Do Flower Nails Go In The Cake

CupcakeQT82 Posted 28 Jun 2012 , 2:16pm

How do you lot place the flower nail in the cake concoction to use as a heating cadre?? I've never had to do information technology before. Or maybe someone can tell me - do I NEED a heating core for a 11x9" sheet?

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Crazy-Grayness Posted 28 Jun 2012 , 2:22pm

I don't think it would hurt to utilise one, information technology should only have the dome down a fleck, reducing your temperature volition help too.

To utilise the blast only poke it thru the blistering parchment y'all use to line the bottom of the tin

HTH
Gray

CupcakeQT82 Posted 28 Jun 2012 , 2:24pm

Hmm . . . I didn't use parchment. I always utilize Cake Release

Dayti Posted 28 Jun 2012 , two:25pm

I would put i or two bloom nails in, yes. Grease and line your pan as usual. So grease your blossom nail(due south) on the stem and both sides of the head and place, flat head down, in the pan. Place information technology right in the centre if you are using one, or spread forth the centre line if y'all are using two. Fill your pan with batter taking care not to move your nails - slide them dorsum into identify if they move, don't pick them up and plunge into the concoction.

Your cake will probably bake quicker than usual so you demand to keep an eye on it. Good luck!

trebakes Posted 28 Jun 2012 , ii:40pm

Brand sure you use a Metal nail. Prepare it every bit you do the pan itself and place it in the middle (or close to it) of the pan.

Thanks for the tip almost sticking information technology through the parchment. I'll have to try that

kakeladi Posted 28 Jun 2012 , x:52pm

Since you lot posted so early this a.thousand. I assume you have alread baked Here is my opinions on this matter:

It never fails to amaze me that people use a heat core for this small of a cake- And mamy of them *insisting!* it is necessary. I have baked cakes up to 16" circular w/o even i nail, core or pan wrap due west/o problems.
Having said that, information technology won't hurts to use a smash. Just place it in the pan earlier pouring in the batter carefully around it so every bit non to move it.

Pearl645 Posted 29 Jun 2012 , 12:18am

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Originally Posted past kakeladi

Since you posted so early this a.m. I assume you have alread broiled Here is my opinions on this matter:

It never fails to amaze me that people use a heat cadre for this small of a block- And mamy of them *insisting!* it is necessary. I have broiled cakes upwardly to xvi" round w/o even one nail, core or pan wrap w/o bug.
Having said that, it won't hurts to employ a blast. Just place it in the pan before pouring in the batter carefully around it so equally not to move it.

Wow. Are your pans two" high? My cakes take way too long to bake. Looking for solutions.

ibeeflower Posted 29 Jun 2012 , 8:17pm

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Originally Posted by kakeladi

Since yous posted so early this a.m. I assume you take alread baked Here is my opinions on this affair:

Information technology never fails to amaze me that people employ a heat core for this small of a cake- And mamy of them *insisting!* it is necessary. I have baked cakes up to 16" round w/o even ane nail, core or pan wrap west/o problems.
Having said that, it won't hurts to apply a blast. Just place it in the pan before pouring in the batter carefully around it and so equally not to move it.

I don't use them either and up until now (knock on wood) I haven't needed them. I exercise have 1 just in instance but with my Magic Line pans that are 2 inches in height I haven't had to use i. The cakes cook evenly and there is never a dome. I really love these pans.

icer101 Posted 29 Jun 2012 , 8:42pm

Hi, i have been baking for 17 yrs. Never accept i used a heat core or nail in any size cake i make . Never had to. If yous feel the need, then i don,t arraign you as to how you bake. We are all unlike and that is a good thing. lol!!!

kakeladi Posted 29 Jun 2012 , 9:15pm

i use 2"deep pans - Wilton and Magic Line - always accept
Every bit the others have said, in that location is eally little need for heat cores! It could exist your oven is off calabration. Have you lot had it checked out?
For whatever pan that takes ane cake mix (such every bit 10 round; 12x8 sheet etc) I bake at 300 degrees for approx. xx minutes, so turn the oven upwardly to 325 for about an equal time. I bake mostly by 'olfactory organ'/smell. If you lot can odor that wonderful block aroma in the next room it most probable is done - examination w/a finger in the center. If it springs back at all the cake should be washed. For larger cakes I follow the aforementioned instructions only for longer times. A 16"x2" round takes about 45-60 minutes at each setting. Baking at these lower temps will yield a flat, moist cake w/o that hump in the middle or dry sides!

I retired from baking well-nigh 5 yrs agone & now I'm start to forget exactly the recipes & times of baking so y'all are going to have to notice what works best for you and your oven. BTW: I bakes in many different ovens, including commercial convections ovens and used basically the same instructions with the aforementioned results.

floralfun Posted 18 Jun 2015 , ix:29pm

Thank you for this info, kickoff fourth dimension baking a sixteen" so I will adjust the temp equally y'all propose, appreciate your response

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