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asked November 21st 2014

Number Cakes – Tin or Carve?

Hi

I’ve just been asked to do a number 2 cake and I can’t decide whether it is best to make a cake and carve the number out, or buy a number shaped tin?

Does anyone know which method is the best, with the quality of baking, cutting, filling, waste, cost etc to think about?

Many thanks

Sharon

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My personal choice with number cakes is to carve them out of a rectangle cake (I avoid buying any special shape tins because of the cost, storage space, difficult to line, and also you are fixed to that size)

My method of making a number cake is to bake a rectangle cake to the approx. size you would like the number to be. I then type the number in a simple font and enlarge to the real size on my screen and trace over with baking paper to make a template (or print if you have a printer) Level the top of the cake, cut out the shape roughly, layer and fill. Refrigerate until firm, then cut out the shape using the template – you will have the perfect shape already filled in perfect layers! Dip the knife in hot water while carving if the filling is not cutting neatly.

By using a normal cake tin to bake you cake, you know you will get your usual quality of cake. A number 2 would quite neatly fit inside a rectangle cake so there would be minimum waste.

This is just my opinion/method – sure others will have different tips!

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I agree with goldengoose, this is by far the best method for me too for all the same reasons. Not that I’m asked to do many numbered cakes thank goodness!

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That’s great, thank you!

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