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Lazy_Susan
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:23 am |
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Well, my first cake down the tubes. My husbands German Chocolate Birthday cake is half on the cooling rack and half still stuck to the bottom of the pans. I never dreamed that the part that would go wrong would be the getting it out of the pans part. I figured I would mess up on the decorating part  When I try again can I put parchment paper in the bottom of my pans? Or does anyone know of a way to prevent it from sticking? I sprayed the pans with oil and floured them. The pans are also brand new Wilton pans. I am so upset!!! Please help with any ideas because I need to try again.
Susan
P.S. The cake tastes great. I'm sitting here eating it out of the pan it is stuck to. |
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boonenati
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:48 am |
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I usually put parchment paper on all my round and square tins, whether they're Wilton or not.
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Lazy_Susan
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:33 am |
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Thanks Nati. So I can just put in the parchment paper and then pour the batter in on top of it? Do I still need to grease and flour? |
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boonenati
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:44 am |
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Susan,
For the wilton pans, I will grease the whole pan, then stick the parchment paper on the bottom. You can flour the sides once this is done, but i find that if the cake does stick to the sides you can run a sharp knife along it and it will come out. The most important is the bottom. For my other tins, i put paper on the base and on the sides as well.
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lotsoftots
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:46 am |
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I never mess with the parchment paper--I only use the pan grease recipe found on this site and have never had a cake stick to the pan. I don't let them cool more than 5 minutes and they just pop right out, picture perfect every time. I also use the Wilton pans.
Edited to add: Ok, after checking under the search function, it is actually called Cake Release, which sounds much nicer than pan grease, no? And here's the link:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cak.....lease.html |
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Lazy_Susan
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:53 am |
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hmmm Maybe it was just me then. I will check out the pan grease recipe and try again. My cakes were stuck to the sides and bottom. I ran a sharp knife around the sides but it was too late. |
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dodibug
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:30 am |
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I have never used parchment either. I just grease and flour very well and like lotoftots said for smaller cakes I only let them rest about 5 min before I remove them from the pans. I think it was SquirrellyCakes that talked about the pans sometimes need to be used a few times before they are "seasoned" so to speak. I have noticed the newer the pan the more problems like that I have. |
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CakemanOH
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:33 am |
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I use cake release and parchment but can say that I have never had a cake stick even when i do not use parchment. Cake release is awesome. |
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Doug
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:39 am |
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| dodibug wrote: | | I think it was SquirrellyCakes that talked about the pans sometimes need to be used a few times before they are "seasoned" so to speak. I have noticed the newer the pan the more problems like that I have. |
I wonder if you could season a cake pan like you do a cast iron skillet....
grease it down and bake in oven for an hour or more????
anyone tried this? |
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dodibug
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:47 am |
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I wondered about that too but it seems like after I've baked a couple of cakes the pans start to behave themselves! |
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Doug
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:57 am |
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sort of like house-breaking the dog!
(oh dear...i think I'm a bit loopy this a.m. and I haven't even hit the drunk cherries or rum balls yet!) |
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dodibug
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:34 am |
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Tis the season-you're supposed to hit those early in the day-start things off right!!!  |
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vanna49
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:27 am |
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I always grease and flour and never had a cake to stick...just be sure if you grease and flour when you are flouring the pan tap the out side to get a good coat ...I have found if I just let it slide around some places only get lightly coated..almost as if the flour raises as its sliding...just tap it around and you will get a nice even coat |
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stephanie214
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Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:34 am |
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I use wax paper to line bottom and just use the liquid shortening to grease the sides.
For my 3D pans, I use Cake Release. |
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Lazy_Susan
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Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:45 am |
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Thank you everyone for your help. I just made another cake and had no sticking problems whatsoever!!! Granted I did grease the bottom and sides very well and then cover the bottom and sides with parchment paper. lol I was determined that this cake was not going to stick! Thanks again!! Y'all are the best  |
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