Anonymous
11/07/2023 12:40
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
Lots of butter, and then finish a light spray of baking Pam just on the bottom. I agree with PP that I don't like using a lot of baking spray, I feel like I can taste the difference in the edges.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 13:22
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
About recipes: pound cakes are best.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 12:53
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
+1 for Cake Release (in a bottle) with a pastry brush. The PAM baking spray is runner-up, but still needs the pastry brush treatment to get into all the lines/details after a thorough spraying.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 12:14
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
Anonymous wrote:I bake a lot and have several intricate pan designs. I grease with shortening (very generously, using a pastry brush) and either flour for a light-coloured cake or cocoa powder for a chocolate cake. They come out.
I have a friend who also swears by Cake Release. This thread is the first I'm hearing of using granulated sugar or almond flour (specifically almond) and I find these intriguing.
+1 on being interested in trying the almond flour. I do the same as you (flour or cocoa powder) but don't like the look or texture of flower on the outside of a cake. The cocoa powder always looks perfect but I'm going to try almond flour next time for a lighter cake.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 12:11
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
I bake a lot and have several intricate pan designs. I grease with shortening (very generously, using a pastry brush) and either flour for a light-coloured cake or cocoa powder for a chocolate cake. They come out.
I have a friend who also swears by Cake Release. This thread is the first I'm hearing of using granulated sugar or almond flour (specifically almond) and I find these intriguing.
I have a friend who also swears by Cake Release. This thread is the first I'm hearing of using granulated sugar or almond flour (specifically almond) and I find these intriguing.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 09:58
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
Bundt cakes break into pieces for me every time if I don't grease the pan and then coat with almond flour. The almond flour is the key. Cakes now release easily for me.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 09:43
Subject: Re:Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
I've tried a number of ways to prep the pan. Using Pam Baking Spray is the easiest, and provides a very high success rate.
It must be the baking spray, with flour in it.
It must be the baking spray, with flour in it.
Anonymous
11/06/2023 09:28
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
Use vegetable shortening and granulated sugar.
This even works on the Gramercy Tavern gingerbread that breaks for so many people (and breaks their hearts with it)
This even works on the Gramercy Tavern gingerbread that breaks for so many people (and breaks their hearts with it)
Anonymous
11/06/2023 05:14
Subject: Re:Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
I use Cake Release and never have a problem
Anonymous
11/05/2023 19:55
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
Agree it's all about prepping the pan.
I've also learned the hard way that you need to be thoughtful about which makes you use it for. For instance, don't put an apple or strawberry cake in it because the fruit will make the cake too moist in spots and it can separate.
But I've made chocolate, marble, and angel food cakes that have all come out beautifully.
I've also learned the hard way that you need to be thoughtful about which makes you use it for. For instance, don't put an apple or strawberry cake in it because the fruit will make the cake too moist in spots and it can separate.
But I've made chocolate, marble, and angel food cakes that have all come out beautifully.
Anonymous
11/05/2023 19:49
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
+1 to above.
I also use butter (usually just the butter wrappers) but then I coat the pan in either flour or sugar. Sugar makes a nice crust and either flour or sugar will reveals spots that didn't get buttered.
I also use butter (usually just the butter wrappers) but then I coat the pan in either flour or sugar. Sugar makes a nice crust and either flour or sugar will reveals spots that didn't get buttered.
Anonymous
11/05/2023 19:41
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
You have to coat the pan very well. I melt a half a stick of butter and get a pastry brush and brush the butter EVERYWHERE. I don’t use the baking spray because that can do weird things with the coating. But nine times out of ten, no issues. I think that every once in a while a cake is just not destined to turn out.
Anonymous
11/05/2023 19:33
Subject: Does your fancy star Bundt pan release easily?
I'm curious about those beautiful cakes made by fancy Bundt pans that have intricate patterns. Do you have one? Do you get a clear pattern when you take the cake out?