I need to make a cake using the WIlton Wondermold...the one that is the doll's dress.

Does anyone have any suggestions/tips on doing this. (Baking the cake in that pan...not teh decorationg part, as it will not be a doll) I don't seem to have much luck with the specialty or odd shaped pans. Just trying to look ahead....

Thanks!

Hi. I just did my first doll cake using the wondermold and here is what I did. I used the Wilton cake release and got a good layer of it all over the cake pan as well as the heating rod that goes in the middle. It came out of the pan really easily that way and had a nice finish on the cake, not many crumbs.

Also, I filled my pan really full with batter, I used 7 cups. You said your cake will not be a doll so it might not matter, but I wanted mine to come out with the dolls dress the full length of the wonder mold so I filled it full. I also cooked it at 325 instead of 350 and I cooked it longer, like about an hour and 15 minutes. Just keep checking it after the hour mark for doneness.

Good luck.

Thanks, projectqueen!

I am so nervous about filling my pans. I just made the sportsball for the first time and used the amt of batter the instructions said. The cake batter overflowed all over the place. I had to take the panss out, clean everything up and then put them back in. (good thing I had a cookie sheet under them) Then they would overflow again. It was a disaster!! Well, the cakes actually came out well...it was the process that was a disaster!!!

Well, the 7 cups is pretty full. Mine didn't overflow but it baked up over the top and I had to level it off. That is actually what I wanted it to do, but if you don't want to deal with the possible overflowing, you could use less, like 6 1/2 cups or so. It would still make a nice full cake.

Good luck!

I just used my wondermold pan for a mermaid cake I have due this weekend. I also use cake release and find that the cake comes right out. You will want to use a dense cake also. I mixed a pound cake mix with a yellow cake mix and filled the wondermold about 2/3 full. I used the rest of the batter for another cake. You could also doctor your cake with a box of pudding and extra egg to make it more firm.

Hope your cake turned out well.

there was a lady in my class that baked her doll cake(she did not get a wonder mold pan) in the larger glass measuring cup. It turned out great just like the wonder mold. She greased it up just like a regular cake pan.

The pan takes 2 cake mixes not one like the instructions may say....ask me how I know!!! HA!HA! It also needed to bake for about an hour and 20 minutes to fully cook inside.

Ok..so, traci says to add pudding and an egg to firm up the cake. kiddiekakes says i need two cake mixes. sooooo....

if i use two cake mixes, do i add one pudding and one egg? oooorrrr...will i need two puddings and two eggs?

Not 2 whole cake mixes! (unless your mixes make less batter than mine) More than 7 cups of batter in that thing and you are going to be in trouble! I made 2 mixes, poured 7 cups into the wonder mold, and still had enough batter left for about 12 cupcakes!

I just used a yellow cake and didn't add any extras. It worked fine. I'll have to try adding the pudding and egg next time. I agree it does take a while to cook all the way through, though.

The Betty Crocker mixes take two to fill the wondermold...no joke!!!

Cake Princess and Kiddie Kakes, you two are silly tonight! Have you been inhaling the airbrush cleaner again?

Tootsa, no matter how much you fill it, be careful to make sure this one is fully cooked in the middle. I have had bad luck with this one being raw when I cut the hump off at decorating time....it seemed to bake forever and the knife came out clean. Maybe it's just me!

Yah they probably do....LOL

Alrighty folks! Thanks for your help and silliness!

I will be making the cake this week...with a scratch pound cake recipe. (Oh, goodness...does that change any advice?!??!)

I'll let you know how I make out.!!!!!!!