How to Make Beautiful Custom Cake Boards - No Fondant! 

What a nice tutorial- easy to understand, no annoying music in the background and perfect instructions. 👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥰🥰🥰

I've been covering my cake boards like this for about 30 years, with fanci foils from the florist, in colors to match the wedding color schemes. I have several colors and shades. I just use 2 cardboard cake circles with the ridges going in opposite directions for strength, and also glue a smaller cake circle on the bottom, with glue spray. I don't cover them with contact paper. I attach the ribbons on the sides with contact cement. You've given me a new way to cover a cake board, perhaps with scrapbook papers. So pretty.

Shani, I cannot express how happy I am to have come across your tutorial. It is easy to follow and the designs are doable even for a novice like me. Thank you so much!!!!!

Nothing but love to you, all of your talent, care and how much of your knowledge you share with us, thank you!

Love love love this tutorial. I was just telling my husband it's time to buy cake drums and how expensive they are. Now I can make my own! Thank you for such an informative video.

Thank you for your tutorial. I'm a new home baker that's always looking for new ideas and ways to improve my business. This is a great idea and I can't wait to create my first cake board.

That is fantastic, thanks for sharing! All of my cake boards will be beautiful from now on.

Such a wonderful job and tutorial. So satisfying to watch👀😮😊

Great detailed tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

I did my first few boards after watching your tutorial and they came out great! Thank you! 😊

Thank you for a great tutorial. I'm def going to start making these pretty paper covered boards. I LOVE your mermaid creation.

Thank you so much for this! I made some beautiful cake boards from printed tissue paper! So much less than buying premade ones!

Thank you for sharing this information. You made it looks so easy, with the step by step instructions. My cake boards are going to be beautiful!!!!

Beautiful.... Heartfelt thanks for the idea.

Love your ideas! Thanks for the video.

Thanks so much for sharing your tutorial! Very detailed and informative! I dread to think how much fondant I’ve used to cover my cake boards over the 10 years I’ve been making cakes!

I've tried this method to cover my cake boards after watching your video. The method I was using before was tedious and took forever. Thank you for uploading this video.

That was so cool, I loved it thank you.

Excellent!!! Thanks for great tips.

That was an incredible tutorial. Thank you so much.

absolutely fantastic idea 🤩😍❤️

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing

Whoah, perfrect! I love it and i want to learn more speacially on how to make a cake boxes.

Omg...thank you so much. I was so nervous and worried about making it and if would have turned out looking professionally done.

Loved this tutorial! Thank you!

Beautiful and amazing!

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing😊

Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent step by step video, can't wait to make my own creations. Thank you Shani!!!!

Thanks for sharing, a very valuable tip.

Awesome. Thank so much for sharing!

Thank you for the lovely tutorial

Beautiful!

I just wanted to thank you for your tutorial! This is a winner in my opinion because it is much lighter than fondant. I love the look of matching my cake designs with my boards. When I added a decorative layer of fondant to the cake board, it seemed to make the tiered cake heavier. This is so much better! I have a tendency of being a little messy 🤦‍♀️ and have gotten a little bit of buttercream on the covered board. I ended up with a “butter stain”! Yikes 😳 When your client buys a cake for a special day, something like that would be horrible for business and your reputation!

Thank you so much! This was most helpful!!

Beautiful, thank you for sharing with me....

The board on the back is genius

Thanks. Enjoyed video.

Fabulous tutorial. I can't wait to try try this - better than the typical cake drums covered in foil. Now to find the artisan papers! very unique and what a selling point!!!!

Extremely useful video, thanku so much

Love it!

Great tutorial!

Good idea. Thank you

Nicely demonstrated! I am definitely going to try this out. Thanks!!

love it

Good job easy to follow! Thankyou! From Ldn

Thank you sooooo much!

awesome👍

Really it is very nice

This is very nice and professional.

Great tutorial! Just a quick question...how much weight can the foam core boards hold? Can you put large tiered cakes on them?

Thank y very much

excellent

Genius! I always thought covering cake boards with fondant was a waste of product since you couldn't eat it.

Hi! Thank you for this great tutorial! I appreciate your time! What is the grey board you are doing your work on? Is it cut correction? Do you use this board for fondant as well? ~Jules in Rhode Island

What a great idea....Love it. 👍up✔️ hug from🇨🇭. Mona

Hello! Will the buttercream stick the cake to the plastic on the board? I’m worried it would slide around.

Hey Shani, I love that you did this and I also watched the one that Liz Marek did.. I am just learning things and I was wondering where you got the hot glue gun at? I like the one that you have there..

I loved your video I do have a question Do you then put your cakes directly on the cake board you made? Or do the cakes still need to have a cake round under the cake Have you ever had a cake slide off the cake board?

Hi nice video, can you please tell me which board you have used to make drum board

merci

Where did you buy your paper from?

Hi how you place cake on this board after you finish

Hi ! Thank you ! When I cut this board it keeps pulling and getting stuck

I really enjoyed watching. Im from the philippines and feel sad that we dont have that clear adhesive plastic.

Where do you get the foam board?

Can I use cling wrap instead of contac paper? Because we don't get it here..

How do you make the cute little bow on your other one?

@Shani's Sweet Art: WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA!!! I was wondering...is it okay to use crafter's non-toxic "spray" glue around the edge to adhere the ribbon "OR" does it have to be hot glue? Every time I attempt to smear the hot glue it dries out so fast that I haven't enough time to attach the ribbon & embellishments to it. I have even attempted to go small sections at a time. Perhaps, I need to use the "strength" of hot glue you're using. I tried the moderate-low temperature glue sticks, but it dries way to fast. Please advise? Thank You!

How many cake boards can you make with one sheet of foam board ??? For example, how many 8 inch drums can I make ? Trying to see if this is cost effective

May I ask you please what is the width of your ribbon? Thanks

Hey! I love making cakes for fun and I don’t sell them. Can I reuse these cake boards?

Hello dear, thanks so much for this very informative tutorial. However, is the clear contact paper food safe and where can I buy a food safe clear contact paper?

Thanks for this great video - it was very helpful and had lots of good ideas. I just wanted to point out that ConTact paper is not food safe. However, Duck Brand Shelf Liner is: www.amazon.com/Duck-Brand-Clear-Classic-Non-Adhesive/dp/B07MTH5YMM. I don't work for them, I just try to make sure everything that touches food is food safe. I will definitely use your wonderful tips for making these beautiful cake boards, as it is the perfect finishing touch to custom cakes. Thank you for taking the time to share.

Are you placing your cakes directly on the contact paper? Or are they on a cake board?

Great video ma Pls what's the name of the paper?

Great idea. I have a question? What is that foam called?

Scrapbook paper can be in contact with the cake?

Can I cover my board with tin foil?

What’s foam core? Is that what she’s saying?

Are theses food safe? I.e due to requirements when using packaging for food?

I don't understand how this could cost you less than $2/board

not sure how this is cheaper than fondant when you're using so many materials which all add up in cost? Foam cores are not as cheap as people make them out to be, same with contact paper.