I can't seem to get a ball cake to stay nice and round it always seems to "deflate" on me. Can anyone give me some good tips to get a nice solid round cake. I have done several and they are driving me crazy!!
I'm no cake ball expert; but maybe you have too much liquid in your mixture. If that's the case, you'll have to bake more cake to stiffen it!
sadly i dont have an answer for you, i actually have the same question! here is a cake i did last week, it took FOREVER to bake and was burnt and dry but the inside was baked enough???? and as you can see it fell. and this pic dont even really show how much it fell.
Are you using a scratch cake recipe or a mix?
I just bought the ball pan and have made two cakes in the past two weeks, both worked well. In the instructions it said if using cake mix to reduce the oil to only 2 tablespoons, which I did, and had no problems.
Maybe whatever batter you are using is too moist.
Are you using a scratch cake recipe or a mix?
I just bought the ball pan and have made two cakes in the past two weeks, both worked well. In the instructions it said if using cake mix to reduce the oil to only 2 tablespoons, which I did, and had no problems.
Maybe whatever batter you are using is too moist.
Hmm maybe that is the trick. I forgot to do that I read it and didn't do it. I am doing a scratch cake and remeber to drop the temp so it doesn't burn the edges but forgot to adjust the recipe. Thanks. I will have to try again.
The frustrating part was they looked great until I tried to put the 2 parts together and let them set. Then they started to deflate.
Did you let them fully cool? You should bake the halves separate and then let them cool. Whatever part you have that has risen then you should cut that off after cooling. Then you can fill your ball with frosting and put the halves together one on top of another.
Is that what you did?
Pardon me for misreading your post. I thought you were talking about cake balls ... not cake shaped like a ball!
Ok I have made 2 cake balls and have never failed the first time I used a regular cake mix, 2nd time around I used the cake extender recipe on this website, worked just fine, nice perfect little balls I filled mine so it would be sticking out on top therefore I shaved straight in the pan for a perfectly even top then just put together with buttercream, seems like there is too much batter may be or you opened your oven too early that's all I can think of
Try turning the oven down a bit for slower baking.
HTH
Patricia
sadly i dont have an answer for you, i actually have the same question! here is a cake i did last week, it took FOREVER to bake and was burnt and dry but the inside was baked enough???? and as you can see it fell. and this pic dont even really show how much it fell.
Thats what happened to me on this BDay cake im doing i did a 10in and 8in and both took forever and thank goodness when i leveled it the brown part was gone but my sides i hope it will cover up with white icing thats what she wants,
Thanks for all the suggestion. I guess I need to try again. I am not sure what my problem is. I dropped the temp and they look good until I put them together. Though this last one I did was out of my element in very humid conditions which I am not used to and I was on vacation. So maybe I was having problems with the new environment. I will try again. I may try a different recipe too. I used one that is super moist and it may be part of the problem, you think??
I used regular cake mix and it turned out fine for the ball pan, but I was told if you wanted a 3D cake to turn out good and hold together to combine a pound cake and a regular cake. Have not tried it. I want to make a bear cake and I have the pan but not the nerve yet. 
Diane
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