I baked a cake about 1 week ago. Cake was cooled then wrapped in saran wrap and foil and placed in freezer along with the flower nail. Is the cake ok? Or should I bake another?

I would just check to make sure there is no rust around the area where the nail was. If not it should be fine, if so, you can probably remove that area or just rebake.

It should be fine! I'm not a pro, but it doesn't sound like a big deal.

The nail shouldn't rust! Icing tips and flower nails are made out of Stainless steel... The cake is fine!

I always worry this will happen to me!

I was a Wilton flower nail. Is it stainless?

Most Wilton products are....anyways this is off their site...

If you are worried could you not just take the cake out and pull the nail out?

Cheers,
ally

Mine are all Wilton and I have noticed a little bit of rusting on 2 of them.

The top part is stainless, but the nail.. not so much. I have wilton ones too and they all rust on the nail part if you leave them wet.

I would check the cake.. take the nail out and see what you see. If there is rust.. even a little bit you should re-bake it.

All of my wilton ones rusted..that is why they are now in the trash dump somewhere

btw, I always put my nails in the pan first, THEN the parchment, so I know I won't leave a nail in the cake..

atleast your customer didn't find it...gl

I use Wilton nails too, and I actually had one nail come apart. After I had baked the cake and cooled it in the pan for 10 minutes, I flipped in onto the cooling rack and went to pull out the nail by its head. When I did so, all I got was the head. The nail part was left in the cake (I got it out right then as it was clearly sitting right there). However, the nail and head became separated, probably due to "rusting" away after being used to sit in cake batter (i.e. wet!) several times. I actually hadn't used it all that many times, though.

Ok, help this dummy out. Why do you put a nail in the cake??? Does it help with falling? I've never used one in this manner. Just wondering what I was missing out on???


Stephanie

I once left one in for my neighbor's cake. How embarrassing!!!

I was told in the Wilton class to only handwash them and towel dry immediately. They rust easily. I have replaced mine a couple times, too and would also like to know if anyone knows of another brand.

sorry duplicate post.

Personally I think it's a waste of time to put nails or heating cores in cakes. yes the nail heats but it only affects a small area around the nail. It doesn't actulally help bake the cake. I've been doing this for 27+ years and had no problems. Turn your oven down to 325 and bake a little longer, your cake will bake just fine.

Jibbies

My wilton flower nails rusted as well. I washed them by hand too.

I tried using a nail to bake a 10' cake. I didnt see any diference. It's just another dish to wash, in my opinion.

I did notice a little rust on the small ring under the flat part of the nail. The small ring that holds the nail to the head. I've had my flower nails for about 3 years and the one left in the cake was the only one that has a small amount of rust. Maybe that's why it rusted, because I left it in the cake. Because of this, I will just bake the cake over. I guess I am lucky I didn't let a customer find it YIKES! It was an 8 inch by 3 inch cake.

Thanks everyone.