I have a way too many cake pans, but when I saw this one, I had to have it, of course.

I imagined making tons of "gift" cakes for my friend's birthdays...

I take about 1-1/2 to 2 cups of batter in a separate bowl and add some food coloring to it, red works best. I tried blue, don't. It turns a nasty shade of green. Not pretty, not pretty at all.

Gift Cake

As always with these detail pans you have to make sure it's well oiled.

They say to grease and flour it, DON'T DO THAT. Just use some melted butter and pastry brush and call it a day. You can thank me later.

Now the hard part, spread the colored batter into the crevices of the ribbon outline, not fully up to the edge, or it will bleed.

It will look something like this...

Now, ever so carefully, spread the rest of the regular batter on top. Smoothing out to all the corners of the pan.

Unless you dye the hell out of the batter, the ribbon won't show up that well, considering the browning effect. However, when you cut into the cake, you will be pleasantly surprised.