what exactly is a heat core when you are baking a cake, and does it make much of a hole? I have actually never heard of these before, but I will be baking a big- 14'' and 12'' cakes to go on the bottom two layers of a wedding cake. If anyone is in Australia, and knows what I can do to get it to bake evenly I would appreciate the tip. thanks, mel
A heat core basically conducts the heat to the center of the cake so that it bakes at the same rate as the outside. There are metal cores sold at most cake supply stores, and online. A heating core is recommended to use in a 10" or larger cake pan.
Here on CC most bakers simply insert a metal flower nail flat side down in the cake. This method leaves only a small hole in the cake. Be sure to coat the core/flower nail the same way you do your pan so the batter doesn't stick.
The commercial cores are larger (it looks kind of like an elongated tube) and you would fill it with batter so that when you remove it you would have a "plug" for the hole it leaves in the cake.
Hope this helps! Janice
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