I am making a mermaid cake this weekend with the wonder mold. I use it on average once every 2 years, so I need some refreshing. Seems I always have a hard time cooking it evenly. Seeing as you can get flower nails in there, any suggestions on baking time, temp or other tricks you have used with it?

Even with the heating core in the middle you still had problems?

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I baked one last night and have made quite a few of them. It just seems to me like it takes a bit longer than the 50-60 minutes to get the top middle cooked thoroughly. I don't have a solution but I am interested to see what other people say....

Any of the 3D pans you buy will require a longer cooking time and make sure to use the heating core. What helps is if you have the conical heating core add cake mix in the center.

You didn't answer Twindees about the heating core that comes with the Wonder Mold. I hope you still have it.

My girlfriend borrowed my mold years ago and lost the heating core that came with it. I just bake mine without anything in the middle. I bake it at a lower temp and bake it a little longer.

Diane

I do have the heating core that goes in the middle. I also have the larger wilton heating core. Is there some way to use it with the wonder mold?

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Lori,

Do you bake at 350 or 325? I bake it at 325 and really don't have any problems. I've been tempted to lower the temp even more cuz the outside does get a little too dark for my liking.

Lori, use the tall skinny heating core that comes with the wonder mold pan and bake it at 325 longer (it can take up to 1 1/2 hours depending on the cake.)

Heating core is a must.

Use some extra baking time.

Grease with crisco and flower (no spray)

Allow to cool thoroughly before turning out.

These tips have worked for me - Good luck! (Post pics!)

I posted a similar question last week. Someone suggested that near the end of the baking time, cover the cake with tinfoil. I had mine in at 350 for about an hour. I put the tinfoil on for about the last 15minutes and it came out great! First time it wasn't rock hard around the edges.

Thanks for the tips. It's in the oven at 325. I will check it after about 40 min. and will add tinfoil to the top to see if it helps. I used the cake mix doctor recipe for butter cake and I noticed the instructions for the pan said you should have 5 1/2 - 6 cups of batter. I would guess I only had 4 1/2. Hopefully it will turn out ok. Like I said, it's been about 2 years since I used the wonder mold, and I always remember having problems with overcooking. I'll let you know how it turns out!

Yes, please let us know how it turns out! Last time I used the pan to make my Shrek cake, I had to bake him twice as I had problems with uneven baking, center not being done or "falling", and the outside edges being rock hard! I don't think I turned the temp down though....and I just got a request for a Barbie cake....so I'll use your advice!

Hey cami! The cake came out the best it ever has. I cooked it at 325 for 40 min, then added the tinfoil over the top. I then proceeded to cook it for an additional 17 minutes or so. It didn't look really overcooked this time. I think the tinfoil helped a lot. It is kinda small though. I didn't measure the height, but of course it would never work with a real Barbie. My recipe was only about 4 1/2 c of batter, so if your recipe has more batter it will probably be taller and take longer to cook of course! I hope two 8" cakes will make it tall enough. We shall see!

If you want to use it with a real Barbie, make a 9 x 3 cake to go underneath. That's what I'm doing with the doll cake I'm making this weekend.