Casserole dish instead of cake tin?

[JFly]

I don't have the correct size tin for my DS's birthday cake, so was thinking I could do it in a ceramic/stoneware casserole dish. The dish measures 9"x13" and I was planning on doing a double recipe of the Nigella buttermilk birthday cake.

Thoughts? Same temp/baking time? Line with parchment and butter?

I've done cakes in ceramic and they're fine. Same temp and time, yes. Grease and line and you shouldn't have any probs. Nice cake indeed, yum!

Thanks! Here's hoping it works!

JFly (meg here with new name) - did it work? Having same issue with DS's birthday cake this weekend...

It always works for me! Give it a bash before hand with a small one - they taste nice anyway so it wouldn't be a waste of cake......

Also - I've used foil trays before as well which work perfectly.

"it wouldn't be a waste of cake......"

was just thinking exactly this boosmummie - next activity of the day sorted :)

HAHAHAHAHA! Like minded!

it might take a little longer to cook in the middle so make sure you test it with a skewer and keep an eye on it - you might need to cover it with foil towards the end to stop the top becoming too brown before it's cooked in the middle. Also, if doing in casserole dish, you could microwave it (tho I can't advise on times)

Thanks everyone. In the end I did a different design that worked with my existing 8" round tins. Much cuter results I think. Will link photo to my profile.