I used my heating core once, hated it. Been using rose mails sence.
Yep, you just put it upside down in the pan - prepaired the same was as your pan - spray, flower, whatever you use, pore in your cake batter and bake away. If it's a lareg sheet pan, you can use more - just space them evenly throughout the pan.
I use mine all the time for larger round cakes. No need to for the full sheets, I just put two half-sheets together on a full sheet board.
I would recommend the heating core if you're baking 14" or larger - works like a charm.
sherry
I just came across an item called a heating core that you use when baking large cakes. Does anyone use it. It looks like a big thimble.
I need to make a sheet cake next month and wonder if I should get one.
I would recommend investing in a heating core. I tried the flower nails and I was not impressed by the results. It was definately not something to wrtite home about. The heating core however worked like a charm.
Prepare the heating core as you would for the baking pan except you need to grease and flour both The inside and outer surface. Place it in the pan and put the batter in the pan. Then add a bit of batter to the inside of the heating core. You will use this plug to fill the hole. You might need to cut it down a bit. It's really easy to use.
I personally bought a heating core and
used it once..hated it even tho I floured and greased the heating core..it still stuck and had to dig it out more or less..then it wasn' about to fill up the hole it made in the cake.. I've had much better luck with the flower nails.
I have a couple of heating cores that are just sitting around collecting dust. I use flowernails all the time and have great results with them. I use the small #9 ones. I use one nail in any pan over 12" and in my 11 x 15 sheet. I use two nails in my 12 x 18 sheet. The heating core works fine, I just don't like having to plug the big hole it leaves.
I saw a baker on Food Network (sorry, can't remember which show, but it might have been Sugar Rush) wrap about 100 pennies in aluminum foil bundle and insert that into his baking core. He said the copper conducts heat better and it works every time for him. That makes sense to me. He did not say how he plugs the hole, though. If I were to do that, I would probably bake a separate cupcake to plug the hole, but I have never used my baking core, nor have I ever used the flower nails. My sheet cakes always do fine.
I have never tried a heating core because I've had so much success with flower nails and teflon strips. They really make a huge difference for me!!
I personally bought a heating core and
used it once..hated it even tho I floured and greased the heating core..it still stuck and had to dig it out more or less..then it wasn' about to fill up the hole it made in the cake.. I've had much better luck with the flower nails.
So....I'm not the only one.......
So, as this thread is saying....heating cores...you either love them or you hate them!
I guess it's up to you on what your preference is. Maybe you could find one on e-bay for half the price just to try it out...and you probably have nails already that you coud try...let us know what you prefer.
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