Recipe: How to use a heating core when baking a wedding cake / large cake

Hello Meloni,

A heating core has an open end and you fill it with batter so you won't have a hole in the cake when it's removed. Here is product info from Wilton:

Decorator Preferred Heating Core

Bakes deep or large cakes evenly every time. Use with any 10 inch or larger cake pan for complete baking. Also recommended for 18x3-inch Half Round.

TO BAKE:
Prepare pan. Spray core inside and out with vegetable pan spray. Position core in center of pan. Pour batter in pan around core, and fill center of core half full of batter. Bake per recipe directions.

TO REMOVE:
Remove cake from oven and cool on rack for 10 minutes. Carefully pull core up and out of cake. Remove cake from center of core and place on rack to cool. Place cooling rack against cake in pan and use both hands to turn cake and rack over. Lift pan off carefully. Cool at least 1 hour. Position cake from core in cake tier when ready to decorate.

TO CLEAN:
Before first use, hand wash in hot soapy water; rinse and dry. After using, wash with mild detergent, rinse and towel dry.

TO ORDER:
Wilton Decorative Preferred Heating Core

Best of luck with the cake and wedding!

Betsy at Recipelink.com