Quick!! Baking experts!!

[theluckiest]

Ok, I'm no Prue Leith but I know there's some baking experts here on MN...

I'm about to start making a cake for DS's birthday tomorrow. He's requested a particular character so I need to make a square cake.

Only have round cake tins. But I have just found a perfect sized square Pyrex dish...

Is there any earthly reason why I shouldn't use this? I'll line it with baking parchment...

(I have no idea if this a dumb question or just my head thinking it's a bit weird. Like drinking Cup-a-Soup from a bowl would work but is, well, a bit weird....)

I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be fine - I would give lots of excess paper either side though so you can lift it out.

I don’t see why it wouldn’t work!

I have made cakes in Pyrex before and they were fine.

I never have problems doing cakes in Pyrex dishes.

I want cake now.

I've done cakes in Pyrex and they've been fine.

I want square cake

(please post picture when you are done!)

It won’t be perfectly square though - I suppose it will have rounded corners?

It's on threads like this I realise I need to use a more thread friendly name.

😂

Is it Sponge Cake Bob?

Hahaha!! @Ihopeyourcakeisshit !!!

As long as it looks OK, I don't care (I'm not eating it)

Right, thanks everyone. I'm giving it a whirl. I'll report back with pics. Unless it's a disaster...

I'll put pics up anyway. Could be funny.

Not Spongebob @Benefitofthedoubt.

Have another guess...

(I'll give you a clue...DS is in Y6 and all his mates will know what it's meant to be)

I hope.

may I have some cake, please?

Pyrex will be perfectly fine.
Minecraft cake?

I’m guessing some kind of minecraft themed cake...

If so please post a picture as my DS is desperate for one for his birthday next month and I’m in need of inspiration! I was planning on making several cakes in round tins to stack on top of each other, then cutting the edges off to make a square (and eating the offcuts of course!)

Good luck!

Bingo!! Minecraft it is...

Excited to see!

Ah shit...well I've baked two square cakes and one of the buggers has sunk in the middle.

I intend to smother it in jam and hope for the best!!

I made something like this a few years ago @Maximoo2

www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/666321707349253064/

Wow! Very impressed...that looks great but not sure I could replicate it!

If you can cut squares, then you can! I made choc cake, krispie cakes and blue jelly. Bit of icing with food colouring and ready bought figures on top!

That looks so good! What is the grass?

You can buy a grass/fur nozzle and then just pipe green icing.

www.google.com/search?q=grass+nozzle+tip&sxsrf=ACYBGNSNukYaidXK2BfFfyNTf8e1xSZ7uA:1569131644793&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=lAGCosG9j49ZkM%253A%252CwXdRGP6RHEFzvM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT0-TSAbWZXc_j0kJmvx31RdPoF9g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7qqzy3uPkAhWbQRUIHaC_DqYQ9QEwAHoECAgQBg#imgrc=lAGCosG9j49ZkM:

Here is the one I did...