Nordic Ware Platinum Collection 3D Turkey Cake Pan

As stated this is a quality and heavy pan. The turkey shape is fairly realistic. The BIG baking issue is the turkey head and base. Since the "body" is so thick and the head and base are not, they bake quickly and the body does not. For an experiment before turkey day, I baked 2 pumpkin bread mixes one for each side. The head and base were so hard and dry that I cut them off to feed the birds. The body was moist and edible. Amazingly both halves easily stood up on their own, so at least I know that will not be an issue.I will try again today using regular cake mix and will cover the head and base w/ foil to see if that helps. I imagine this same issue will occur with the Christmas tree for the same reason. Other than that, I really like this unique pan.

The pan was easy and no problem to deal with. The cake came out great. The recipe that came with the pan not only listed ingredients and then totaly left them out in the directions it is way too moist to actually stand up when the cake is put together. My advice is to use a denser cake and you should have no problems. The recipe that comes with the pan is great tasting and would make a great sheet cake or cupcakes or even a loaf, just not this pan.

Cute novelty pan, but do not recomend for the 3D version cake. I used this for Thanksgiving and made the pumpkin cake recipe that came with the pan, it was good but had to bake a lot longer than recomended, and the head of the turkey over cooked and would not put together for the 3D version cake. I was dissapointed in this. I also put the turkey dressing in this pan and baked it, it was a hit for our Thanksgiving dinner. So you might want to try it for other things than the 3D cake. Cornbread would be cute! I did find it for half the price that was on Amazon so sent it back. You might want to shop around.