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This dome cake set helps create impressive and elaborate bakery-style cakes from home that are actually much less laborious to prepare than they may appear. The four pieces in the set make a hollowed-out cake that can then be filled with ice cream, mousse, or parfait for a spectacular presentation. The domed shape is ideal for making elegant Zuccatto, an Italian liqueur-moistened cake filled with whipped cream and nuts or chocolate shavings; baked Alaska; and round cakes in any fun design that can be imagined- a soccer ball or baseball for a team celebration, a bonnet for Easter or Mother's Day, or a decorated jack-o-lantern for Halloween.
The kit includes an 8-by-4-inch rounded cake form. With the round side resting on the counter, bakers pour mixed cake batter-whether from a mix or from scratch-into the form and then lock the rounded insert within it to bake the dome-shaped shell. The final base pan holds the cake dome-side-down during baking and catches any batter that bubbles over. Once the shell is baked, it can be filled, flipped over, frosted, and decorated. A contoured decorator's icing knife with three profiles is included to make the finished dessert look professionally frosted.
All pans are made of steel and covered with a nonstick coating for easy release. A booklet with instructions and a sampling of recipes is included with the cake set. This bakeware is dishwasher-safe and has been featured on HGTV, in Better Homes and Gardens, and in numerous national newspapers. --Cristina Vaamonde