Not all cakes require yourbaking panto be greased and/or floured.

If your recipe doesn’t call for a greased pan, skip this step.

When greasing the sides and corners of the pan, turn the pan as you grease.

Brushing sides of pan

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Cakes baked in these kinds of pans are notorious for sticking.

The flour will “skate” over the greased surface and stick to it.

Tap out any extra flour into the garbage.

Preparing a Baking Pan

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Brush on pans instead of greasing/flouring.

Keep in mind that you’re free to only use this method for cakes baked in flat-bottom pans.

Use the grease-and-flour method, above, for fluted tube pans.

Flouring a Pan

Press it into the corners, smoothing out any wrinkles or bubbles.

Always follow your recipe’s instructions for cooling your cake.

Set a kitchen timer for this step.

Pencil tracing line on waxed paper

Cooling the cake too long in the pan might make it difficult to remove.

Cool cake as directed in your recipe.

Put your cake-making knowledge to good use and practice somebaking therapywith a delightfulchampagne cake with strawberries.

Fitting waxed paper into the pan

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Or go for aclassic chocolate cake.

Don’t forget theice cream!

Flipping cake onto wire rack

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Removing pan from cake

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