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Old 14-10-2015, 13:22
Hugh Jboobs
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"Why on earth would you want or need to?" I hear you cry! Allow me to explain....

The wife and I are going to make a Minion cake for our little boy's birthday this weekend. The overall shape needs to be "domed" on the top as opposed to flat, like a normal cake. Something like this:

Domed Minion cake


You may not know Minions, especially if you don't have little ones! But it just doesn't look right if done as a flat, conventional cake. See this:

Flat Minion cake


Anyway, it will mainly be my wife doing the baking and construction. I shall lend my deft hand to the icing work! However, my wife is struggling to figure out how to achieve that "dome" shape for the top of the cake. Domed cake tins are available, but she's too tight to buy one as she thinks she'll never use it again!!

We have a round pyrex bowl that would be the correct shape if we could bake a cake inside that. We'd plan to bake a normal cake in a normal tin and then cut the "dome" part to size and put that on top.

But....can you use a pyrex dish to bake a cake in? Would it bake properly?

Or does anyone have other ideas for achieving that dome shape in cake form?!

Thanks in advance!
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Old 14-10-2015, 15:00
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Yes you can, ...... but suggest you cook it at a lower temperature for longer time...i.e. 150/160, gas 2/3 instead of 180, gas 4 and for 40/50 mins. or until the skewer comes out clean. Also make sure that the bowl is well greased and floured.

Good luck
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Old 14-10-2015, 17:49
Sansa_Snow
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I used to use one for baking them in the microwave when I was that desperate for cake. I had to eat it out the dish as it sticks round the edge though, classy! I'm sure my mum did one in a Pyrex bowl once to use as a skirt for a Barbie cake (if you google that it might give you another idea how to construct as there are loads online).
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Old 23-10-2015, 06:38
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Buy a domed / hemispheric cake tin?

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/p16778/Hemisphere-Cake-Pans
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