Flower Nail Or Heating Core?

Decorating By staceyd1984 Updated 1 Aug 2007 , 9:48pm by indydebi

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staceyd1984 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 11:40am
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hiya,

im making a 12" cake and i was wondering which would be better?

flower nail or heating core? and if flower nails how many?

i dont own either so either way i will have to make a purchase!

thanks in advance!

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tnuty Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 11:48am
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I think a flower nail would be plenty just put one in the center of the cake..

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snowshoe1 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 12:12pm
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Agree one flower nail would do the trick. The nice thing about purchasing the flower nail is there are many other uses for it. Not sure what other uses there are for a heating core (?).

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weberm05 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 12:26pm
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I would think 1.....but i might use 2 just to be safe.

I tried to use a heating core before....it was confusing ha ha

Good luck

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patton78 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 12:28pm
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I always like to use 2 nails with that big of a cake, just to be on the safe side. The nails are really cheap so it is worth it!

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Staceface81 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 12:40pm
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I always use ONE flower nail in a 12 inch cake. Seems to work fine.....but I also use the bake even strips with it too.

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tyty Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 12:46pm
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I have used both but prefer the flower nail. For large pans 12in and up I would use 2 nails.

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staceyd1984 Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 1:50pm
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thanks for your help

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lorrieg Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 9:22pm
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tyty, when you use two nails how do you decide where to put them? I have tried it before with a sheet cake and placed them in the centre line at about thirds. That sounds totally wrong, but maybe you know what I mean. And what about rounds? icon_confused.gif

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indydebi Posted 1 Aug 2007 , 9:48pm
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I use neither .... even in my 16" round and my 14x22 rectangle. I grease-only-no-flour, 325 degrees, baking strips. No problems.

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