Help! Diaster W/ Wonder Mold & Cake Needed Tomorrow
Decorating By Mommy2SabrinaJeremy Updated 19 Dec 2006 , 3:59am by debster
I hope someone out there can help me. I'm trying to make a Belle cake for my daughter's birthday & it's not baking right. I used a cake mix & the extender recipe found her on CC. I baked in the Wonder Mold for 55 minutes at 350 & thought it was done. It turns out that only about 2 inches of of the outer area was baked through. I tried using my kitchen aid bowl yesterday. Used the same recipe (although maybe a little more batter) and baked it at 325 for 2 hours & it still only cooked about 2 inches from the outside in with a foil strip for a heating core.
What am I doing wrong? I've never had such problems with a cake and am getting very nervous! Someone out there please help!
I have used a pyrex measuring bowl. It has been along time but I do remember baking it at 325 and it took forever. I didn't use a coil of any kind but just kept testing it every 10 minutes until it was done. Your problem is probably the foil for a heating coil. It probably just isn't conducing heat well. Have you tried a flower nail? That MIGHT work better but no guarantees!
I would find something else to use as a heating core - maybe a soup can if nothing else. Or go to the hardware store and see if they have some kind of pipe that would do the trick.
Well now that I have spent the money on the Wonder Mold I want to use it but even with the heating core I don't see anyway it could be done in 60 minutes & if I cook it much longer the top corners will be overdone.
Any thoughts? I'm getting frantic!
Ok, the first try I used the Kitchen Aid bowl & a piece of foil. The second try I used the Wonder Mold w/ the conductor. Both flops.
I'm on try three right now. My cake is in the oven at 325 in the Wonder Mold w/ the heat conductor. I also wrapped a damp towel around the mold to help it bake even. So far so good. It is baking very evenly. It has been in for 1 hr 20 minutes so far and I am checking it every 10 minutes. I will probably put a piece of foil over the top at the next check if it is not done. I want to be sure the top doesn't overcook.
My daughter is very excited about this cake so I dont' want to disappoint her.
It took 1 hr 50 minutes but the cake turned out okay. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'll take pictures at the party today and try to post them later.
Thanks!
Hi, i use to have the same problem, but now i cook it for like a hour at 375 and it comes out great..
I finished her at 3am...but it was worth it to see the look on my daughter's face! Here's the picture.
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