Quote Originally Posted by Feign View Post
Actually, this kind of gave me an idea, make a heat-gun nozzle that directs hot air out across the tip of a nozzle connected to a pastry bag. You would need insulation between the bag tip and the heat gun (and obviously around the whole thing so you don't burn your hands), but once that's smoothed out you would have kind of an equivalent of a pastry-printing pen, where the heat gun can partially cook the crust of the pastry as it is piped into place, holding its form without using a pan. (of course, the whole thing would have to get cooked in a regular oven to get the insides as well. but it would be interlaced with layers of nice, crispy crust)

You know, as long as we're just in the concept stages, at least we can move towards something more buildable in the short-term to test the concept.

...And print errors can just be sold as funnel cake!
Wow. I never thought of it this way, but par-cooking the batter like this is probably very much the best way this could work while preserving form - additionally, it gives more flexibility in the baking process to avoid over-baking (formulation would help). A "flash parbaking tip" will allow for cooler oven temperatures, and might help alleviate the worries of getting a crunchy cake.