or chocolate and the cake placed on top of that. That way the board stays firm when you're transporting the cake. I made a train cake this year for my three year old's birthday, and I used a large cake board covered in grass green frosting to pipe chocolate frosting tracks on for the baby cakes to "ride on". I also decorated a portion of the board in blue frosting to make a pond with mini M & M rocks surrounding it, and used the surface of the pond to write Happy Birthday.

Feel free to send me an email/PM and I'll be more than happy to help in whatever way I can.

Wilton makes something that looks like wrapping paper but it is food safe and when I make wedding cakes I use it to wrap the cake boards. If cake decorating is not something you are going to do very often skip that suggestion and buy either the prewrapped cake board, or they sell doilles that you can set the cake on or all else fails serve the cake on a plastic cake server. All these things you can usually get at Michaels or Hobby Lobby. If you are more adventurous you can try the cake supply store. There is one in Richardson called Cake Carousel, one in Euless called Elizabeth's and one in Arlington called Take the Cake.
Good luck and happy baking!

Let it cool completely on wax paper before you transfer. Maybe overnight. Not just, "not hot" ... but cool.

Hi S.,
You should use something like wax or foil to cover the board before putting the cake on top of it. All of the oils in the cake and icing will slowing come out bleeding onto anything that will soak it up. Most places that sale the boards/boxes will also sale the paper that sits on top of the board. To keep the wax paper or decorative paper from moving around on the board use a small amount of icing to "glue" the paper down.
C.