Free cake tins

meg27

Hi would anyone know of if you can get any free number cake tins it's my partner's fathers 60th birthday and we would love to make that day as special
as we can I hope someone can help.

badmumof1

some cake decorating shops loan them out for a small charge

Sujamjen

You can hire these tins from cake decorating shops. Or buy one on ebay and then resell it!

siren13577

I doubt very much that you will get any free one, you can hire them quite cheaply, try ebay or an idea which might appeal is that you try your local catering college and see if the cake dec dept will make the cake and decorate as you like for a reasonable price. As they are students they will probably use it as a project or take pictures of it for their portfolio. Hth and you manage to sort it out. good luck

Lord_Gardener

Might be worth posting in the 'I Wanna' section!

Chocmonster7

As others have said local cake decorating supplies shops hire them out. Might also be worth thinking about alternatives like making lots of little fairy cakes with 60 on them and then arranging them into the 60 shape. Much easier to divide up afterwards!

Sharra

you could also make a square one and cut a 6 shape out of it and a round one for the 0.

vfairbrass

You could make your own with a piece of strong card - perhaps from a cereal box. Shape it to make a 6 and and 0, staple if necessary and cover with tin foil.
I did this to make muffin cases and have used them for ages.

jane22

You can get very cheap tins in Woolworths or Tesco in their extra value range.

Chocmonster7

Another idea - bake a very big square cake then cut the number shapes out (using a cardboard stencil) before icing!

redmandarin

vfairbrass wrote:

You could make your own with a piece of strong card - perhaps from a cereal box. Shape it to make a 6 and and 0, staple if necessary and cover with tin foil.
I did this to make muffin cases and have used them for ages.

Great idea vfairbrass! :T

And if you use baking parchment over the foil then the sponge won't stick to the sides and you'll have neater numbers! Parchment is dearer than foil (about £2 or so a roll) but it is re-useable (in most cases) and it saves you money on cleaning materials and hot water (and saves work) because you don't have to scrub tins and dishes!