WiltonBake Even Cake Strips, Prevents Domed Tops & Cracked Edges for Moist, Level Cakes, Fits 8-Inch & 10-Inch Round Cake Pans, 2-Piece Set

When baking cakes at home, I've always been disappointed by how "crispy" they come out around the edges and, of course, the frustrating process (and waste) of leveling domed cake tops just to make a half-way decent-looking layer cake. This led me to give up on baking cakes at home for a long time. Then recently I happened upon a series of baking videos where the host swore by these little strips (combined with good-quality, straight-sided cake pans, of course). Impressed by how consistently fluffy and flat-topped his cake layers seemed to always come out, I decided to give home cake-baking another try and bought a proper set of cake pans along with these little strips. Holy Cow, I'm so glad I did--seriously, no-fail awesome results every time! Making cakes is now so much more fun and satisfying. I will never again attempt a layer cake without using these wonderful little strips. For less than $10, they're so worth a try. I bet they'll become a new cake-baking essential for you as well.P.S. In case, like me, you're dithering between the Wilton brand cake strips and the Rose's Perfect Cake Strips brand, here's why I ultimately went with the Wilton strips, for what it's worth:1. They were the ones that video baker recommended, and I figured if he got such great results from the Wilton ones, they were probably pretty decent.2. They were less than half the price of the Rose's brand (two for $8 vs. $10 each)3. The Rose's strips are made to fit a 9" cake pan only and, while I've seen a lot of folks rig up ways to make them fit 8" or smaller cake pans, the Wilton strips are made to be easily adjustable in size with the handy little belt loop. I think this definitely gives the Wilton strips the edge in terms of design.4. While the Rose's strips don't require any soaking prior to use (since they're silicon, not fabric), I didn't find it a big deal at all to just pop each Wilton strip into a glass of water to soak while I was prepping my ingredients. By the time I was greasing and flouring my pans, the strips were ready to go.

Soaked the strips while making the cake batter. Joined both strips to use on 13x9 baking pan (one layer). The middle and sides of the cake batter baked evenly - no middle lump!

These strips are great! They are very high quality, light weight, easily adjustable and stick to my cake pans easily. They are very easy to remove from the pans and wash. They are durable. Since I started using them, my cakes have baked much more evenly and turned out pretty level, with no domed or cracked tops! I have always been a fan of Wilton, and these strips did not disappoint. I would recommend them for any bakers, especially novice ones like me. I will definitely be buying more to help me take my baking game to the next level.

Very effective for keeping top of cake flat. Unfortunately they are rather cumbersome to use. My cake layers were not totally flat, but very close. The first two uses, I forgot to soak prior to using and remembered them at the last minute, hastily wetting down and attempting to wrap around the pans after I poured the batter in the pans, despite the user error, were still fairly effective. Today however I planned ahead and soaked them for a couple hours and placed on the pans before filling with batter. It was still a challenge to get the end through the loops while wet and keep them on the pans while moving to the oven. If I baked more often, I'd probably try to sew Velcro on the ends or look for a set with Velcro, otherwise, they get the job done and seem like they will last a long time. They are plenty long for my 9 inch round pans. I also used once on an 8inch square pan.

I was skeptical about these at first. I saw them on a cooking show and figured what the heck. They work exactly as advertised and a little bit like magic. Wet them down, wrap them around your cake pan, and bake. Cakes come out without that deep crystalized browning around the edge and are considerably more moist around the outside as well. The material these are made out of is sufficiently thick, the stitching is good quality, and they are well made. The light colored fabric does start to darken after the first use, but the constitution doesn't weaken or change appreciably in anything except for color. The color doesn't change their usability in any way I can tell. They still work fine after several uses, and I got to imagine they will last for many more. If you've ever thought about getting these, just do yourself a favor and put them in your cart. They work.

These are amazing, it really helped my cakes bake more evenly. Easy to use and clean.

If there was a 10 star this would be it! These work so perfect to give you a nice, flat even cooked cake like a pro. So cool. I found them on a review of something else and they worked excellent for my daughters birthday cake!!