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How to line a cake pan with paper

By:Nagi
Published:26 Oct '23Updated:26 Oct '23
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In this post, I’m sharing my easy way to line cake pans with paper. No drawing outlines then cutting out rounds. Nope! It’s really quick and easy.

How to line a cake pan

How to line a cake pan (easily!)

Here’s how I do it:

  1. Tear off a sheet of baking paper / parchment paper.

  2. Fold it in half.

  3. Then fold in in half again.

  4. Then keep folding until you form a long pointy triangle.

  1. Measure it against the cake pan with the pointy end in the middle of the pan.

  2. Then snip the end off.

  3. Unfold and voila! Look at that, a near-perfect circle base for your cake-pan.

  4. Grease the cake pan using butter (sticks best) or oil spray (works but paper will slide a bit).

  5. Press into the base. 

  6. Then tear off strips of paper and stick to the walls. My 20cm / 8” cake pan requires 2 full length strips plus a scrap to patch up a gap.

There you go! I hope you find this useful.

And here’s a video tutorial so you can watch me do it:

Pre-cut paper rounds

Though, if you are an avid baker, did you know you can buy pre-cut paper rounds in varying sizes? I have 20cm/8” ones and 23cm / 9” rounds. Super handy! I purchase mine online.

Though to be honest, weirdly, I default to cutting my own. It’s just habit!. – Nagi x

PS Just to share a little anecdote about this method: At the time I figured out how to do this, I really thought I was the first person in the world to discover this. I thought I was so clever, and I applauded myself for coming up with this handy hack.

But a quick search online showed it’s been done by professionals and home cooks “forever”.

Ah well. In my mind, I was the pioneer of this!! 

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3 Comments

  1. Jerri says

    November 26, 2023 at 1:52 pm

    Hi, thanks for the tip I hate lining tins. Do you know what brand cake tins you buy? Idk where I got mine but all the time coating peeled off

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  2. Karen says

    October 28, 2023 at 6:06 am

    Nagi, I’m so glad you offer links to little helping nuggets of information like this! Lining the spring form pan, and how to test that baking power is still active….. you’re always my go-to for any recipes and cooking tips now, even answering questions I didn’t even know I had! The videos are so very helpful too! Even though the words & photos seem to cover it all, the videos just top it off and answer any doubts! Thank you for all you do. Your recipes are the best. I’m always telling my friends & family to check out your website!!

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    • Nagi says

      November 14, 2023 at 8:00 am

      Aww thanks Karen! I’m so glad you found this useful 🙂 N x

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