What should you use… a cake board or a cake drum?
What is a Cake Board?
A cake board is a piece of hardboard covered in foil (usually silver but other colours are available) and around 3-4 mm thick. They are dense and very strong. They’re perfect for most cakes and provided you’re careful with them when cutting your cake they can be reused a few times.
Other names for cake boards: double thick cards, hardboards
What is a Cake Drum?
A cake drum is normally a layers of card or card foam board covered in foil (like cake boards you can get them in other colours but silver is the most common) and they are around 12-13mm / ½ inch thick. They’re strong and are generally available in larger sizes than cake boards. Like cake boards they can be reused provided you care for them correctly.
Other names for cake drums: cake bases
So which one should you use?
The main difference between the 2 is their thickness. Cake drums at around 12mm / ½ inch are perfect for adding a ribbon around for some extra decoration.
Cake drums were traditionally used for wedding cakes but are becoming increasingly popular for all cakes due to the option of adding a ribbon.
Cake boards aren’t obsolete though, they’re often cheaper and they’re used for tiers in stacked cakes as the thin but hard board is easy to cover but offers ample support for the cake.
You can read more about the differences between the cake boards, cards and drums we sell.