To Avert Another Big, Round Disaster...
Decorating By Tashablueyes Updated 30 Jul 2008 , 1:14pm by Mac
I made a torted 2 layer 19 inch cake for a friend, and it broke on me. Rookie problem, I know, but I AM a rookie! LOL Anyway, I'm going to make a similar cake and I am wondering, was it just the fact that I used a boxed cake mix? I am planning to do a chocolate WASC, and I think this will be fine, but what do you think?
I am not sure how it borke? Could you be more specific? Did it break while you were trying to put the top layer on?
I just use large cardboard circles to place the top layers on so they don't break. I do not believe that it had anything to do with box mixes. That is all I do.
You just need to be slow and gentle
Stephanie
Sorry you had this problem. Any time I am making something bigger than a 12 inch I freeze the layers after I torte them and before I fill them so I can move them without breaking. Then when they are in place I just let them thaw, it takes very little time and then I go on with the decorating.
Hope this helps!
Jibbies
Gosh, most home ovens won't even handle a 19 inch cake! I, personally, won't bake anything larger than a 14 because of poor heat circulation when the pan hits the sides of the oven.
If pushed, I'd bake in the 1/2 round pans (16 or 1
, torte each half, fill, and re-assemble rotating the top halves 90 degrees from the bottom ones so that the seams don't line up.
When I do bake a 14, I put the entire layer on a 14 inch board (3/16th inch foamcore), torte it and then slide in a thin, 14+ inch cardboard to remove the top half. I fill and then gently push the top half back into place. Smaller cakes I can usually pick up the top half barehanded pretty easily, but not the 14 inchers.
HTH
Rae
Duh! That's a typo! LOL! It was a 12 inch cake!!! Sorry! Yeah, I think ANY 19 inch cake I tried would crumble!
I use box mixes and I don't have a problem. The white cakes that only use egg whites are very fragile as they are lighter so I use the whole egg recipe. I also add 1 small box of pudding, 1/2 cup sour cream, and 1 more egg. SOOOOOO yummy!
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