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Covering cake and board in sugarpaste
Hello. Just wondered I’ve always covered the cake and the board together as that was what I was advised to do but I note that Paul and other web sites I’ve been on don’t tend to do that which is the better method. When I do separately I always struggle to get the cake central without disturbing the sugarpaste even though I, let it dry first
Hello. Just wondered I’ve always covered the cake and the board together as that was what I was advised to do but I note that Paul and other web sites I’ve been on don’t tend to do that which is the better method. When I do separately I always struggle to get the cake central without disturbing the sugarpaste even though I, let it dry first
Placing the cake on a covered board I think gives a neater and sharper finish although people still practice the all in one method, that’s how I was taught and was doing just that until I joined here. I cover my board like Paul does in the traditional Christmas cake tutorial, this enables me to centralise my cake before finishing the board and it saves on a lot of fondant too.
I think it depends on your own preference, but if you are doing the board in a different colour, it makes sense to fix the cake to the board and cover it first, then cover the board second as this saves money on the sugarpaste which is not seen anyway! That’s probably the Scottish bit in me though!
Apart from the extra sugarpaste being used, I’d been told by a college lecturer that putting a cake on top of a sugarpaste covered board would make the sugarpaste underneath quite gooey and soft so it was better not to cover the whole board. I’d be interested if anyone has ever found this as I’ve always covered the cake and board at the same time as a result.
Thanks.
