Wilton Aluminum 3D Sports Ball Cake Pan Set, Made Without PFAS

This pan works very well. I am practicing making a unicorn cake for our granddaughter’s birthday. I need lots of practice. :) The cake came out of the pan very nicely except for one spot that I don’t think I got enough shortening and flour on. The outline of the design came through so a non- artist can easily make the horse look like a horse. (Remember - I need practice, don’t judge by my limited artistic abilities.). Decorating instructions are included but the print is so hard to read that I went to the website to follow them.

This was my very first cake using decorator tips to create a design. The instructions that come with this pan explain everything you need to do step by step to make the cake as pictured on the pan, and mine came pretty close! Order the pan ahead of time so you can read the instructions and get any related items you might need (wilton decorator tips or another brand in the same style) i didnt have the exact tips it called for, for example i substituted a 22 for a 21, but i dont think you can tell. I made this using 2 boxes of funfetti cake mix, measured out per the instructions (there was leftover mix that i made into cupcakes) then i used the buttercream icing recipe from the wilton website (as suggested by the instructions). This wasnt a fast process, after baking and cooling the cake (about an hour of prep, baking,cleaning and 2 hours to thoroughly cool) I started mixing the frosting, making colors, and decorating following the awesome setp by step instructions for color order. All told, the icing step took me 4.5 hours. Im guessing it would be much less if you have more experience. I would absolutely buy another wilton pan again because it was worth it to have such a beautiful looking delicious cake. Highly recommend.

First time making a ball cake, and it worked well for a sports themed birthday. @brookiemaycakes

This pan is super cute, very durable and easy to use with a few tips --- 1) Do a practice run if you are using it for an important event and use exactly what you used for your practice run! -- I did a practice chocolate cake and it turned out PERFECT!! For the day of the event I switched to vanilla cake - I don't know if it was the vanilla or bad luck, but the day of my cake was a nightmare!! Practice! 2) When using boxed cake mix, use about 2 boxes -- I have made this cake 3 times with 3 different versions of cake mix and every time I used 2 boxes each run. Your batter may rise over the pan, but once your cake has cooled just use dental floss to drag over the top and even out the base of the cake. 3) For me this cake takes about 90-120 minutes to bake all the way through. I set my oven for an hour and then check with a metal kabob skewer every 10 minutes or so. Even though this cake bakes forever, every single time the cake has been super moist and delicious, so don't stress too much about it drying/burning. 4) SPRAY LOTS OF PAM (or any oil spray)!!! For my day-of cake I sprayed Pam, I swear I did! But somehow the cake WOULD NOT come out of the pan! I am going to assume I didn't spray enough, so make sure you do use enough! My day almost ended in tears, but my mom came up with the great idea to leave the cake stuck in the pan and just decorate the darn pan! Keep this in mind in emergency situations, it makes a great story, especially when you make the person of honor cut the "cake" like I did. lol ;) 5) When you put the pan in the oven, set it in another pan so that it doesn't tip. --- I'm sure I'm showing what an idiot I am, but once when I was baking this cake I set the pan on the oven rack by itself (you bake it as an upside down car, so the cake pan is NOT level). Suffice to say, within 20 minutes my oven was smoking because the whole pan tipped over and 2 boxes worth of cake mix seeped all throughout my oven. My dad had to take the oven apart (tools and everything!) to clean all the layers down to the coils. This was such a dumb mistake that ruined my night of baking (and smoked up the whole house!). I hope you have as much fun with this cake pan as I have had so far!! Hopefully my tips will eliminate any stress it has the potential to cause!! ;)

Instructions are super clear, and it was easy even for someone like me using tips for the first time and having no prior experience and maybe shaky baking ability! I did different colors than the instructions called for because my 5 year old wanted a purple dinosaur, my green. Skipped the belly on accident, so I just went with it, but that was my mistake. The instructions told me to do it and I got in a groove making stars and ignored it. Oops! While it may seem pricey, overall it’s still cheaper than buying from a bakery and you can use any cake from scratch or mix you choose (I used Betty Crocker triple chocolate fudge). I was nervous I would need more than one mix, but, one mix is perfect for the capacity of the pan. I did have some trouble releasing it from the pan, but nothing that an icing bandage couldn’t fix. Still, I think if I make it again, I will use flour instead of an oil spray to see if that helps. The instruction page is super helpful, so definitely keep it! Also, the sticker for pricing was extra difficult to get off (Dawn, oil, and scratching still didn’t remove it and I had to rewash again, anyway!). Minor issues all things considered, and I’d still recommend this pan AND the Wilton instructions because of how beginner friendly they are.

This was first attempt I've NEVER Frosted a cake but I gave it my best effort I wanted to do a test run before my son's birthday here's how it came out the quality was great I just did it fast to see how it would look i did not take my time

Love this one it was fun seeing it come together.

Great pan, use bakers joy on the inside to make sure it doesn’t stick! My 5 year old loved her unicorn cake!

The quality of the pan is good. Me and my 5yr old son had a great experience baking this dino cake for his birthday. We tried to copy Chomper of Land Before Time and since it's our first time, we just used store bought icing and the colors, we just mixed it ourselves. The cake can be improved but the memories we made will last. It definitely made his birthday extra special.

Très pratique pour réaliser un gâteau en forme de ballon de foot.

Excelente forma. Amei o produto

I was dreading making this cake due to the shape and was worried the features would not stand out the the cake was baked but that was not the case. The cake released very easily from the tin with features intact. It was a good size and easy to clean afterwards. Very happy with the end result. Would recommend.

J'ai fait un gâteau pour l'anniversaire de mon fils que j'ai recouvert de pâte à sucre, tout le monde à adoré ! Il suffit de bien beurrer le moule et le gâteau se détache facilement sans dégâts. Il est résistant et se nettoie facilement à l'eau chaude et savon... attention à ne pas utiliser le grattoir pour ne pas l'abîmer...