Wax Paper Liner for Cake Pans
"I've been using this technique for years and it's no-fail. Completely skip the step of greasing and flouring the pans. I've used it for scratch cakes and boxed cake mixes alike. There's no need to grease and there's no carcinogens. The wax does not attached to the cake."
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 3mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
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1 liner
ingredients
- wax paper
- cake, pans
directions
- Tear off a piece of wax paper a couple of inches larger than your cake pan. Put your cake pan on the wax paper and with your scissors or a knife "draw" a line around the base of your cake pan.
- Next, cut your wax paper just slightly inside the line just drawn. This will make the wax paper liner slightly smaller than the base of your cake pan.
- Place the wax paper in the bottom of your cake pan and pour the batter in as usual. After your cake is done baking cool as directed then slide a knife around the edge of the cake. Then turn it over and the cake will just pop out. Grasp the edge of the wax paper and gently peel it off.
Questions & Replies
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I just bought wax paper by accident and the internet seems dead set of the fact that it cannot be used instead of baking parchment, due to the fact that it is not heat resistant and can catch fire. Curious why that may be when all these reviews seem to think otherwise. (I'm going to try it anyways)
Reviews
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I had to bake a cake for DH's birthday and it was great. It was easy to remove the wax paper from the cake. I'll do it again for the next cakes I bake. Thanks Gail :) Made for Holiday tag game -
My mom taught me to do cakes this way also. We also grease the pan, put the paper in and then flip it over to grease the other side of the paper. It works really well and comes right out! Like Retiree 09 I am 62 and learned this at my mom's knee. I started cooking and baking with her when I was 3 and I still love it! -
My mom used to do this all the time. She'd do the "drawing" and let me cut them out. She'd still grease and flour the pan on top of the waxed paper. I use this method whenever I make layer cakes. -
I learned this from my mother when I was a little girl and I am now 63 year old. It really works great.
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I was making a brownie cake for my daughters birthday, chocolate is her favorite desert, dinner, breakfast, and midnight snack... Soooo this cake has chocolate chips in it. That can be a mess if the chips stick to the pan... but with this technique, I will never have to worry about sticky cakes again...Thank you Gail...Awesome tip.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
