I am using a care bear tin for the first time. I doubled the batter I would ordinarily use for a 10" round pan and added a little bit of baking powder to SR flour for good measure. I then had the presence of mind to leave the batter and BP in full view (and reach) of my 2-y old, and he helped mummy add a bit more. Now the cake is overflowing 
and I'm wondering whether to tear my hair out or not!!
Any advice? Please?
Remember to use a pound cake (or regular mix with an extra egg and small box of instant pudding) on 3D cakes to make them firmer and able to stand up. I made the duck recently but turned it into a chicken. Adorable! I hated to give that chicken away!
The lemon pound cake on the DH box is yummy. Did a layer cake with raspberry jam. Mmmmmm.
I'm so sorry! I would have offered up the advice about altering the recipe but I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the care bear pan that is flat. I didn't realize you were using the stand-up bear! Those can be trickier. I hope it does turn out well once completed!
Wish I'd known that earlier. Anyhow, what I ended up doing was bake the cake in two halves (cos the head started nodding when I took the core out of the pan first time round) and sanwiched them together using frosting. It's come out a lot better.
You know, i've made the 3d bear a few times already, most of the times it overflowed, and it was fine, but i've never used the core, and always used a firm buttercake recipe or a mudcake.
I bough the pan from eBay and i got no core and no clips!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA, how useful eh?
i still managed to use it with some metal clips i found at home.
cheers
Nati
How do you get it to bake through without a core and without burning?
Because i was afraid of this, i asked one of my teachers what i should do, he suggested that i put a few metal skewers in the center. I did this the first time, but the subsequent times i didnt, and it cooked right through no problems.
I've got a 3d bunny pan, that has no core, same with the Cabbage Patch Kid 3d pan, they work fine also.
Nati
PS: I baked them at 180degrees celcius
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