Calling All Wilton Stand Up House Pan Users
Decorating By RosieC Updated 2 Feb 2011 , 3:01pm by gscout73
I just bought this pan and am wondering about something. I am wondering about the results from using a regular cake mix in this pan. I know pound cake would be sturdier but pound cake with icing on it does not sound appetizing to me! Does the cake hold up well using regular mix? Any trouble with the cake falling over when transporting? Any ideas are welcome!
When I used this pan I made two cakes in it and put them back to back. They never fell over, but I never transported them other than moving them to the table.
I used a regular cake mix (doctored) and had to make my own support system to get it to stand up for transport. I used 2 dowels glued to a cardboard then premade holes on the cake board, pushed the dowels through. Glued another piece of cardboard over the dowels and onto the cake board - just to make it sturdier. When dry, I lowered the cake onto it then finished decorating. I know it sounds confusing - I was just winging it and it worked.
Good Luck!
I used a doctored mix, sandwiched three of them together, stood them up, and then used skewers at an angle that pushed into the board underneath. Cake muggle hubby transported it during morning rush hour and cake muggle customer transported it to his house during evening rush hour.
It arrived with no mishaps. I think a straight box would be too soft to stand up.
My haunted house cake is a double house cake back to back on a board, then on a rectangle with the edges rounded and then on top of a larger rectangle. There are 2 bamboo skewers diagonal thru both house halves (to hold the houses together during the motion of moving it), then 2 dowels all the way straight thru the base. Worked like a charm.
THAT THING DID NOT BUDGE!
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