Using Flower Nail Heads To Help Bake Cake
Decorating By hammer1 Updated 12 Jan 2009 , 4:16am by smbegg
i have a friend who needs to bake 12 inch cakes, she does not have the cake plug to put in the middle. i have heard of putting in the metal flower nailheads. she has several of these. does anyone do this, how many should i tell her to put in and do you drease them etc. thanks, hammer1
I use flower nails all the time. I put one in a 12" pan or two in a larger pan. If you are using a 16" or larger, you can put three. I grease the nail the same way I do the pan - crisco, nonstick spray, whatever I am using. I almost always put parchment paper in my pans, so I stick the nail through the paper when I am putting it down. It leaves a tiny hole in the cake and no one ever knows.
I use flower nails all the time. I put one in a 12" pan or two in a larger pan. If you are using a 16" or larger, you can put three. I grease the nail the same way I do the pan - crisco, nonstick spray, whatever I am using. I almost always put parchment paper in my pans, so I stick the nail through the paper when I am putting it down. It leaves a tiny hole in the cake and no one ever knows.
Me too, only I do not use parchment paper. I just use nonstick cooking spray.
Here's a photo tutorial on how to do the flower nail method:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-612603.html
HTH!
thanks for the tutorial ...i was a little busy in December and didn't catch that post on Dec. 15th. hate repeating stuff, but wow there is so much stuff that is helpful on this site...noone could actually read everything, we'll not unless you spent every waking hour here. happy baking.
hammer1
I use both the nail and the bake even strips. I would probably use two nails in a 12" cake. I find that works for me.
I'm just a hobbyist here . . . haven't made very many cakes. This technique sounds very interesting. Can anyone tell me, at what size cake do you use the flower nail(s)?
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