Your cake needs a place to rest.  Most of the time your simple round cakes will do fine on a cake plate or cake pedestal.  However, your other sheet cakes will need a cake board.

Some options for cake boards:

• hardwood pastry boards
• plywood
• foam core
• cardboard
• masonite

Once you’ve chosen a cake board, you’ll need to cover it.  You are probably thinking that covering it with aluminum foil would be the easiest option.  Yes, but it is not the most attractive or practical (it will tear easily when you’re cutting your cake).

Instead, consider covering with wrapping paper, fabric or decorative foil with a heavy cellophane layer to protect it.

Keep in mind, you do not want to distract people from the cake with a busy pattern, but a simple print or pattern can be a perfect finishing touch.

Try to have fun with it and see if you can find wrapping paper or other items that will fit your cakes design without overwhelming it. For instance, consider newspaper, maps, color copies of family photographs and scrapbooking paper which comes in a variety of themes, colors and patterns.

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