Easy Way to Line a Cake Tin

So you have picked up a recipe for a cake and it says to line your cake tin, you say what the?, how do I do that. Well ask no more as I am going to run you through it step by step. It is very handy and very easy to do, no more cake stuck to the tin for you!

It might seem a bit tricky, but once you have done it the first time, it is easy peasy. You won’t turn back as the cake won’t get stuck to the tin and you can take the cake out of the tin and let it cool straight away, so you can eat it sooner :).

You will need to do this for next weeks recipe, which will be Spicy Apple Cake.

Heres what you will need to do

- Roll out a bit of Baking/grease proof paper and trace around the base of your cake tin, mine is removable so I just traced around the out side of it, but if yours is attached just go around the whole tin. Cut out the circle, put to the side.

- You will need to roll out a reasonable amount of the paper, I just roll it around the tin to get an idea of the size, then you can cut it, you will need to cut it a bit bigger than the tin so that it overlaps ( will become clearer as we go).

- Depending on the size of your paper you can cut this piece in half length wise and it will line two tins.

- Next lay the paper length wise in front of you and fold the bottom up about a half an inch/ a centimetre. Then cut to the fold with your scissors, looks like a frayed edge, this makes it easy for it to take the shape of the tin.

- Grease your tin slightly with a bit of butter on a paper towel. Helps the paper to stick to the tin so it doesn’t move around.

- Place the length of paper with the cut edge in the cake tin, making sure the cut piece lay flat on the base of the tin, press onto the butter so it doesn’t move to much, then put the circle of paper on top of the cut pieces.  There you are your cake tin is now lined.

Let me know if you don’t understand something, sometimes it is hard to put into words, hence why I added the pictures, I hope they helped.

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