Christmas Cake stand / board for smaller cakes

inaminute

Hello

I have a question.... I have made Delias 7" square cake this Christmas and was thinking of cutting the cake in half to make 2 smaller cakes and maybe one of the halves in two, to make what would be 3 cakes to give as gifts.

My question is what to put the small cakes on after I have marzipaned them as the cake boards in the shops only come in one size. They seem too hard to break or cut so what have others done in this situation?

I would be extremely grateful for ideas as although I've searched the forums I've not found anything as yet.

Merry Christmas and thanks in advance for your help. :rolleyes:

Pink.

Hi inaminute,

I've cut cakeboards before using a stanley knife. Another alternative is to make your own from strong cardboard covered in tin foil. Individual Christmas cakes look lovely on a tiny cakeboard, covered in cellophane tied up with a bow.

Pink

inaminute

Thanks pink for your ideas.

I had thought of covering card with tin foil but I read somewhere on one of the Christmas Cake threads that the foil reacts with the cake in someway ie holes appear in the foil from a chemical reaction so I was unsure as to whether this would be ok to do.

The other option is to cut the board like you suggested..... :rolleyes: thanks for your help.

Mrs_Thrify

Hiya, you could buy some plastic Christmas plates to stand your cakes on. Then cover with cellophane.

celyn90

Cover card with foil, cover foil with cling film

sandy2_2

christmassy paper or plastic plate

mi_jardin

have a look in your local 99p store, are there any plastic plates in a christmassy colour? I saw some gold ones somewhere but I can't remember where, sorry!