Do you think my cake will flop?

Posted: Fri, Apr 27 2012, 12:14 am Post subject: Do you think my cake will flop?

I wanted to bake a layer cake but did not have a lot of pans, so I made 3 layers of batter in 9" round pans, separated with wax paper. Do you think it will work? It was a pretty thick & creamy batter (I had to spread it instead of pouring it.)
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Diamond Member Joined: Sep 18 2004 Posts: 2600

I don't think it will work. The weight of the cake will probably not keep the paper flat. For future, you can just bake the layers one at a time if you only have one pan.

Gold Member Joined: Feb 08 2012 Posts: 1041 Location: USA

don't know eneeamom!
but I would love to know what happens
good luck!

Diamond Member Joined: Mar 11 2010 Posts: 3074

So...did it work?

Forget it, I just realized you posted only several minutes ago...the clock on my computer is an hour off of imamother's. Is it just me?

In any case, let us know how it comes out.

I just took it out, pick came out clean, it smells heavenly, but it's still hot. I don't want to ruin it, so I guess the moment of truth will come when it's cool enough to separate the layers...

Gold Member Joined: Dec 16 2008 Posts: 1126

nu? what happened?? I'm on shpilkes here!

Oh my! I didn't mean to cause such suspense! Laughing

And the verdict is....(drumroll please)

I made 2 pans, 1 using wax paper & the other parchment paper. The parchment one came out BEAUTIFUL. In the wax one, the top layer was beautiful, but the other 2 stuck to the paper and broke a bit.

So now you have a layer cake shortcut!

Gold Member Joined: Jan 12 2010 Posts: 2267 Location: US

Or you can bake it with out the paper and slice it in layers after.

Gold Member Joined: Dec 16 2008 Posts: 1126

I love happy endings!
...and good shortcuts!

I am glad that it came out at the end. I hate wax paper and only buy parchment paper.
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OK, here is my halfway-flopped cake (or the half that was left of it by the time Shabbos was over.) As you can see, one of the layers crumbled. But it was delicious. I didn't ice the outside like I normally do, on purpose, to try for a different look.