how about a flower nail? I've read a lot of people prefer them to heating cores.
You can grease a flower nail and place it upside down in the center of your pan, so that when you flip the cake out of the pan, the nail is on top and you can pull it out. I personally use the baking strips and bake at 325.........some people have used wetted towels similar to the baking strips to bake evenly..........there are lots of options.
That's a very big and deep cake. You definitely need some sort of heating core. Seems everybody here uses flower nails. If you have two, use two. But they are not three inches long! Before I learned the flower nail trick on cc, I used to use a canoli form. It's just a metal hollow tube. I'd grease and flower it inside and out and get the plug of cake out of the hole to refill the hole it made in the cake.[/b]
I am about to bake a 14" round cake (3"deep) and I know I should use a heating core but I don't have one! Anything else I can do or use?? Help!!
It seems a lot of people on here use the heating core. I tried it before and I am NOT a fan. It simply didn't work for me. You could give it a try if it fails invest in a heating core. I bought a few and I love them.
Hare brained idea of the day:
Some people use soup cans to baking in. I don't see why it can't be used as a heating core too. Cut the top and bottom off of a narrow can and try using that as a heating core. Just remember to fill the inside so you have a plug.
I love how differently everyone does everything here :)
I don't use big heating cores - I'll chuck a flower nail in there if I remember. I don't use the baking strips either. I just bake at a lower temp for a bit longer. Everything is still lovely and moist (moist moist moist, gotta love that word) when I put my tiers together.
the cans should work fine -- make sure no plastic coating in there --
here's a foil one -- easy peasy -- just folded foil
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