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Homemade Wood Pattern Cake Board | Homemade Fondant Covered Cakeboard From Scratch

November 16, 2014 By Sangeetha Priya 5 Comments

It’s my 1 month plan to make round tier cakes with jungle theme for my daughter’s 5th birthday. I so planned the cake base/board to be in rectangle shape so that in front of the cake I make a pond for ducks as shown in below picture. When I looked at stores for rectangle cake boards, I felt they are expensive and then finally decided to make one at home. Fortunately the party was at home (no carry) so I used ordinary package box (medium thick ones like lamp box or diaper boxes, you can see the board I used in step by step pic 2 below). Initially I covered the fondant for one layer and after that I have attached 2 more layers to make it strong. The size was 12 by 12 and I covered the cake board with fondant 5 days in advance before assembling the cake. Till then I sealed the finished cake board well and kept in room temperature under dark place. When you make customized cake boards and the cake needs to travel then go for multi layers of white foam cores.

What you all need to make Homemade Cake Board

Marshmallow Fondant
Rolling Pin
Rectangle or Circle Cardboard/Cake Board – I used 12 by 12 inch rectangle cardboard
Food Color – (I used Choc Brown Ameri color for Wood Effect)
Water+Sugar mixed thick syrup instead of Vodka
Paint Brush – Medium Size

Make the sugar syrup in advance

For Sugar Syrup take 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water boil for few minutes (approx. 4-5 minutes) in low to medium flame check for half string consistency (when you stretch a bit cooled syrup between your thumb and next finger it should stretch half thread at least) which is the perfect consistency.
Also you can use this sugar syrup to wet your frozen cake to retain the moisture.

Method

  • Choose the size and shape (round or rectangle) for the cake board.
  • Trim the card board layers of even size.
  • Since I made it for a mini party we did at home I went for 3 layers of the card board as shown in Pic 2 below.
  • Apply sugar syrup for the board and make it ready to cover it with fondant.
  • Roll the fondant over lightly corn starch dusted platform and then transform over the sugar syrup greased board.
  • Initially i rolled the fondant over single layer board to medium thickness not too thin nor too thick, later did I attach 2 more layers (Pic 2).
  • You can first attach as much layers (between layers apply sugar syrup that works well) you need and then apply fondant over the top layer, both way works.
  • When you feel the fondant layer is neat and good then trim the edges (Pic 1 above).
  • Take a measuring scale and make indent for each and every 1/2 inch at least (Pic 3 ), press it well for better result.
  • Let them dry for at least 30-60 minutes in room temperature and when you press with fingers it should not stick (Pic 4).
  • Take 2 tbsps of sugar syrup in a separate bowl and mix brown color, sugar syrup and choc brown color when mixed it gave me the perfect wood color (Pic 4).
  • Now brush it over the surface(Pic 5) and leave it at room temperature to dry completely.
  • Once dried well you can make another coat as well but I stopped with single coat.
  • When you feel the board dried completely (Pic 6) cover it well and store in dark room till you use.
  • I made it 5 days in advance and stored so, even after a week I noticed my board look good without any color fade.

Notes

  1. You can buy thick foam boards from Michael s or Hobby Lobby and cut desired shapes or buy cake boards and cover with fondant.
  2. If you wish you can hide the sides of the board with decorative tapes.
You can check my previous post for Marshmallow Fondant and Characters Tutorial

Some external links to shower more ideas
Cake board with foam board tutorial –> Here
Real Wood Tutorial –> Here

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  1. Jayanthi Sindhiya

    November 19, 2014 at 6:15 am

    Superb post,lovely so cute

    Reply
  2. Manjula Bharath

    November 19, 2014 at 3:41 am

    fantastic post 🙂 really a useful one for novice fondant cake decorator like me !!

    Reply
  3. Veena Theagarajan

    November 18, 2014 at 2:31 am

    amazing.. u hv tons of patience.. yummy!

    Reply
  4. Sathya Priya

    November 16, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    Nice work yar.By the way this is the board where the cake is placed right?

    Reply

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