"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20041119104822.21630c59@wafer...
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:07:51 GMT

> Expensive pan to make cakes with a cavity so they can be filled (gift) -
> doesn't work well


The one with the raised bottom? Always figured that would have
nightmarish release properties, even if they were teflon coated and sprayed
with something with a lot of methyl silicone in it and then dusted with
flour. Which would ruin the cake in any case.


Yes. Here is a link:
http://www.culinique.com/

The pan is very high quality with a polished surface. Still, the cake
doesn't want to release. They recommend using CAKE MIX. As I don't use
cake mixes, I simply tried with cakes from scratch. Despite heavily
greasing and flouring the pan, the cake stuck. Yes, they recommend using
PAM but I don't like that either and don't have it in the pantry. If you
can only make a pre-fab cake in the pan, then it is of no use to me. I'm
not at all interested in the other uses such as making a meatloaf filled
with mashed potatoes or a Jell-O salad. It doesn't impress me as a
container for flower arrangements either.