Tips For Choosing The Best Cake Board

We often spend a lot of time thinking about a cake from the very beginning when it's handmade, to the end when it's presented to the consumer, and the baker needs to care about, not only the taste and quality of the cake itself, but also providing security and stability for our creation, which is very important for the cake creation.

Just as the Chinese old saying, "what is called the clothes make the man saddle the horse", a classic contracted cake board, not only can instantly improve the whole impression of consumers on the cake, can also with other competing goods on this detail to distance, and if the cake board is indispensable, we use the poor quality of the cake plate usually destroy many hours of work. In this article, we briefly describe the different options available in the cake board market and the advantages of buying a quality cake board. 

Turntable for cake

When we decorate the cake, the rotating base is a good choice to rotate the cake from all angles more easily. In addition, the scalloped edges add a touch of decoration and also allow us to easily rotate the bottom of the cake.

It is important that the cake board has a non-slip base that holds the cake board in place so that the cake stays in place when we turn the hair. When covering the cakes with fudge and shaping them to your liking, the rotating cake board will be your ally. But remember to clean the circuit board with a clean, damp cloth first.

Besides, there are many new designs of the turntables, such as different colors, not just white, but also blue,green, pink and any other colors you like.It can be glossy laminate, matt laminate, which meets your requirement of the appearance.

I have to say, this round rotating cake stand is a safe, beautiful and reusable choice for your gourmet creations!

Cardboard cake board

This cake board is the cheapest on the market and is perfect for lighter and smaller cakes. If your cake is too heavy, be sure to buy thicker cardboard. This light weight cake board, at a good price and looking good, is a great choice for quick use and replacement in the bakery.

It comes in two types of cardboard: decorated and undecorated. The most common decorative boards are white, gold and silver. We can customize various colors and textures to meet consumers' requirements on the appearance of the cake board, such as marbling or cake board with logo.

The normal thickness of the cake board is 2-4mm, you can choose the suitable thickness depend on the weight of your cakes.And you can do it with scalloped edge or without, some people like the scalloped edge since they think it is very beautiful, just like a flower.

On the other hand, we must cover the undecorated base with grease-proof and moisture-proof paper. Although undecorated cardboard is cheaper, we have to consider the time it takes to cover the cardboard with greaseproof paper, so the greaseproof and waterproof cake board is more practical and popular. 

Wedding cake board

In general, we will choose a thick corrugated cake drum for the wedding cake board, usually 12mm thick, or 6-12mm MDF base, depending on the weight of the cake. For example, three layers of 6mm cake plates can hold up to 20kg.

Wedding cake is large and has multiple layers, need a relatively thick, good load-bearing capacity cake tray, such as cake tray and MDF board, so it is very important to choose a reliable and good quality cake plate supplier. 

Below we focus on the cake drum and MDF cake board

First of all, let's talk about the cake drum, which is generally made by two pieces corrugated boards together, plus aluminum foil paper on the surface,and white paper  on the bottom. It usually is 12 mm thickness, can be also make in 6 mm or 10 mm. It depends on your choice!

You can make them as regular or customize designs, As for regular designs, the colors normally in gold, silver and white, and the texture normal with grape texture, rose texture, Maple leaves texture or Lenny texture etc. And of course you can customize it to all kinds of colors you like, such as pink, blue, all of these can be done.

If you need to add your logo on the cake drum, you can consider making a smooth edge and add the logo on the edge. In this way, it will not block the logo when putting the cake, nor affect the use of the cake drum, but can show your brand to the customers, adverting your brand and company!

Of course, there is another way, is to customize the logo in 1mm wide ribbon, and then surround the cake drum with the ribbon, which is also favored by many customers. This makes the cake drum looks more elegant and beautiful. Our life, cannot leave the cake, and a beautiful cake, also cannot leave the cake tray foil. They should be existed together.

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MDF cake boards are ideal for multi-layered cakes

Here I will focus on MDF cake boards, which are very strong and stable, and they can also be reused. They are made of wood fibre and provide a safer base than cardboard, which is very important for medium or large cakes. Using this type of cake base, we can prevent cracks in the cardboard and breakage of the cake.

MDF cake boards are ideal for multi-layered cakes because they help spread the weight across the four struts. A big advantage is the ability to make personalized cake boards in which you can carve your logo: the result is very elegant, and it makes your brand more visible to your customers. So MDF cake boards are very popular indeed. 

Follow these tips to buy the best cake board!

No matter cake stand, cake board or cake tray, are good helpers for cake decoration. Choosing the right cake board on the right occasion can make the cake created by ourselves more charming and excellent.

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Post time: Aug-16-2022