Do You Use Insulation Or An Icing Nail On A 9X13?
Decorating By DebinD Updated 21 Sep 2013 , 6:38pm by DebinD
AI don't use anything. Some people swear by nails and strips, but I've never felt the need to hassle with them.
By "insulation" do you mean baking strips???
I only use baking strips on 14" cakes. I use Ateco heating cores in ALL cakes . I get evenly done, pretty flat layers.
AThanks. I've done the frosting nail with great success as a heating core. But I was thinking I needed 2 for the 9 x 13 I guess. I've also done the soaked towel thing. But I think my towel strips are too short for my 9 x 13z
I'd put 2 nails in a 9x13 spaced evenly across the long axis.
I never made my own baking strips--I just use the ones from Wilton on my 14" round pans or the very largest oval pan. Those pans are also the thinner gauge Wilton pans and that's why I use them [or the edges brown too much]. Most of my smaller pans are heavier gauge metal and don't need the baking strips.
I use 1 nail on 10", 2 nails on 12" and 3 or 4 to 14" and higher.
Never had any luck with the baking strips
A woman who used to be a cake decorator once told me that turning my temp down by 25 degrees will help keep my cake baking evenly. This is how I always bake now, most cakes I bake at 300-325 depending what the original recipe says. Takes a lot longer to bake, but I haven't had it fail me yet.
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A woman who used to be a cake decorator once told me that turning my temp down by 25 degrees will help keep my cake baking evenly. This is how I always bake now, most cakes I bake at 300-325 depending what the original recipe says. Takes a lot longer to bake, but I haven't had it fail me yet.
Yep, ive read so many people do this and they love this technique.
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Yep, ive read so many people do this and they love this technique.
I tried the core method once, and found I hated it. Have also used bake even strips and I don't mind them but they're a hassle to put on the pans. Much easier to pop it in at a lower temp. Slow and steady wins the race :-D
ALol well atleast that helps me. I've been thinking about getting the heating core so i could bake in my bigger pans but i think i'll just try it this way :-)
Lol well atleast that helps me. I've been thinking about getting the heating core so i could bake in my bigger pans but i think i'll just try it this way
Should work out. I have all the way up to 16 inch round and square pans, I bake all this way. Never had any problems!
AMan I wish I had come back to read this before baking my rounds. Will try on the 9 x 13. Thanks folks.
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