Hi,

I'm starting to learn the art of cake decorating and so far.... I LOVE IT!
Being able to loose myself in making a flower or getting that smooth look on a cake is awesome.

I'll be decorating my first official cake for mother's day and I just purchased a 12" deep round baking pan. I'm hoping someone cake help me out. I'm scared about baking a cake in such a large pan.... do i have to change the recipe? bake it longer? what?????? HELP!!!!

Welcome to Cake Central!

I use a flower nail in cakes 10" or larger. You put the flower nail in the pan (flat side down obviously) and pour your batter around it. Make sure you grease the nail. Also bake even strips are nice to use.

I'm sure someone else will chime in to give you some hints.

I use the Wilton Heating Core its cost is about $6 and can be found at most craft or cake supply stores. The flower nail works well also. Good luck, and WELCOME to CC.


http://www.wilton.com/yearbook/productinfo/heatingcore.cfm

Bigger cakes do have to bake longer. Using a flower nail or two in the pan will help the middle get done, like cocorum suggested

Here's a link to wilton's chart for amount of batter and baking times http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cakedata.cfm

12" deep is a REALLY big cake pan

chutzpah ... Ada119 .. Welcome ! Just have fun dont stress out! Im sure you will do a wonderful job !

And just to prove you'll get answers all over the place, I've been baking for 40+ years and have never used a heating core nor a flower nail in any size cake pan and the middles bake up fine. It does help a lot, though, to bake at a much lower temp. For really big pans I go down to 300.

I never use a heating core either, even for 18" pans.

Jen

I bake at 325 in my regular oven and 300 in my Deluxe.

Jen

Thank you sooooo much for all the wonderful suggestions.
I never thought of using flower nails.... wow
You're all awesome!

In a 12" pan, I would probably use two flower nails and the bake even strips around the outside of the pan. I bake between 300 and 325. Good luck!

Just wanted to say welcome to CC! I bake any cakes over 10" at 325 and use a flower nail.