For those of you who have used the stand-up bear pan do you find it better to leave the heating core in or out? I need to know before baking it because it says to fill the heating core with batter if you are going to take it out. This is for family so I can do it either way.

Anyone want to share good/bad experiences either way?


UPDATE!! Oh poor Teddy...why did this happen to you? Not sure I can save this one....this is what I get for being lazy!! Actually, I'm not sure what happened to him, but I think I'll try it again with a pound cake/cake mix.

I found using the core to be the better way to go and a pound cake mix is the best. My first bear was a disaster but the second one came out great using the pound cake and the core
Hope this helps! good luck

I've never filled the heating core, and it comes right out. Just grease and flour or whatever you do to prepare your pans to the core.

When you use the heating core, I meant do you take it out of the cake once its cooled or do you leave it in, decorate & serve. Sorry, I read my post & realized I wasn't clear in what I was trying to ask.

Thanks for your replies though

I use the core because it's so deep. I did fill the core 1/2 full with batter also because you have to plug the hole in the bottom.

tastycakes...do you remove the core once baked and if yes...does it hold up?

Yes, I've never had a problem after removing. But I always run a sharpened dowel through it and into several layers of cardboard also! I wouldn't leave it in for fear it'd get thrown out.

I have done the stand up bear and I placed the heating core in and filled it with batter. I had a horrible time getting the cake out so I ended up filling the hole in the bear with icing. It turned out great and no one noticed the difference.

All right guys..leave it to me to be more confused now then when I started Please forgive all my questions & I appreciate anyone who can help. Maybe someone can tell me if I have this right....

Clip the pan together, pour in batter, place heating core in(not sure if I should fill it or not), bake cake, cool, remove heating core & then I'm not sure from there. I'm a very visual person & I'm not sure why I'm not able to grasp the concept of this pan.

I would appreciate any further help & thank you to those who've already given advice

I have done the bear cake before. I use the heating core. fill it 1/2 way with batter and bake the whole thing. VERY important to cool it according to the directions and use a dense cake-the recipe from here for sculpted cakes is good or a pound cake mixed with a regular cake mix. After it is cooled correctly I remove the heating core and the inside cake from the heating core. The heating core cake is used as a plug in the bottom of the bear. I filled in around it with icing.

i had alot of trouble with this cake pan it took me 3 tries to get it right..the 3d recipe from this site did not work for me ...it all crumbled...i wanted to try the pound cake/cake mix method...but im in ontario (canada) and could not find any pound cake mix (i checked 5 different stores---nothing!) ...just my 2 cents....but i love this pan! and cant wait to use it again!

i have always left the core in.....but i may try to take it out next time since the last person i did one for forgot to take the core out before disposing of the rest of the cake!

Thank you guys...I appreciate your help. I think I'm going to try baking it with the heating core, filling it & then taking it out & replacing the hole with cake & icing.
Against my better judgement I am not using a pound cake mixed because I don't have one at the moment. I'm going to try to use my chocolate cake & make sure the batter is thicker.

I'm going to mix up the batter now - if anyone feels the need to stop me from making this mistake you have 5 minutes
I figure if it doesn't work, then I'll just get off my lazy butt & go get some poundcake mix

Wish me luck

i have always used regular cake (not pound) in the stand up pans and it has worked fine!

Since there is a possibility of batter seeping through the joint halves, my brother meticulously pinched the pan together where it was needed. None of the batter seeped from the sides, but did from the top of the pan (when in the oven). I used a jelly roll pan to catch the overflowing batter from the stand up pan. That would be what I would suggest.

I used the heating core filled with batter, no problems. I used a chocolate chip pound cake as well. It worked really well, and on my first try! I was really excited, and I'm looking for an excuse to use it again.

Good Luck with your bear. Post pics when you're done

HTH!

Mirjana

Thanks guys...the bear is in the oven now & there has been some leaking of batter - but not alot. I'm going to take him out in about another 5 minutes & hope he comes out okay.

mirjana: I will definitely post pictures when I'm done. I'm making it into a panda bear. Hopefully I won't have to post the pic in the disasters forum