Product review: Silicone smash cake pans
Apr. 23rd, 2025 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickI have a chocolate cake that I like. I like it a lot. It's this one, which in my world is Mrs. Weaver's Chocolate Cake because that was what it said on grandma's recipe card. I have no idea if it has a "real" name or where the recipe came from, but I love the cake. It is the best cake.
So the recipe makes 1 9x13 cake pan or 2 9" layer cake pans or 2 thick 8" cake pans if you want a taller cake. And yet I am a household of one. I do not need a 9x13 pan of cake or a 9" 2-layer cake or an 8" 2-layer cake that I will eat all of in an astonishingly short time because I love it.
To address this problem, I bought a set of six silicone "smash cake pans" which are, apparently, a baking item that parents of wee tots use to make small wee-tot sized cakes for their wee tots on birthdays. See, then the wee tot can be propped up and given a small cake to destroy, for the instagram or whatever. Apparently this is cute. Or whatever. I don't know and I for damn sure do not make pastry to be destroyed. No appetite for destruction over here. Just appetite for eating.
Anyway, I wanted small cake tins so that I could make smaller cakes (several of them) and freeze them for later. Cake freezes well enough, after all, and so I wound up the proud owner of six "nonstick" silicone smash cake pans.
1. Six smash cake pans will appropriately use up the amount of cake batter you'd use for a 9x13 cake pan recipe. That's probably why they are sold six to the batch.
2. The nonstick/silicone wiggly made it relatively easy to remove my smol cakes from greased/floured smash cake pans. Two thumbs up, five stars.
3. Sizing is perfect. This is the correct size for a one-person layer cake.
4. Baking time may need some adjustment. This ain't my first rodeo with Mrs. Weaver's chocolate cake. I know when it's done, in my bones. I have made it as a 9x13, as cupcakes, as 9" rounds, as 8" rounds, and now as a smash cake in silicone pans. I know when my cake is done. But if you are going by a recipe, you may need to adjust time or whatever. Be aware. Also, I used a cookie sheet to address the wiggly issue.
5. The wee layer cakes are adorable. And the right size!
See?
And, like, that's a normal sized fork.
It's about a two-piece 2 layer cake. (The individual cakes are tall enough, once they're cooled, to cut in half for 2 "layers", so you get six small cakes from one batch of batter.) It's perfect. Look how cute!
I am going to rate the silicone smash cake pans five stars. If you think you might like wee cake pans to play with, these are pretty darned fun. You will need to put the cake pans on a cookie sheet for stability in the oven, though. And maybe you will need to adjust bake time a little. But otherwise they're pretty neat.
Does it "eat" like a real-sized layer cake? It does!
I made an effort to be slightly conservative with the frosting thickness so that it'd be proportional to the amount of cake, but honestly it eats like a real sized cake. I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.
So the recipe makes 1 9x13 cake pan or 2 9" layer cake pans or 2 thick 8" cake pans if you want a taller cake. And yet I am a household of one. I do not need a 9x13 pan of cake or a 9" 2-layer cake or an 8" 2-layer cake that I will eat all of in an astonishingly short time because I love it.
To address this problem, I bought a set of six silicone "smash cake pans" which are, apparently, a baking item that parents of wee tots use to make small wee-tot sized cakes for their wee tots on birthdays. See, then the wee tot can be propped up and given a small cake to destroy, for the instagram or whatever. Apparently this is cute. Or whatever. I don't know and I for damn sure do not make pastry to be destroyed. No appetite for destruction over here. Just appetite for eating.
Anyway, I wanted small cake tins so that I could make smaller cakes (several of them) and freeze them for later. Cake freezes well enough, after all, and so I wound up the proud owner of six "nonstick" silicone smash cake pans.
1. Six smash cake pans will appropriately use up the amount of cake batter you'd use for a 9x13 cake pan recipe. That's probably why they are sold six to the batch.
2. The nonstick/silicone wiggly made it relatively easy to remove my smol cakes from greased/floured smash cake pans. Two thumbs up, five stars.
3. Sizing is perfect. This is the correct size for a one-person layer cake.
4. Baking time may need some adjustment. This ain't my first rodeo with Mrs. Weaver's chocolate cake. I know when it's done, in my bones. I have made it as a 9x13, as cupcakes, as 9" rounds, as 8" rounds, and now as a smash cake in silicone pans. I know when my cake is done. But if you are going by a recipe, you may need to adjust time or whatever. Be aware. Also, I used a cookie sheet to address the wiggly issue.
5. The wee layer cakes are adorable. And the right size!
See?
And, like, that's a normal sized fork.
It's about a two-piece 2 layer cake. (The individual cakes are tall enough, once they're cooled, to cut in half for 2 "layers", so you get six small cakes from one batch of batter.) It's perfect. Look how cute!
I am going to rate the silicone smash cake pans five stars. If you think you might like wee cake pans to play with, these are pretty darned fun. You will need to put the cake pans on a cookie sheet for stability in the oven, though. And maybe you will need to adjust bake time a little. But otherwise they're pretty neat.
Does it "eat" like a real-sized layer cake? It does!
I made an effort to be slightly conservative with the frosting thickness so that it'd be proportional to the amount of cake, but honestly it eats like a real sized cake. I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.
