Anyone Tried The Wilton Pillow Shaped Pans?
Decorating By debster Updated 15 Dec 2013 , 11:46pm by Elliot1
I just saw at Michaels Wilton has 3 pans to make pillow cakes. The are kinda pricey 44.00 but you can use the 50% coupon. What do you all think about using them? I wondered if they would be worth purchasing. Wouldn't have to carve the cake. Also , has anyone done a pillow cake and used buttercream instead of fondant? Thanks for any input. 
I love mine! I've used them several times. I don't know about just buttercream, but I suppose it could be done. I just have a hard time making it perfect because of the top of the corners, if that makes any sense. I like the effect of the fondant anyway, makes it look more realistic especially if you brush on a pearlized luster dust after... it makes it look like a satin pillow.
I just used them this week, so far so good, they are covered in ganache waiting to put the fondant on tomorrow. I put them together and then covered in ganache, which is not the way wilton says to do it, they cover each piece seperately in fondant then put them together with the filling.
How did everybody else do it?
The pillow pans will a birthday present to myself 
...I intend to purchase them next week with my coupon, of course , and them make myself my birthday cake . I will try to stack two of them...anybody has any tips? I would appreciate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2RkZgq4JI&feature=related
Check out the above video, it is the frist video of 3 (or maybe 4) videos that shows how to bake, tort, buttercream and fondant cover the pillow pans.
HTH
Debster, thanks for posting the question!
Infinitsky - thanks so much for the link- I won a set of pillow pans a while back and have been studying them, trying to decide how best to use them. Now I'm excited to try them...
Gen Gen .....go to the Michaels website and sign up for their newsletter and stuff and they send coupons via email also, or they are in our Sunday paper. And Michaels honors Joannes coupons and vice versa. I don't sew but I signed up for Joannes adds to come in the mail and they have coupons all the time.
i am signed up for michaels news letters. i dont get the 50% off one that i've seen so far. nice to know they honor joannes- the nearest joannes is an hour away from me and the nearest michaels is 2 hours away (i live in northern idaho lol) thank you 
I hate mine and would gladly give them away! My corners break off. They get too dry or the center does not bake. did the heat core, a flower nail, nothing, higher temp, lower temp, different recipe, box mix. 
I would rather carve. I am determined to make them work, just not when DH sees all the mess go in the trash 
I love mine, I used the 50% off coupon at Michaels as well and I havent had any problems. I hate carving so I was thrilled to get them. Dont know what I would do without them.
I hate mine and would gladly give them away! My corners break off. They get too dry or the center does not bake. did the heat core, a flower nail, nothing, higher temp, lower temp, different recipe, box mix.
I would rather carve. I am determined to make them work, just not when DH sees all the mess go in the trash
I am using the "Durable Cake for 3d and Weddings" . It is a very good recipe, not dry, bakes great and holds up great.
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/1972/durable-cake-for-3d-and-wedding-cakes
I bake it on 325 for the small and medium but for the big one I have baked it on 310 for 1 1/2 hours (or until it spring backs and just starts to pull from the side) I also pull more batter to the edges - kinda of making an X in the cake. I did not use the heat core or my flower nail. 
It baked perfectly - and was very moist.
I recently did a pillow cake that I carved. I don't mind the carving, but I don't really like having to bake bigger, and carve down. It results in a lot of cake for cake truffles lol !!!
What I like about carving is that you get really sharp, pointy corners, and I don't see that in the pillow pan pix I've seen. Anyone out there who has done both? Any thoughts??
didn't use the wilton pans, but did use buttercream.. the pic is in my photos. this was one of my first cakes & it went really well!
I just bought the pillow pans and I found that the corners were soooooo dry and hard!! I baked at 325 and used a flower nail....it was the medium size pan. I really want to keep on using them but dont want to have to carve away the ends because its too dry and "crusty" LOL!!
Go figure, I just put them on the watch list on ebay. I was thinking to buy them, now with all the good reports I think I will go ahead and get them. Alas I'm in Australia so can't get 50% off. 
Cheers
Go figure, I just put them on the watch list on ebay. I was thinking to buy them, now with all the good reports I think I will go ahead and get them. Alas I'm in Australia so can't get 50% off.
Cheers
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%
