Bake Even Strips!!!!

[bupbup74]

on a less excited note...I tried the towels once also, and was not impressed with the results. I think maybe it was because my towels didn't stay wet enough. I do love the bake even strips though...as you can tell from my previous post!

[mommarivera]

Originally Posted by cupcakeshoppe

there's really nothing to tell. i use old towels i kinda fold them and then cover the outside of my pan with them and hold the ends together using safety pins. my cake becomes done in the middle and not done in the sides LOL so it doesn't work for me.

ETA

am sorry. i also soak them in water first before i cover my pans.

I was wondering if they had 3 inch ones but now I am just going to try a towel!! Thanks

[2sdae]

I bought the large sets and the smaller ones and use 2 strips if I have to. O r make a towel version!

[elizw]

my cakes rise better if i use them. i like them too!

[cupcakeshoppe]

to those who use the towels, how thick do you make them? and how long do you soak them in the water?

one trick i can give is put them on your pans before filling it. Save yourself some frustration trying to pin them close LOL

[mommarivera]

Originally Posted by 2sdae

I bought the large sets and the smaller ones and use 2 strips if I have to. O r make a towel version!

I never thought of using 2 strips!!! Thats why I love this site so much!!! Lots of great info!!!

[cakebaker]

I finally sat down one day and made strip lengths for all the pans I use the most often. It got to be such a pain fitting them together to get just the right length and this makes it much easier!

Someday someone is going to make pans with insulated sides like they do the cookie sheets. I figure that will happen the day after I get my last old Wilton pan replaced!

[Amanda]

I just made cakes this morning, and since I don't have ALL my nice pans yet I still have a couple Wilton POS.
Anyway, I had to use 1 Fat Daddios and 1 Wilton. I used the strip on the Wilton, and none on the FD, and they look the exact same. Just more incentive to buy nicer pans. What a shame.

[cupcakeshoppe]

I was watching Giada de laurentis the other day and she made an almond cake and her cake came out so level and so perfect i was so jealous. my cakes usually come out domed and then they sink afterwards. i know it means i underbaked but the top is cracking and sometimes has a crust already and when i check it says it's done.

that's why i find cakes so intimidating.