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Author Garden: Checkerboard birthday cake for Lys Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    My MIL let me borrow her cake pans to create a 3 layer checkerboard cake. I was skeptical as to how it would work and was quite impressed. Enough that I am going to get my own. The set comes with 3 pans and an insert that allows you to pour the cake batter into each pan in 3 rings. Here is what they look like once I baked them. And the finished cake all decorated with pink and purple sugar decorations. The key to frosting a 3 layer cake is a LOT of frosting and to have it creamy. I mixed chocolate and white frosting to lighten it up and then added some red food coloring to give it a hint of pink. And the inside once we cut into it. It was yummy!!! * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 tamara Garden Pro! Member # 1025 posted                       Very nice indeed. Triss I make mine using regular pans and a coffee can and a soup can. Just cut off both lids and wash well. It works the same way. I was to cheap to buy the special rings * * * * Tamara's Photos Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol Plants: 3763 | From: NB Canada | Registered: Jun 2003  |  Seeded: 207.179.185.167 Tonya Garden Pro! Member # 9000 posted                       Nice Job Triss!! It looks delicious!! * * * * Bote and Babe's World Plants: 11806 | From: Holden Beach, NC | Registered: May 2006  |  Seeded: 12.175.137.40 loz guest posted                 I almost bought a set of those pans last year.....maybe I will now! That looks pretty cool! Seeded: 70.16.161.175 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    Great idea Tamara. Much cheaper as well. Will have to try that one next time I need to make a cake! * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 Jiffymouse guest posted                 i want a piece think it would make it here? Seeded: 72.10.71.111 Dixie Angel Garden Pro! Member # 4001 posted                       That is so neat, Triss, and looks delicious! * * * * Plants: 5795 | From: SC | Registered: Nov 2004  |  Seeded: 216.218.126.162 Annell Great Gardener Member # 10052 posted                       I know this is a dumb question but .... I understand you put the inserts in the pans and pour batter in and around them. I am thinking, you then take the inserts out once the pan is full, right? Plants: 49 | From: Bowie,Texas | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Seeded: 66.115.122.210 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    I could send it Jiffy, but it may be hard as a rock once it got there. Annell, yes, you put the plastic insert in the pan, fill each ring and then take the insert out to place in the next pan. * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 tamara Garden Pro! Member # 1025 posted                       Triss, if you grease and flour each can they slide out easier as well, just don't cut your fingers. I should replace my cans with plastic containers. * * * * Tamara's Photos Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol Plants: 3763 | From: NB Canada | Registered: Jun 2003  |  Seeded: 198.164.242.90 Annell Great Gardener Member # 10052 posted                       Thank you Triss, I knew it was a dumb question adn thank you Tamara for the wonderful Idea of using tin cans. I have seen these kind of cakes and have always wondered how they were made. That one does look delish. Plants: 49 | From: Bowie,Texas | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Seeded: 66.115.122.210 penny in ontario Garden Pro! Member # 6783 posted                    Looks great Triss.....sorry i couldnt make it * * * * Plants: 30858 | From: Ontario | Registered: Sep 2005  |  Seeded: 74.120.36.85 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    I did not think of greasing and flouring the insert. It did have batter attached as I moved it from one to another but was not too bad at all. I did not clean it between pans. I am pretty sure I have plastic rounds that will work really well for a homemade insert. * * * * We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Plants: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Seeded: 66.235.45.83 plantqueen Garden Pro! Member # 8449 posted                       That looks great Triss! I will have to try that! * * * * All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. Plants: 5156 | From: Minnesota | Registered: Mar 2006  |  Seeded: 63.225.148.86

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