Ateco 1449 Stainless Steel Cake Pan Heating Core - 4/Pack, 4" x 3" x 2" (Length x Width x Height)

I put one of these in the center of every round cake I make. They cook more evenly and very easy to clean. I spray my pan with cooking spray. Then I poke one through around parchment paper and then spray it again cakes come out easily and well baked every time

Excelente para hornear los pasteles. Los uso con mucha frecuencia.

These are fantastic for smaller cakes (4-6" cakes) as you only need one per cake, however, once you start going larger you will need multiple. Due to my oven's finicky nature there have been a few instances where my cakes have turned out a little undercooked in the center and required additional baking time-- not since I've started using these though. I use them religiously for my smaller cakes, they go in each and every 4-6" cake that I bake. Tip: they're immensely hot, so do not remove until the cake has cooled for a bit. I also recently used these in a loaf pan for some very dense banana bread and it was cooked evenly throughout. Overall, I am a fan and use them regularly. Also make sure you spray / coat them so they don't stick.

I bought these heat cores because I was baking a 12" cake for the first time and I wanted to make sure the center was cooked. I used only one core in each of the pans, not realizing until too late that I was supposed to use (as per the instructions) 3 cores in each pan. I only had 4 cores and 3 pans, so I just used one in each pan. And the cakes baked perfectly. The centers were cooked, the top was flat, and the edges weren’t over done. So it worked perfectly even though I didn’t use the correct number. But there are a couple of things I don’t like about the heating cores: 1) I think they could be sturdier – they look a little flimsy, and 2) It is a little difficult de-panning the cakes with the cores sticking out like long nails. It would be better if the pointy core/nail separated from the base so that go can easily flip it out onto a flat surface. Other observations: Make sure you spray the base of the heating core with non-stick spray before you pour the batter over it. Or better yet if you are using parchment paper, put the base under the parchment and poke the nail part through the paper. The paper will keep the base of the core from getting stuck to the bottom of the cake.

I wish I knew about heating cores years ago. They work great at ensuring the center of the cake bakes timely and helps prevent tenting. I’d like to find longer ones for deeper cakes. They are very easy to use—just put one where you want it. They look and feel well made; and cleans up easily.

I have a small home bakery business, and I bought these to use for baking some of my larger cakes (14-16"). They work exactly as described. It helped my cakes bake evenly. I will say that they did slide around a little bit while I was prepping the pans. I use Wilton no-stick spray and it caused them to move out of the center, so you may have to reposition them when you pour the batter in. Other than that, a great purchase!

Two of them came bent and wobbly. They still work, but I am worried they won’t last long.

these have saved so many of my baking items from overcooking just to get the center cooked. Before i found these i was using one of my big piping tips but it made a mess of some of my baked goods. The only pain about these is you have to make sure you tell people about them and have someone watch for them, i have lost 2 of them at work from people who didn't know what they were and tossed them. When I bake a cake it is fine you bake the cake remove it from the pan and pull the core out. the problem is when you make a coffee cake take it to work in the pan so you cant remove the core. I have found that putting 3 toothpicks around the core warns people it is there and that it is on purpose, don't toss it!!!

My big cake doesn’t have a hole anymore from the big heating core and it saves me time decorating. This product requires less amount of Cake Release, less time to put in the pan, less time to clean and less space to store. Wish I had found it sooner. In a summary, I’m very happy with this.

No sé específica el tamaño y con toda intención, ya que miden 5 cm de alto y 3 cm de diámetro. Por lo que puedes requerir varios en un solo molde. Las placas son muy filosas. Uno llegó roto y se puede observar mala calidad en su construcción. Mala relación costo beneficio.

You may want to purchase a second set if you want to bake several layers at a time. Far simpler to use than the cone version. They clean up easily. Be prepared for a bit of gentle manipulation when overturning the cake and removing the cores with minimal damage.. I recommend laying a cooling rack over the cake pan so the tines will pass through. Then flip but don't place down on a flat surface until the cake as released. Then gently set down. The cores usually pop out pretty nicely if you're gentle. I generally combine these with bake even strips. Alone no solution is perfect but in conjunction with soak-before-use type strips… you get amazingly flat results.

These are small, work best if you grease them just like your pan, and wash well. The packaging comes with instructions on how to lay them out for different sizes and shapes of pans. I've used them in conjunction with Wilton Bake-Easy Strips with GREAT results. I didn't even have to level the cakes, AT ALL. Great effect for a very small price :)

Very short, but otherwise ok. Used one for 6 " cake, but did not really see much difference. But I still assume this would be necessary for larger cake.