Any miniature is on our list of things we love and the miniature multi-tier cakes these pans produce are no different. We're not sure why miniature is better — but we're not going to argue with these cute little cakes. Seriously, who doesn't like mini cakes?
Made from carbon steel for durability, strength and heat conduction — this cake pan means business. It's dishwasher safe and non-stick so you can be sure your cute miniature cakes won't be ruined when it comes time to remove them.
There's four cavities per cake pan so it's going to save you a ton of time. Instead of baking up several large cakes, cutting them to size and stacking to create miniature cakes — you can just grab this from the cabinet, fill with batter and throw in the oven. People will swear you spent hours in the kitchen!
Find it: Chicago Metallic Multi-Tier Cake Pan, $21.99 at Amazon
Related: Bakeware for Toaster Ovens from Chicago Metallic
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These are cute as hell. I wish I had a reason to serve/make mini-cakes though.
i cannot imagine how you could serve these. does it come with instructions?
These are cute and their simple design seems like it would release easily, but I would worry about the top tier getting dry by the time the middle is baked.
For two-tiered cakes you could bake some batter in muffin tins and some in mini muffin tins.
oh, my daughters first birthday is coming. I can see this being an awesomely messy, totally fabulous birthday cake for her to destroy.
Do not like!
I love the pictures they show of "decorated" ones. Cause I know most people are a) good enough with fondant to cover/bother with a cupcake sized tiered cake b) willing to try and frost this mess!
I'm afraid too many people will prob fall into the camp of going "How cute!" buy it, get home, bake cakes with it then stare at them on a cooling rack while holding a bowl of frosting and go "Well....oh shit"
Wow, the only way you could possibly frost a batch of those without giving a whole day of your life away would be by glazing them.
I agree that frosting and stacking cut-up sheet cakes would probably go faster.
It'd also get better results: isn't part of the appeal of a layer cake the internal layers of jam or frosting?
I agree @eilonwy, the frosting is kind of the delicious surprise inside the cake, but this is definitely something I want to try out...minus all the crumbs when you have to shave and frost traditional layers.
how can there be so much negativity over something just fun and cute. jeez.
I bought this and love it... There are plenty of kitchen tasks more difficult than frosting a small cake. If you think this is some major challenge, I'm curious to see what your other desserts have come out like.
If people are so concerned about it not having filling, why not cut it after it's baked? Just because it looks like it does, doesn't mean you can't slice it.