Comments on: What Pans Work Best For Baking? http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/ A Culinary Guide for Home Cooks Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chef B http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/comment-page-1/#comment-22911 Chef B Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:20:55 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/#comment-22911 To line a pan with parchment, I set the pan on the paper, trace it, then cut it out. I do not like creases in the paper, because they do indeed translate to the cake. For loaf pans, a simple strip running the length of the pan, and up only the two short sides, will suffice. But actually, the sides don't need to be covered at all. As cakes bake, they contract, especially if you have coated the pan with spray. But they won't contract off the bottom (unless its an anti-gravity cake), so we need paper there. The sides can easily be released by running a knife around the edges. To line a pan with parchment, I set the pan on the paper, trace it, then cut it out. I do not like creases in the paper, because they do indeed translate to the cake.

For loaf pans, a simple strip running the length of the pan, and up only the two short sides, will suffice. But actually, the sides don’t need to be covered at all.

As cakes bake, they contract, especially if you have coated the pan with spray. But they won’t contract off the bottom (unless its an anti-gravity cake), so we need paper there. The sides can easily be released by running a knife around the edges.

]]> By: Susan http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/comment-page-1/#comment-22832 Susan Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:54:32 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/#comment-22832 I use parchment paper in my loaf pans for breads and in my square pans for cakes. If you take the time to make neat folds in the corners you will not have any wrinkles. It just takes practice. I use parchment paper in my loaf pans for breads and in my square pans for cakes. If you take the time to make neat folds in the corners you will not have any wrinkles.
It just takes practice.

]]> By: Judy H. http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/comment-page-1/#comment-22817 Judy H. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:27:03 +0000 http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/gadgetstools/what-pans-work-best-for-baking/#comment-22817 I'm interested to bake, but it always seems so complex! Anyway, when you use parchment paper in cake pans with higher sides, do you place the parchment paper just on the bottom or do you fold and bend to make it cover the sides too? If you fold and bend and it leaves wrinkles, do your cakes come out with wrinkled sides? I've asked this question elsewhere and never got a clear reply. Thanks in advance. I’m interested to bake, but it always seems so complex! Anyway, when you use parchment paper in cake pans with higher sides, do you place the parchment paper just on the bottom or do you fold and bend to make it cover the sides too? If you fold and bend and it leaves wrinkles, do your cakes come out with wrinkled sides? I’ve asked this question elsewhere and never got a clear reply. Thanks in advance.

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