cake drums (boards)

[anevilgiraffe]

anyone know what the stands you put cakes on are made of?

eyeing 6milphils arena in a tin and stumbled on some 12" round cake drums while wistfully googling for suitable containers... wouldn't have the fancy sides of 6milphils, but would be a good sturdy base that I wouldn't have to cut myself... assuming it's made from something sturdy of course...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-12-Inch-Silver-Round-Cake-Board-Drum-13mm-Thick-/170929275037?pt=Uk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ&hash=item27cc2dc09d

[cram]

I believe they are made from solid cardboard covered in a foil like paper. I would have thought they are designed to withstand warping, because their purpose is to have a moist cake sitting on top of them, but that is an assumption.

[Brandlin]

The one I had was mdf