Cake Collars for Cakes & Cake Decorating

Cake collars are used to keep a cake or dessert's sides smooth and straight while it chills or sets. A cake collar is a clear, flexible plastic strip wrapped around the dessert or used to line a cake ring. Common uses are mousse cakes, cheesecakes, layered cakes, entremets, lining cake rings and chocolate collar decorations. Fiesta Wraps cake collars come on 50-foot rolls in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights.

Cake collars are made of clear, flexible plastic film and are often called acetate strips. According to the Amazon product listing, the Fiesta Wraps cake collar roll is 125-micron PP plastic. It comes in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights, each on a 50-foot (600-inch) roll, with transparent stickers included to close the collar.

Cake collars are sold by height and length. Fiesta Wraps cake collars come in four heights, 2, 4, 6 and 8 inches, and every height is a 50-foot (600-inch) roll. You cut each strip to the circumference of the cake or cake ring, so one roll fits cakes of many diameters.

Choose a cake collar at least as tall as the part of the dessert it needs to hold. As a practical guide, the 2-inch roll suits shorter cakes and single layers, 4-inch suits standard-height cakes and layered desserts, 6-inch suits taller cakes, and 8-inch suits tall cakes that need more side coverage. Measure your dessert to confirm.

To use a cake collar, measure around the cake or cake ring and cut a strip with about an inch of overlap. Wrap it around the cake, or line the inside of the ring, keeping the bottom edge level. Close the overlap with one of the transparent stickers included with Fiesta Wraps cake collars. Assemble or fill the dessert, let it chill or set, then peel the collar away.

Yes. Mousse cakes are one of the main uses for a cake collar and are named in the Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing. The collar holds the soft mousse in shape while it chills and sets. Once the mousse is firm, peel the collar away to reveal smooth sides. Choose a collar height that covers the full height of the mousse cake.

Yes. Cheesecakes are named as a use in the Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing. Wrap a chilled or no-bake cheesecake in a cake collar, or line the ring or pan with one, so the sides stay clean and straight while it sets. For most cheesecakes, choose a 2 or 4 inch collar, depending on the cheesecake's height.

Yes. Cake collars are often used to line the inside of a cake ring. Cut a strip to the ring's inside circumference plus a small overlap, place it against the ring, then build the dessert inside. The set dessert releases from the plastic collar rather than the metal ring. Lining cake rings is one of the uses named in the Fiesta Wraps listing.

Yes. The Fiesta Wraps cake collar listing names chocolate collar decorations as a use. Spread a thin, even layer of melted chocolate on a cake collar strip, wrap it around a chilled cake, and let the chocolate set. Then peel the plastic away to leave a smooth chocolate band. Collar strips can also shape curved chocolate pieces.

A cake collar roll is a ready-made strip at a fixed height that you cut to length. Acetate sheets are flat sheets you cut to any height and shape. A cake collar roll is convenient for repeated cakes at a consistent height. Fiesta Wraps rolls are 50 feet long in 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch heights. Acetate sheets suit custom shapes and unusual sizes. Neither is better for every cake.