I know this has probably been covered, but I put in 3 cakes in the oven, and I must have filled 2 of them a bit too much because aside from the stench of grilled chocolate now in my house I am staring at the eruptions in frustration.

This has never happened to me, so...are the cakes ruined? I just want to cry... This cake has been a disaster from the start today. I have made 3 trips to the grocery store to get ingredients. It's hot and I know I'm sending bad vibes to my stove by mumbling about how I just don't want to bake anything today.

Sorry...I am ranting like a lunatic. Any thoughts? Should I let them continue baking?
Thank you
Angie

I would say no. I've done this a few times.


Just put some type of cookie sheet underneath to catch the drippings.

Also, since the cake will be extra thick, check for its doneness...it may take a little longer depending on how thick it is.

HTH!

the bubble over will stink and be a mess to clean if you don't have a self-cleaning oven (oh, don't I wish!)

but....the cake in the pans should be fine so long as you don't burn them

just trim them nice and level and you should be good to go.

Angie,

I had the same problem yesterday with mine but I just let them bake then I leveled the top. The cakes still tasted great. Good luck. Yeah, my house smelled of burning cake, I dread having to clean out my oven!

Firefighterwife

Thank you, everyone.

The stench of failure is in the air tonight.

They are cooling right now. I do have a self-cleaning oven. It was way too late by the time I managed to throw in a cookie sheet to catch the drippings.

One of the cakes was a 6 inch test-trial one, and everyone was right...tastes fine. So, thank you. Lesson learned. No more pushing the limits on filling the pans!

Thanks again.
Angie

I did the same thing last weekend... the smell of burning chocolate cake must to have baked into the walls, because I cleaned the oven and threw out all the burned drips and I still have smell!! lol

My cakes were all salvaged ... I cut the tops/edges off of them and the cakes were decorated.. everyone raved over them so all ended well ... well except for the burn smell which still lingers

Doesn't it seem like everything always happens at once? I mean, you ran to the store several times...fill the pans too full...have the cakes errupt like Mt. Saint Helens? I hate days like that.

I have done the same thing, and what a lovely scent to fill your home! I've never had any problems when using a cake when the pans been full, just trim like the other suggestions, and you'll be good.

It's so easy to over-fill them - since every batter seems to have it's own way of doing things.

Have a great evening, and this just means the weekend HAS to be better!

I have so been there with over-flowing pans! Try collaring your pans with parchment paper if you need a higher layer.



Cindy

Well...the chocolate cake from the depths of fire ravaged HADES is continuing to suck the life out of me.

(Deep breath)

I started making the chocolate frosting for it and decided to add some melted chocolate...I accidently set the microwave to 3:00 instead of :30 and not only burned the chocolate, but melted the squeeze bottle I decided to put it in. (Not the way the sane me would have gone about melting chocolate, but hey, it's that kind of day.)

I melted more chocolate and threw it into the blender only to realize that most of it hadn't thoroughly melted.... Yes, more frustration.

And my bright idea was...get this...to just put all the frosting with the chunks of chocolate into the microwave for a minute.

Laugh all you want.

I'm going to go have some wine with my whine. My soupy frosting is looking very unhappy. I put it in the fridge and we'll see where my science experiment will take me.

Angie
Girl Who the Cake Gods are Spitting on Today.

Angie, you are cracking me up! I know it's not funny while it's happening to you, but....

sorry about your rough day~
=) Enjoy your wine!

The cake is done...and it's curse lived on to the bitter end. I broke 24 of the plaques I made for the top...I had just enough in the end for the cake. They aren't kidding when they say to make extras.

Thanks everyone.
Angie

Picture is in my photos.

Sorry to hear about all the trouble this cake was... I just saw the photo of it and it looks fantastic . Congrats!

Your cake is GORGEOUS and I am sure everyone at the party loved it.