One of the students in the Wilton Course 1 class did a cake in an 8" round, 3" high pan, using the bake-even strips. Her cake came out with the sides like this: ) ( In fact, when I saw it iced it looked like a torted and filled cake, but she had not torted it at all. I couldn't think of an explanation why it had happened. Any ideas?? Thanks!!

That is strange..I have never heard of that. Do you know if she soaked the baking strips in water first? That's the only thing I can think of that might have been a possible cause, but it's just a guess!

That is why I personally do not use those bake even strips.

Ironically...the only time I ever use them is on the 8 x 3" round, other than that I don't bother with them either!

I know she did soak them in water first. I went through a checklist with her... oven temp right, followed cake box directions, etc. The only thing I thought about after class was that maybe the strips were not placed up against each other, resulting in the gap being the area were the cake curved in? That was the only thing I could think of. I personally love the bake even strips and have had good luck with them!

I have had cakes that do that too, but it was always a real heavy cake, not any I made after that did that unless it was a heavy cake.... like the doctored up cake mix I did within the last week, very heavy and dry.... it did the same thing..... I dont have strips but was thinking about buying them! we'll see.

you cannot put those bake strips on a 3 inch pan!! the strips are made for 2 inch pans. the strips are not wide enough to cover a 3 inch pan. if she did use them, then did she use two of them? baking strips work well, if you use them properly. i never bake without them!

Two baking strips fit perfectly around the 8 x 3" !!