We all want to be the best bakers on the block, but it’s not always cheap or easy to rack up the variety of cake decorating supplies that professional bakers boast in their kitchens. So what happens when you have an idea for an epic cake but nothing to work with except for square cake pans? If you’ve ever been in this situation, you might have felt limited or discouraged, but there’s good news!
It’s still possible to make wildly creative and unique cakes with the simplest of pans.
1. Think of the square. Geometry lovers can probably imagine hundreds of ways that shapes could fit together within a square, so use this miracle of nature to your advantage! Birthday in a Box illustrates this concept nicely by showing a rectangular cake cut into an oval, while the removed corners are cleverly used to piece together a unique shape.
2. Your cakes can follow the same patterns as many urban cities these days—when you’re feeling cramped on space, build up! Making several square layers of cake, stacking them, then covering them with fondant can create a beautifully smooth cube of a cake that makes for a geometrically simple but incredibly satisfying dessert.
3. Go big or go home. If you’re still feeling insecure about your minimalistic square cake pans, fear not! Play around with variations of the first two ideas above to create something adorable—like a stack of presents made from cake! Cutest Baby Showers shows us a great example of square cakes stealing the show.
Remember that these are far from all of the options you have! Like an art, baking often requires a spark of inspiration before you can create your next best dessert, and there’s nothing wrong with that! However, you don’t have to be a professional cake decorator to make incredible use of square cake pans, so get experimenting! Or, if you don’t have any square cake pans and you’re already regretting this, drop by NY Cake for the best selection and even more inspirational videos.
