cake question...

I know this is going to be a very stupid question but I have never made a cake before so bear with me.. how do I get the cake out of the baking pan without it falling apart? I'm pre sure ill be using a glass pan but do I do it while its hot or after its cool? Should itjust fall out or will I have to loosen the edges? ... :/

I have no idea, lol.

butter the pan then coat with flour. let it cool like 15 minutes and then just flip it upside down onto a cooling rack. or you can flip it upside down in your hand and then put it right side up on the rack so it isn't all squished.

Completely cool.

Do NOT attempt to get it out hot/warm, it will crumble.

My recipe is for a chocolate cake and I line the bottom with baking paper and butter and lightly flour the sides of the cake tin, Also my recipe actually says leave it to stand for 8 - 10 mins then remove from the cake tin

Oil the pan..dust it with flour. Let it cool..then tip it out.

Yep. What they said.
Grease the pan and let it cool.

You always want to wait until the cake is cooled because while still hot it will probably fall apart. You can always butter (or use non stick spray like Pam) and lightly dust it with flour to help it come out easily. You will probably have to loosen the edges a little but should for the most part just come out of pan

Thank you.  

Thank you.  

What I do is I butter the pan and line it with baking wax paper. It will stick to the butter. Depending on the pan's shape you may need to cut custom shapes of the wax paper. When it's all lined with wax paper pour the batter directly onto the dry wax paper. You only need butter to make the paper stick to the pan. When you are all done, flip the pan over (after it cools) and it will literally pop out perfectly. Then just peel the wax paper off and it will peel off perfectly. The shape of the cake stays in tact.

I bake and sell cakes. I do lots of cake decorating with home made rolled fondant and everything. The wax paper has not once let me down. where as the plain old "grease the pan" tricks have. There are also lots of great tips on YouTube for baking and decorating. Even recipes.  

I have wax paper but does it hhave to be a certain kind? I really don't wanna end up with a kitchen on fire. Lol. I also have parchment paper if I can use that?

<blockquote><b>Quoting PHEONYX:</b>" I have wax paper but does it hhave to be a certain kind? I really don't wanna end up with a kitchen on fire. Lol. I also have parchment paper if I can use that?"</blockquote>




I always use the Wilton brand which is specifically for baking. I haven't tried anything else though. At Michael's and Joanne's they have it and SO many other cake things. I love the edible glitter to make sparkly cupcakes. Lol.

I used the parchment paper just in case. Lol. I buttered the inside of it too and it worked perfect.   I think ill be using this trick from now on since I have a cake to make Sunday as well. And I wish we had stores like that around here.   I'm in the smallest province In Canada and we don't have much for specialty shops like that.

<blockquote><b>Quoting PHEONYX:</b>" I used the parchment paper just in case. Lol. I buttered the inside of it too and it worked perfect. ... [snip!] ... like that around here.   I'm in the smallest province In Canada and we don't have much for specialty shops like that."</blockquote>




Ohhh drats!! I didn't notice you weren't in the U.S. luckily if you ever want something, then Internet shopping always comes in handy. Lol. And awesome!! I'm glad it worked so well with you!!   ya I will never switch over to plain old greasing the pan now.