Step 1 of 8 · Cake Decorating Essentials
Prep pans like you mean it
Prep pans like you mean it — step 1 of 8 in Cake Decorating Essentials. Grease, line the bottoms with parchment, dust with flour, tap out the extra. Weigh the batter into the two pans so they match.
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Grease, line the bottoms with parchment, dust with flour, tap out the extra. Weigh the batter into the two pans so they match. Bake at 175°C / 350°F until a toothpick has a few moist crumbs — not wet batter, not bone dry.
Cool 10 minutes in the pan, turn out, cool fully. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. Warm cake shreds when you frost it.
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