Best cake & pastry rings according to redditors

Pro tip, use baking strips like these for an even and lighter colour. They're cheap and they work great. I just bought some a couple of weeks ago.

Regency Evenbake Cake Strips https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I1UXUI?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I hate the naked cake fad, but good job OP.

pancakes also

As you wish, sir.

I use these but there’s several different brands there. You can even make your own I imagine. Before I had real strips I used an old cut up dish towel held together with safety pins.

The whole idea is you soak them in water before use and wrap them around the pan. Basically provides insulation from the outside of the pan and allows for the cake to cook evenly (domed cakes are caused by the edges cooking quicker than the middle).

I don't cook at home as often as I should but when I do these are my staples.

Breakfast:
Some combination of eggs, cheese, bacon. Easiest is pan fry two slices of bacon, then in a small non-stick pan put a bit of Earth Balance (higher burn point than butter, healthy, and tastes delicious) on medium then drop an egg in. I like my eggs over-medium so once the white are mostly solidified I flip it using my wrist skill of many years, let it cook for like 30 sec then drop it onto the plate. I time it so the bacon is on the paper towel just before the egg flip. Total time maybe 10-15 minutes.

If I want to get a little fancier I'll do a quick omelet, this time I'll put a slice of bacon in a paper towel covered top & bottom and nuke it for 30 seconds, put some Earth Balance in the pan on medium, crack an egg or two into a pint glass with a bit of milk and mix with a fork, pour it on the pan then tear whatever cheese I have in the fridge (today it's pepper jack, I'm going to buy some cheddar shortly) on top of the eggs. I'm going through a hard parmesan right now so I'll grate some of that on as well. A little bit of goat cheese adds a nice creamy texture. Get the cheese on the eggs as soon as possible, add other ingredients last. I use scissors to cut the bacon on top of the eggs, and maybe some basil. Once the egg is mostly solid, fold into thirds onto a plate then let it rest for a couple minutes to finish cooking the egg and not burn your mouth. Should take 5-7 minutes plus rest time, 10 minutes total.

If I have bagels maybe I'll just drop an egg into one of these and put a slice of cheese on top, or you can use an onion slice. Toast the bagel, cover with butter or cream cheese, put the egg/cheese on top. I do it open faced but I suppose you can use both bagel slices and make a sandwich out of it. Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.

Lunch:
I love black olives so I buy them in bulk at Costco. Then I get a small mixed greens, a cucumber, two roma tomatoes, cilantro, onion, and maybe an avocado from the local market. Salads are cheap and easy. I bought a plastic condiment bottle and pour some olive oil and either balsamic or red wine vinegar into it, shake it up, instant cheap dressing. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to prepare.

Sandwiches - Grilled cheese: Start here
. My latest creation was some locally made sourdough with pepper jack, prosciutto, and grated parmesan. It's amazing. As a side dish I have regular black olives, jalapeno-stuffed green olives, and Greek kalamata olives all in a small bowl. 10 minutes.

Also Trader Joes has a wasabi mayonnaise that goes great in a tuna sandwich or tuna melt. Just put a slice of cheese in between the bread and tuna and put in the toaster oven for 10 minutes. I cannot stress enough the importance of a toaster oven. It has a grill and solid sheet, I put a bit of aluminum foil on the grill for my tuna melt so it doesn't drip but gets good heat from the bottom. Also 10 minutes.

Dinner:
Meat and vegetables. Buy some pork loins, steaks, etc. Albertsons has two for one deals. I don't have a real BBQ anymore thanks to my ex wife but I have a little Hibachi outside that does the job, you can also pan fry. Doesn't take long to cook a bit of meat. Refer to salad above, or get a zucchini or other squash, chop into slices. Heat up some bacon fat from breakfast with maybe some more Earth Balance, butter, olive oil if you need more lube. toss those slices in there, flip them when they start to brown on the bottom. I season the shit out if them with cracked sea salt, pepper, dried spices, even toss a little balsamic vinegar on top towards the end. Maybe even fresh sliced garlic. Time varies on meat cooking times, but try to time it so the veggies are done right when the meat is done resting.

Stir fry - Trader Joes has a great stir fry in the frozen section. I'll cook a chicken breast in a pan until it's about 3/4 cooked, then chop it up on a cutting board into little bits. Start the stir fry with olive oil and bacon fat, put the chicken in at the same time. Cooks in 5 minutes plus one more minute after you add the sauce. The chicken is fully cooked but still tender. Total time about 10-15 minutes depending on how you cook the chicken.

The other day I had a pack of three pork loins. I cooked them all, my son and I ate two with some mac & cheese, I put the third in a plastic container in the fridge. The next morning I chopped it up into small chunks, tossed it into a pan with Earth Balance and bacon fat until they were a little crispy, then added a few eggs and some sliced black olives. Scrambled them up then added some pepper jack on top, covered until the cheese was melty, then served with El Yucateco hot sauce. The boy gave it two thumbs up. Total time, 10-15 minutes.

This was high on the list.
http://www.amazon.com/Regency-RW002-Evenbake-Cake-Strips/dp/B000I1UXUI/ref=wl_it_dp_v_nS_nC_qpt2?ie=UTF8&colid=17798KNSFT4TS&coliid=I2JUA04T97WTH6

Egg or pancake rings

The "handle" for a egg ring? https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-994C-Silicone-Pancake-Round/dp/B001ULC93O

It's fairly easy to do egg rings, actually.

Sure, it's called an egg ring. Instead of trying to cut a tin can you can buy one for around $6 for 2. But I guess if you have a can opener that does not leave sharp edges and a can of tuna you can probably make your own.

Look at "tall cake rings" like this - https://www.jbprince.com/cake-and-bread-molds/tall-cake-ring-3-x-275.asp

edit; also "tall pastry rings" like this - https://www.amazon.com/Paderno-World-Cuisine-Inch-Pastry/dp/B001A3YO6W

Make sure you're placing on the middle rack, then buy a couple of these babies.

https://www.amazon.com/Regency-RW002-Evenbake-Cake-Strips/dp/B000I1UXUI

Thanks! I find that these cake strips really help in keeping cakes from doming and needing to be trimmed. Also, props to my husband for actually icing the cake. I get impatient with the fussy bits.

You're probably leaving it in the oven a bit too long -- once the edges look done (and the center is set/isn't jiggly), you can remove it from the oven as it will continue to bake in the pan for a bit and the center will get fully cooked.

I also happen to use baking strips (http://www.amazon.com/Regency-RW002-Evenbake-Cake-Strips/dp/B000I1UXUI/, but you can make your own with some wet towel strips and safety pins) which helps cakes bake evenly (side benefit: no doming, so you never have to level your cakes, they bake completely flat right out of the oven!).

Egg ring. Link for illustration, but they come in metal.

https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-Silicone-Round-Pancake-Pieces/dp/B001ULC93O

I know this is gonna seem silly, how do you celebrate the 4th with pancakes, but every 4th of July morning we do pancakes for breakfast and I can't think of anything more USA than star shaped pancakes

thanks for the contest :)

Looks like a cake and pastry ring

I bought these.

hey! i used to do a lot of tiered cake making, and i used a set of pans similar to these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000VZ2QG/ref=psdc_289681_t1_B00AE6PXXE

except i have a few more sizes, and you might look around to see if theres a set for the exact sizes you are wanting to make.

the way i would tell you to do it, is cook enough batter in each pan to have it dome up, then cut off the dome and cut the layer in half horizontally, so that each cooked tin worth of cake becomes 2 cake layers in the finished product.

it helps very much to cook larger sizes (12 in round or more) with a piece of wet dish towel wrapped around the outside (or you can buy these: https://www.amazon.com/Regency-RW002-Evenbake-Cake-Strips/dp/B000I1UXUI), this is especially useful for naked cakes because it helps the edges evenly brown.

and then take a bit of tin foil crumbled into a thick cylindar and place it in the center of the tin brfore filling it with batter to act as a heat core for the middle of the batter, otherwise it will burn on the edges before it cooks in the middle, or you can just buy a heating core: https://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Decorative-Preferred-Heating-Bakeware/dp/B0000VM82M/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1494163617&sr=1-2&keywords=heating+core+for+baking

if you use the foil heatcore, you can fill the empty space with off cuts, if you use the bought one, you're supposed to fill it with batter too and then use that as a plug for the empty space.

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For multiples, I just use these and cook a dozen eggs at once before hand.

http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-994C-Silicone-Pancake-Round/dp/B001ULC93O

My process: put muffin in toaster, grab egg and meat (ham or turkey slice, pre-cooked bacon), microwave for 45 seconds, add cheese, microwave for 20 more seconds, add to muffin. I could easily crank out 5 sandwiches in 10 minutes.

These help. cake bands
Also, try not to overfill.

What about one of these?

Maybe it would mold a bit better with the pan?

Link to the molds : https://www.amazon.com/Norpro-3273-Nonstick-Kransekake-Norwegian/dp/B0001LVGX8/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=kransekake+molds&qid=1566239043&s=gateway&sr=8-2

This is correct.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ULC93O

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KYCEZQO

This is how I eat my eggs:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ULC93O/


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My husband uses these almost every day

Flaxseed flat bread video recipe.

I know you didn't ask for recipes, but if making your own would be easier to shape them. Besides, other people might like to know it.

You could search for cake or pastry ring or frame, or pancake rings for the skillet.

But you could also use a plate. Put a plate upside down on top of the food. Use a knife tip to cut around the plate.

My "trick", which is really more of a safety net for myself is to spray a ring mold with cooking spray and drop it into the simmering water...and I poach the eggs inside the ring mold. After 4 or 5 minutes...I pull the ring mold and the egg is a nice round shape...it's not perfectly round either, it still looks like it settled on its own. I lift the egg out with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel, then gently pat the top with another paper towel before plating. Hope it helps!

I just have a few of these, different sizes for plating things and stuff like this...

https://www.amazon.com/Seamless-Round-Stainless-Steel-Pieces/dp/B01IO57N0W/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1501672220&sr=8-5&keywords=stainless+steel+ring+mold

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