Ateco 1445 Cake Tester- 1 pack

I bought this little guy because I was tired of throwing away toothpicks. It's a small thing, but it annoyed me! Then I read I was "always suppose to use wooden toothpicks to test cakes, as these metal picks wouldn't work correctly". Right then. So I started using my little metal pick with my wooden toothpicks standing by just in case. Much to my delight, this cake tester worked. If there was anything that would stick to a wooden toothpick, it also stuck to my "stainless steel wire and polypropylene" tester. The first couple of times I used both the toothpick and the tester to be sure. The results were the same each time. So I learned that you can choose to test your cakes with whichever instrument makes you happy, as they both work. Since my goal was to stop throwing toothpicks away, I have happily accomplished that. I usually wipe my tester clean with a soapy sponge as soon as I'm done using it. Wipe it dry with a towel, and put it back in the drawer. That way it doesn't run the risk of clanking around with other dishes or utensils and getting bent.I've also noticed two wonderful things in addition to the fact that this tester works as well as a toothpick:Thing one - The hole made in the cake is smaller with this tester than it is with a toothpick.Thing two - You can use this tester to pop the little bubbles that rise to the top of your batter after you've poured it in the pans and tapped the pans to make the batter settle and the bubbles rise to the top. It's delightful and therapeutic.My OCD self is quite happy with my purchase!

Handy little tool...1) Easier to find and better than spilling the box of toothpicks.2) Better choice for testing deep/thick cakes such a tube/bundt-style cakes.3) Quick to rinse, wipe, and re-use.Save a Tree! Try one of these easy to use Ateco Cake testers!

I usually test my cakes with toothpicks, which are too short for angel food cake and Bundt cakes. This solves that problem and means I can stop using and throwing away toothpicks.

It's a little difficult to decide whether to buy a cake tester, when toothpicks also work well and are so cheap. Then again, so is the cake tester. Toothpicks are slightly wasteful. But then again, you have to wash this each time. So it's just a sort of funny and silly decision to try to make. However, I hope that my experiences with this not-so-important debate will be helpful to you :) Basically, the cake tester makes much smaller holes in your food. That's it. It is light-weight, easy to store, cheap (did I mention that?), and looks a bit flimsy but so far has withstood the bashing in my utensil jar against inevitably "tougher" guys. There is nothing wrong with a toothpick, but this cake tester will make a pin prick hold and the toothpick makes a bigger hole. That's about all I have to say about this :) Your turn to decide...

This is one tool you can alternate to use for savory and pastry.It’s great to use to check the temp for fish or meats the old school way.Perfect for cakes as well.Highly recommend.

Flattened ends on fork prongs help to gather uncooked batter to test if baked goods are done. Simply poke and remove-batter on tines- not done, clean tines- done- easy as that no guessing

No more toothpick & quick rinse under the faucet this thing is clean. It's not very sturdy in my opinion. I can tell that the handle my fall off at some point. Beats throwing away all those toothpicks.

It's a cake tester, it works, and I'm very grateful lol