Baking A Cake Tonight And Need Help!!
Decorating By karenm0712 Updated 7 Nov 2006 , 7:00am by tmdoxie
I am starting on my grooms cake tonight and I am a little confused on what ingredients to use (ie. Cake extender, pudding mix, etc.)
I will be making two chocolate cakes (11x15) and then stacking & carving them. I have 4 boxes of PB devils food cake as well as 4 boxes of instant chocolate pudding. I was planning on doing one of the cake mix extenders from this site, but when I was reading through I didnt see on any of them to use the pudding mixes. I guess I am wondering if I can still use the chocolate pudding mixes or should I leave them out? One of the extender recipes says to use 3 heaping TBSPs of cocoa powder if I am making a choc. cake and the other two dont mention that. So I guess I am asking you all how you would make the cakes? I really want this cake to turn out great!
Also, since I am baking in an 11x15 pan, will two flower nails be enough or should I go and buy another?
Sorry to type so much, I just want to make sure I get this right!!! 
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1972-Durable-Cake-for-3D-and-Wedding-Cakes.html
This is what I've been using. It's super easy and everyone loves it!
I don't use box mixes so I can't help you there. I'm not sure if they will hold up to carving. I do use a delicious chocolate recipe. You can find it on the back of the hersheys cocoa can and it is a nice dense cake that I think carves well.
I made a 12x18 2" cake and did not use any type of core or nail and it baked up fine, so if you are using a could nails it should be fine I would think.
I would not use anything with a pudding in it for carving. You need a denser cake for carving, like a choc pound cake. It is my understanding that PB has pudding already in the mix, if you use an extender plus additional pudding, you may have a real problem with carving.
Thanks everyone! I will let you know how they turn out later on tonight. 
I would not use anything with a pudding in it for carving. You need a denser cake for carving, like a choc pound cake. It is my understanding that PB has pudding already in the mix, if you use an extender plus additional pudding, you may have a real problem with carving.
I understand what you're saying about density. However, I always add another box of pudding to PB. it makes it so much more firm.
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%