Heating core vs. baking strips. I currently use baking strips, but want to know if the heating core would be better.
I use the flower nail - I've used 2 nails on the big cakes.
and I make some large cakes. maybe it is the type of cake..hmmm
yes.
I do both -- except for my heating core I use the upside down flower nail trick.
I do both as well. They both work along the same principal.
The basic idea is that metal is a heat conductor.
The bake even strips keep the outside of the pan cooler longer, so that part cooks slower rather than cooking faster than the center.
The heating core or flower nail, helps the middle of the cake cook faster since it is pulling heat into that area.
Both are suppose to allow the cake to cook more eveningly across the board, thus giving you a flater cake.
Since the flower nail only leaves a small hole in the cake I use it for all cakes 8in and above. I love it with my 8x3 in pan.
I use baking strips and flower nails. have great results using both. Maybei t's over kill but it works for me. I had hubby cut off tips of the flower nails so that they don't stick out above the height of the pan - makes it much easier when I remove cakes from the pans.
I also use strips plus flower nail in every cake, even 6". Unless I'm going to be spakling. Then I want the dome so I can have trimmings to make the spackle with.
Just started using the strips along with the flower nail and I love them. Can't believe I ever even tried baking a cake without them.
I use the baking strips and they've worked admirably for me. On the other hand, I've never baked any extremely large cakes, except in a gigantic sheet cake pan I have that never needs it (I have no idea why it bakes so well, but it does!). The day I do, I'll probably use the strips with my flower nails.
What brand of baking strips do you use? I have been meaning to get some and try them out.
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