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Help!!! Bake Oven Strips Goto page 1, 2  Next      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Disasters Author Message Karenelli Frequent Member Joined: Jul 14, 2004 Posts: 237 Location: Massachusetts Birthday: Oct 20 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:32 am  I have a hard time keeping the strips wrapped on the pan sides. How does everyone else do it? I've only tried them a couple of times and they always slip down the pan as they dry. HELP!!! KHalstead Forum SuperStar! Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 6469 Location: Northeastern Ohio Birthday: Dec 05 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:36 am  I have never used them, but I saw on here that someone said that they used those big paper clip things....you know the ones that are black with the two silver things that you squeezze together to open the clip.....you find them in the office supply or school supply section of just about every store....you know what I'm talking about???? I'm not sure what the technical name for them is. NEWTODECORATING Forum SuperStar! Joined: Apr 22, 2005 Posts: 3320 Location: Fairmont, WV Birthday: Jun 05 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:36 am  Someone from here (please forgive my memory) had a wonderful idea of using the black metal paper clips with the "wings" they are GREAT for clipping on the bake even strips. You can get them on straight and tight. No slipping then. I haven't used the pins since! Meeka Junior Member Joined: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Clarkston, GA Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:36 am  I put jumbo paper clips on them silly but it works for me. NEWTODECORATING Forum SuperStar! Joined: Apr 22, 2005 Posts: 3320 Location: Fairmont, WV Birthday: Jun 05 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:37 am  Well I think you have your answer. LOL LOL LOL HaileysMom Regular Member Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Oklahoma City Birthday: Feb 12 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:44 am  Hehe! I've just been letting mine slide down the pan. Duh! I never those about using those winged paper clip thingamajigs. Thanks Newtodecorating and KHalstead as well as Karenelli for posting this! Steph Karenelli Frequent Member Joined: Jul 14, 2004 Posts: 237 Location: Massachusetts Birthday: Oct 20 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:44 am  Thanks so much everyone. I never would have thought of those clips and I run a sales office and I have boxes of them in my supply room. Thank you SO much!! TexasSugar Forum SuperStar! Joined: Sep 01, 2005 Posts: 5586 Location: East Texas Birthday: Dec 08 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:08 pm  I use the T pin that comes with them. I put it around the pan to measure it, then I pull it away, take off a 1/2in of so and pin. That away it is actually a smaller circle/square, than it would have been if I pinned it on the pan with my fingers in the way. Mine stay put and usually have to work them to get them off the sides of the pan. Smoochiefrog Regular Member Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 101 Location: Too dang close to D.C. Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:22 pm  Is it bad that the strips annoy me so much I quit using them. I'll have to try the Binder Clips method. Thanks for suggesting it! itsacake Forum Addict Joined: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 542 Location: San Jose, California USA Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:25 pm  After I had been struggling with this for quite some time, I saw that someone on this site posted that they wrapped their pans with wet paper towels. I tried it and it worked great. They stick all on their own. Tear off however many towels you think it will take to go around your pan and fold them in half and then in half again lengthwise to make a strip. Then, wet them really well and wrap around the pan. Afaterwards, if there are more cakes to make you can rewet the toels and use again. NO pins, no paper clips, and SOOOOO EASY! If you tore off the wrong amount you can just take an extra paper towel and fold and wet and bridge the gap. My actual baking strips have been languishing in the cupboard. I think this actually works better because it covers the whole side of the pan instead of just part and it doens't slip around. Just what works for me. Your milieage may vary Shalom, itsacake! AmberCakes Frequent Member Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 465 Location: VA Birthday: Feb 02 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:37 pm  itsacake wrote: After I had been struggling with this for quite some time, I saw that someone on this site posted that they wrapped their pans with wet paper towels. I tried it and it worked great. They stick all on their own. Tear off however many towels you think it will take to go around your pan and fold them in half and then in half again lengthwise to make a strip. Then, wet them really well and wrap around the pan. Afaterwards, if there are more cakes to make you can rewet the toels and use again. NO pins, no paper clips, and SOOOOO EASY! If you tore off the wrong amount you can just take an extra paper towel and fold and wet and bridge the gap. My actual baking strips have been languishing in the cupboard. I think this actually works better because it covers the whole side of the pan instead of just part and it doens't slip around. Just what works for me. Your milieage may vary Shalom, itsacake! The paper towels really work? What kind do you use? Does it matter? They won't dry and burn? I can't believe it. That easy huh? itsacake Forum Addict Joined: Jul 20, 2005 Posts: 542 Location: San Jose, California USA Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:40 pm  The paper towels work for me. I use whatever cheap kind I have around--usually the least expensive at Costco, sometimes the least expenisve somewhere else. I get them pretty wet to start and they have never burned. I have used them on large cakes that baked for quite a while. Sometimes they do get a bit beige at the edges.... I have even reused them several times, wetting well each time. So far no problems. As I said, your mileage may vary..... Shalom, itsacake! AmberCakes Frequent Member Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 465 Location: VA Birthday: Feb 02 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:40 pm  thanks for the great tip on the paper towels! lisekris Newbie Joined: Jul 18, 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Denmark Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:54 am  I use an old towel, torn into strips that I wet and tie on with a piece of string. Has the added advantage of being re-usable and really works well Lise Darra Regular Member Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 178 Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:08 am  lisekris wrote: I use an old towel, torn into strips that I wet and tie on with a piece of string. Has the added advantage of being re-usable and really works well Lise awesome tip! thanks, lisekris! i live in germany and can't get any wilton products so substitutes like that are priceless thank you! 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