Cake Height

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goof9j Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 2:35pm
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can anyone give me tips on how to get my cake to rise to a normal height.
I am in a decorating class and we brought cakes to class and mine looked like a single layer cake compared to some of the students. any tips would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

jen

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mcalhoun Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 2:41pm
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Here are a couple. Put a little merigune powder in your cake mix before baking, Use the Wilton bake even strips, and the last one I know is when you fill your layers it also adds height. Or you could always get the 3" pans.
HTH
Melissa

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kelleym Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:10pm
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Keep in mind that if you are using a cake mix, it generally only makes 4-5 cups of batter. If you are using 9" rounds, that is barely enough batter to make one 9" round if you want it to be 2" tall! Use more batter or smaller pans, and refer to this chart for the amount of batter you need for each size cake pan:

http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cakedata.cfm

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pickles777 Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:13pm
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Hi! is this Jen from the Fantasy in Frosting class? If so..Im Kelly..i sat next to you yesterday heheehe. I hope you find this site as helpful as i have so far!! And as far as the cake..my cakes were soooo flat before too. The things i did different w/ my cake from yesterday was using the bake even strips and i used more batter. I got a Cake Extinsion recipe online here... i will try to find it..if not i will bring to class. But it makes more batter and tastes way better to me i think. But the extra batter it makes made my cake a "normal" thickness.

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Dana0323 Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:14pm
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Kelleym-
Aren't you supposed to go by the size of the pan, I mean, only fill it to half full? Is that right?

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pickles777 Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:14pm
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http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1977-25-Cake-Mix-extender.html


thats the recipe i use..right now i used yogurt because thats what i had in my fridge hehehe

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CarolAnn Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:20pm
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I fill my pans 2/3 full. You can extend a cake mix easily with a Jiffy cake mix. Just use it with the water and egg stated on the package. I use the enhanced cake mix recipe from this site too but the Jiffy is quick and easy when I just want a couple more cups of batter. They come in white yellow and chocolate.

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Dana0323 Posted 15 Nov 2006 , 5:27pm
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Great idea CarolAnn, and very economical!

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janbabe Posted 16 Nov 2006 , 2:13pm
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I think just make sure you have enough batter in each pan. It sounds like you didn't have enough in your pan. I also fill my pans just over half way and they will rise to the top.
You can use 2 separate pans or one big (deep) pan and torte.

cheers
Jan

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Jenn1978 Posted 17 Nov 2006 , 8:32am
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I agree with CarolAnn, i go 2/3 full with my batter. Always get a nice full cake and I even get leftovers to make cake balls!

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doleta Posted 17 Nov 2006 , 6:54pm
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Hey, great idea. I grew up on Jiffy cake mixes.
The poor man's treat.

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frindmi Posted 29 Nov 2006 , 11:43pm
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So I've been using the cake strips and although it makes nice, almost completely even tops, I still don't get the 4" hight I'm aspiring to. I have even torted each layer twice, filled with buttercream and the most I got was 3". It just hit me the other day that probably to get to the 4" I need to bake 3 cakes and tort them. Oh well!

Inma

Pd> Some people do collar their cake pans and say their cakes rise to 4" if you bake them in a 3" pan. Haven't tried it yet.

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Dana0323 Posted 29 Nov 2006 , 11:51pm
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I tried to collar with parchment the other day, and it was a huge, frustrating mess. I gave up!

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