Firm Cake Recipe For 3D Cakes

Baking By Charmed Updated 1 Nov 2006 , 2:19am by Ursula40

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Charmed Posted 31 Oct 2006 , 4:53am
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I am looking for a rirm cake recipe for 3d cakes and I saw one in the recipe section which has sour cream but I am looking for a recipe without sour cream. can anyone help?
thanks

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JaneK Posted 1 Nov 2006 , 1:06am
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I requested the 3D dragon instructions from Ursula40..she said she was willing to share them in a post..I just PM'd her and asked if she was willing to share her recipe too...and told her you were looking.

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StandingForJesus Posted 1 Nov 2006 , 1:16am
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Oh boy, I would LOVE to have a recipe for firm cake to use with my 3-D's too. I usually use a pound cake recipe, but folks don't really want a pound cake for a birthday cake, they want more of a traditional cake. I spoke to someone once who said she mixes a pound cake with a cake mix together and uses that. Hadn't tried that yet. Anyone else tried that? I look forward to see what ya'll suggest. Thanks in advance!

Ellie

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lonestarstamper Posted 1 Nov 2006 , 1:23am
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On one of the instructions from Wilton's 3-D pans it says you can use a regular box of cake mix but only use 1 tablespoon of water. I guess this makes a firmer cake. Unfortunately if you want to make a scratch cake, I'm not sure how you'd do that.

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StandingForJesus Posted 1 Nov 2006 , 1:27am
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Hum......I never seen that. Think I'll have to give that a try. Should work for cakes made from scratch too I'd say. Guess I'm gonna have to have a day of experimenting....LOL

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Ursula40 Posted 1 Nov 2006 , 2:19am
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Hi
I only bake from scratch with a buttermilk recipe and as I can't get buttermilk here in China, I use milk with a bit of vinegar. The cake is actually quite soft and moist, but for carving I just use less moisture and refrigerate the cake overnight. It firms it up quite a bit for carving, but quite honestly I haven't done so much carving yet. The dragoncake is more of a cut up and piece back together.

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