Help! Center Of Cake Stuck... Hole... Have To Get It Ready!
Decorating By cakesbykitty Updated 17 Jun 2006 , 2:44pm by greenhorn
i am making a cake for an event tomorrow. i am sooo frustrated. the first one i made the center fell... now this one the top stuck (though i completely covered the pain in wiltons no stick spray... totally saturated it!). so , i have a hole about 2 inches across and less than an inch deep in the center of my 8 inch round. i am goign to use the upside down method to frost and smooth... can i fill it with icing before i turn it upside down??????? i really, really, really don't want to put a third cake in the oven! oh, and this is just the one sizes problem.. the 6 " had it's own issues. aggghhh!!!!!!!!!! help!!!!!!!!!!
uh... that would work if i hadn't already washed the pan to calm myself down and stop the cursing LOL 
Hmmmm, did you make 2 8in cakes for a 2 layer cake or just one? If you made 2 stick the holey part on the bottom and use the other cake's bottom for the top. If you only made 1 cake, put the holey part on the bottom, do a crumb coat on the cake(assuming you level your cakes) to seal the crummies in and then ice. Maybe that will work for ya!
I have never used the wilton release. I always grease and flour my pans, then let them sit about 5 min. after they come out of the oven and then flip them out of the pans. I have been lucky-no sticking!
i have another cake that didn't turn out... center fell (i think it wasn't done enough... i have a *&%#@ oven, as i am a renter... new one promised though!) i could part some of it in there... but i am wondering if the icing wouldn't be a better idea?
I think I would patch it with the bottom part of you sunken treasure cake. You know the bottom is done! Invest in an oven thermometer. The best few dollars I have ever spent. I have also found that my cakes take much longer than the wilton charts will tell you. Maybe it's just me!
Did you let the cake cool completely in the pan? I had that happen to me once, and that was why. I would gently warm the pan and try to remove the stuck piece of cake with a gently warmed pancake spatula. Glue in place with thin buttercream. You do not have to load it in there to get the missing cake to stick. Several stripes piped in with a #3 tip will do the job. Just make sure you outline the hole, so the edges do not come up when you go to ice it.
I have used parchment paper in the bottom of my pans ever since.
Theresa 
cooled for 10 minutes (per my wilton instructor) even set the timer. going to try and cut some bottom off the other cake and patch it when cool and i ice it. egads.
you guys are so flippin' funny. wish you were here to help me! i am just waiting for it to cool a little more... the last thing i need now is a disaster from frosting too soon. anyone got a fan??? LOL
I only use shortening & flour to grease my pans now. Works every time.
well, there is no piece for the middle.. remeber, it went down the disposal. i just cut a piece out of the bottom of the flop cake (thanks for the help on that one!) and when it's cool enough to ice i will try and patch it in there... it's uh, a little... uh, bigger than i thought. it will be fine. maybe i should put a small mc donald's toy in there, frost it and call it the prize?!
Mmmmm, McDonalds....anybody got a McRib for me??
I had to go take my chocolate chcoc chip cake out of the oven and check on my noodiepooh (that's what I call my little one). I was praying the curse of stuck cake didn't invade my oven! All removed well from the pan! Couldn't wait-cut the tops off the 4in cakes, ate 'em!
Let your cake cool at least 2 hours, more if you can! Do you have to cooling racks that are a bit elevated? I love those the best. I have the ones that barely skim the counter but I only use those for flipping the cakes around once I get them out of the pan.
ok kids... i'm off to try and "glue in" a piece. time to frost. i will keep you posted. i will post here with how it all turns out. this is my first "fix", my first stacked cake with dowels, my first time using royal icing flowers... gee... lots of firsts NO WONDER I AM STRESSED! LOL check in later to see if i succeed or end up baking till 4 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT ALL WORKED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN, I AM RELIVED THIS ONE IS DONE! if you want to see it go to my pics.. i just uploaded it. thanks so much everyone!!!!!!!!!! i literally couldnt' have done it without you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kitty 
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