Pastillage as cake board?

[Sif]

I read the pastillage demo and it was mentioned as being used for cake stands. But only petit four stands were shown. Anyone know if you can use it as a board for regular cake, apprx 6 lb cake and decoration in total?

[chefpeon]

I would never trust just pastillage on it's own to support the weight of a cake.

I would only use it to cover a cake board, but never as the board itself.

[Tri2Cook]

I'll second that answer. Due to some mishaps, I personally wouldn't use pastillage without a backing board or plate unless:

it was thick and very thoroughly dried and...

it was sitting directly on the table or on lots of not-tall supports and...

the cake didn't have to be moved once it was on the pastillage.

I'm sure someone will say they do it all the time without problems and that's awesome but I've already had to clean up a couple messes that I didn't have time to properly repair in the attempt to use pastillage plates for fairly heavy items so I don't do it for anything except small pieces now.

[Sif]

Thank you, I was afraid of the very same thing. I'll use a regular board and decorate with pastillage.