AHi ! I'm making a 3D minion for my sons first birthday but I'm having trouble figuring out how should I stack the cakes.
Its going to have 6- 6" cakes. The question is if it would be safer to stack 3 cakes then cakeboard and the final three layers? Or just go with 2 cakes/cakeboard -2 cakes/cake board and final 2 cakes? (Does that make sense? Lol)
TIA
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Original message sent by denetteb
I would do 3 stacks of two layers each. That will make cutting and serving a whole lot simpler. If you do the layers 3 cakes high it will be hard to cut and fit on a cake plate.
Thank you for your reply. I'm going with your suggestion, it never came to my mind about the cutting part :-)
AAlso, to save you from carving, you can bake one layer of cake in a wilton ball pan (half) or in a small glass oven safe bowl (pyrex). It'll fit on top of a 6" cake. That's how i did mine :) happy caking!
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Original message sent by mattyeatscakes
Also, to save you from carving, you can bake one layer of cake in a wilton ball pan (half) or in a small glass oven safe bowl (pyrex). It'll fit on top of a 6" cake. That's how i did mine :) happy caking!
Your minion is adorable...I haven't baked in a pyrex bowl before, do the edges get dry? O should I bake it longer at a lower temp?
AThanks :) no the edges do not get dry esp since you are using a small bowl. But yes, do lower your baking temp to 325 and increase your baking time. Tc!
AOk so here it is.. I followed your advise and used the pyrex bowl since I don't own a ball pan, I think it came out ok, although the ganache underneath was melting :-( ......I had the great idea to take the cake to the park at 5pm with 99° Texas heat ( really bad idea!!) My son was happy regardless :-) [IMG]http://cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3253915/width/200/height/400[/IMG]
P.d Sorry for the ugly picture and background. We were in such a rush it was the only picture I could take.
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