Did I Buy A White Elephant?

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MCook Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:26pm
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I bought this 5 pan set from a high-end bake shop that was closing (owner getting married and moving back to Italy). I have searched the internet and found NO photos of cakes using these pans! I was wanting picures for ideas and to show potential customers of what a cake COULD look like -until I get some dummy cakes and photos of my own made.

Does anyone have these pans or pictures of cakes with these pans. Wilton calls them Paisley pans and there is one picture in the new year book--but that is ALL I have been able to find.

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TIA
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psurrette Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:34pm
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I have seen alot of cakes with that shape pan keep looking. I will se eif I can figure out where I saw some.

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SugarFrosted Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:40pm
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those look like the new Wilton Paisley pans
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=403F2FC2-423B-522D-FAED0555A65B1E0D&fid=403F2FF1-423B-522D-F5AF036A1202B9B7
There is at least one Wedding cake in the 2008 Wilton Yearbook made with those pans.

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sweetviolent Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:40pm
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if I recall correctly- someone mentioned wilton has a paisley pan set in their new line... you might check their site or yearbook out.

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psurrette Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:43pm
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I found this picture on the web
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justducky Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:44pm
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I have seen pictures of these used in the cake competition catagories. There are some really neat ideas. I think you will have alot of fun with these. No white elephant! icon_smile.gif

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Doug Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:45pm
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out side USA, often called "comma" pans

and if you don't want them -- I'll take them ---

that is if I can get to the head of the line in front of all the other CCers sure to want them too!

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leepat Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:46pm
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I would love to have those pans. Want to sell the? There is a magazine called Cake Craft that uses those pans a lot.

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ibteana Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:46pm
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A white elephant I would simply love to have. I gotta find a set! Looks like they would be so fun!

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OhMyGoodies Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:48pm
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Here are a few links that may help you with showing your customers what they can be used for... save to favs and show 'em off icon_wink.gif

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=685773

and I thought I could find another link to an image but I can't seem to place it right now.... but I think if you search CC images with Paisley in the search it may bring up a few.

And as everyone has said I too would be happy to take them off your hands.

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Gefion Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:49pm
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My Alan Dunn books have lots of cakes in that shape.

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lchristi27 Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by Doug

out side USA, often called "comma" pans

and if you don't want them -- I'll take them ---

that is if I can get to the head of the line in front of all the other CCers sure to want them too!




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I think we are all coveting these as they seem to be the most popular new item from the Wilton 08 book. I read you cant buy them until December!

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MarieAnna Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 2:06pm
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I know them as Teardrops P.
The June issue of Cake Craft & Decoration magazine has a couple of cakes. Almost the same, just a little variation on the decoration. To me,they look like Christianity baby cakes.

If you do a search as teardrop cakes, a couple of images will appear.
Hope that help.

MarieAnna

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MCook Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 2:19pm
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OMG!! Thank you all for your replies!
...and I did use every description of these pans I could think of--teardrop, comma, paisley--even "Australian" in the name because that is where these pans came from...and still nothing! Glad you CC guys are here to help! Guess I just wasn't "holding my mouth right" as my mom would say icon_lol.gif

thanks psurrette, that's exactly the sort of photo I was looking for!
I will check out the Alan Dunn book and Cake Craft magazine.
Maybe if I Google "cake competition" I will find some,too.

....the search continues....... thumbs_up.gif

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yh9080 Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 5:49pm
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I believe these are more popular/used in Britain. Check out some of the British websites. I have also seen these used in lots of cake books by british authors (sorry, can't remember which authors). I usually check them out from the library.

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TanuvasaMama Posted 21 Jul 2007 , 7:27pm
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7yyrt Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 6:21am
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I've been looking for those!!!!

You lucked out, girl!

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Sugar_Plum_Fairy Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 6:36am
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Okay out of all the cakes that were linked the one that I really expected to see, but didn't was a yin/yang design with the cakes ever so slightly apart barely touching.

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sarahnichole975 Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 7:02am
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Okay out of all the cakes that were linked the one that I really expected to see, but didn't was a yin/yang design with the cakes ever so slightly apart barely touching.




GOOD IDEA! Now I'm dying for these pans...like my cabinet can hold any more, but still! And I love all the ideas everyone posted...I thank you! My hubby on the other hand.....

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MikeRowesHunny Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 7:10am
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I don't know how much you got those for, but I can tell you that those go for around £30-£40 ($60-$80) EACH in the UK, so unless you paid $350 for them, you got the bargain of the century and I'm very jealous!!! I only hope that Wilton recognize the demand there is going to be for their version of those pans - I think most of us want a set!

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OhMyGoodies Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 12:59pm
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The YingYang is the reason I wanted this set of pans... my husband has a tattoo with one in the middle of a sun on his right arm and I have a tattoo with one in the middle of a tribal bracellet on my left wrist... it signifies alot in our lives lol... not just the obvious black and white thing but the coming together as one but remaining two at the same time... lots of neat ideas and uses for that pan icon_wink.gif


This is the only one I could find but this is basically what I wanted to do as our wedding cake if I was able to get these pans... but have a small space inbetween them where they join because we have a child....

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:dzSIY2r9zMNaaM:http://www.sedonaweddingcakes.com/images/ying.jpg

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MCook Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 5:40pm
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Thanks again for all your comments and suggestions.

TanuvasaMama--no picture came up..?
Sugar_Plum_Fairy--yin/yang--good idea. Maybe I should Google that and see what cakes come up.
bonjovibabe--I paid less that half that for this set of 5 pans! They sell here on a site that was shown to me by another CC'er --It was Lorrainescakesupply.com--they are called Comma pans--(not the crescent) I paid $150 for my set, their's are $174.75 + tax & shipping(?), so I guess I did OK.

I'm trying to find enough styrofoam to make each layer and decorate a dummy cake. I plan on hitting the appliance stores next week to beg for some free packing styrofoam! LOL!

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playingwithsugar Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 5:49pm
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Those pans are so expensive! I'm jealous!

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ShirleyW Posted 22 Jul 2007 , 6:07pm
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No white elephant, you found a treasure. I bought mine from Global Sugar Arts years ago, they no longer carry them but for those of you looking for them you might email Alan and ask him to suggest a place to buy them, they were made by Perfection, quite heavy and sturdy pans. My suggestion would be to use a baking core in the thicker end to try and keep the cake level, it wants to puff up in the center. Also the Comma or tail gets done before the rest of the cake so I loosely tent that end with oiled foil wrap and remove it the last few minutes of baking. Otherwise the tail gets too dried out or overbaked. Here is a link to Lorraines cake supplies in Australia, scroll down to Comma pans.

http://www.lorrainescakesupply.com/search_results.asp?PAGE=2&txtsearchParamTxt=%2A&txtsearchParamType=ALL&txtsearchParamCat=4&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtDateAddedStart=&txtDateAddedEnd=&txtPriceStart=&txtPriceEnd=&txtSale=
Here is my favorite cake done with the comma pan, my rendition of a Nicholas Lodge cake.

OH, I forgot to tell you something I found with these pans and it made me laugh after I had done it. icon_redface.gif
I always cut the tops off my cakes to level them, when I fill them I put them together with the cut surfaces facing each other. Well guess what, you can't do that with the comma pan, DUH! I had both layers cut and ready to go, dam and filling on the bottom layer, go to flip the top layer over and the curve is going in the opposite direction. So I ended up having to ice a cut surface for the top of the cake, it worked but was a little time consuming to get it iced smoothly.
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formerbuckeye Posted 24 Jul 2007 , 3:24am
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A white elephant??? OMG, I want those pans. They make such wonderful, elegant cakes. Congratulations on a good find.

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