I attempted to doctor another cake today. this time w/a 12x3 cake pan. I used two cake mixes, and used 8 eggs (4 eggs, 4 egg white), 2-1/2 cup milk, 2 boxes of banana instant pudding, little of sour cream, and of course veg. oil. And i stuck a flower nail in the middle. cooked it for 40 minutes. Usually i cook it for 45-50 minutes, but it was already dark on top. well, the very middle was still a bit raw.
any ideas what i did wrong???
thnx.
I'm still a newbie, but I have always thought that when 2 mixes are required you must mix them separately. Also does it make a difference if the flowernail is round end up or down?
I never mix separately. I do 10 at a time in my big mixer!! The "head" of the nail goes down or it will fall over.
WOW JENN-- 10--I THINK I WOULD JUST FALL OVER --AT LEAST I KNOW U STAY BUSY, I'VE MIXED 3 AT THE SAME TIME BEFORE W/OUT ANY PROB
I haven't used the 12x3 pan, but I know when I use the 8x3 one it takes over an hour to bake it. It's deeper so will take longer and I bake on 325 so it does bake slower. Also the top is always darker than when I bake with a 2in pan.
The same thing happened to one of the ladies in my cake class. Try checking the temp of your oven with an oven thermometer. I did and found out my oven runs 50 degrees hotter. No more volcanic eruptions or unintended Bundt cakes. I use different mixes at the same time too, (not diff. brands) no problems yet. May be worth checking out. Happy baking. 
I believe that the milk is supposed to make a denser cake
I baked 14x3 and a 12x3 squares for the grad cake I did last weekend (see my pics).
I had started it out at 325, but the sides were baking too fast, so I turned the temp down to 300 for the first hour, then 325 for the next 30-45 min, until they was done. I used no cake nail nor heating cone.
I had neither any hard edges nor corners.
Theresa
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