Ok I made my first round of little village cakes! I chose the first recipe I posted because it had more flour than the others, so I figured it would be denser and might make a better cake for the molds.
The detail wasn't as good as I like - the doors and windows were just hints of indentations. But the roofs and chimneys were cute. And some of the buildings were leaning a bit - due to the flexibility of the silicone. But I'll just call it my little Italian village, LOL!
Here's the sequence: the pan, the pan filled, the cakes done in the pan, the cakes unmolded, the cakes with powdered sugar. The unmolding was especially easy - popped right out. The caked did have some holes in them, which messed with the detail. I don't know if it's from the Baker's Joy, which I never used and sprayed on a bit heavy. Or from the batter, which I thought would be dense but ended up normal for a cake. Without those, I think I'd like the detail better.
So tomorrow I'll try the orange cake batter and see.
click on the thumbnails for a bigger pic.
Oooh, they are so cute!!!! Was gone all day and hoping for tomorrow. But very busy weekend so I don’t know. I’m going to do the orange recipe.
I will also share my pics when I bake them. I’m excited. I’d like to bring them to the party on Sunday if I can but the party venue has been changed to an outdoor park. So maybe not a great hostess gift when the hostess is evacuated due to fire.
Those are adorable, love the powdered sugar finished ones!! You wouldn't see some of the detail with that anyway.
I don't have any particular suggestions for you. Let me know how it goes with the orange cake batter. Texture is important.
Thanks for taking the wonderful pics to share! I'll try to get back to you more in the next few days.