greasing and flouring cake pans

[DSS]

Does anyone else hate greasing and flouring those cake pans? Well, my husband's grandmother showed me an easier way to get the job done.

Mix 1 c. shortening with 1/2 c. flour and mix well, then store in an airtight container. When you have to grease and flour that pan just use a hunk of this stuff and spread with a paper towel! Cakes come out beautifully with no sticking.

[kph]

thanks for posting this. Ill give it a try, less work the better for me..LOL!
kph

[cbear]

I found a neet trick for flouring themed pans, (like the barbie cake pan), use pam to get an even light coating, then dust with flour using a large make-up brush. The make-up brush lets you get an even coating of flour in all the crevises, without getting too much.

[belle]

I like to use Baker's Joy.

-Belle

[bigjimbray1941]

It depends on if you are using a cake mix or not. if using a mix I would use butter applied by a small kitchen brush, or I would use a spray to grease the cake pan. As for flouring it I would use the cake mix before adding eggs oil and water to the mix. If going the scratch way I would use flour except when makeing a chocolate cake then I would use cocoa.

[brigid]

I have also heard of using confectioner's sugar on some of the pound cake recipes, instead of flour.

[dijay]

my brother is a professional baker. Over 40 years.
he uses this same mixture as a pan conditioner. only he also uses 2 Tbsp of oil in the flour and shortening mixture. It spreads easily over the surface. It is 1ooo times more efficient than any teflon surface and washing the pans is so much easier. cakes NEVER stick or crumble.

[KarenB]

Don't get me started on those so called non stick surfaces. Mine are in the garbage. I've always used shortening with no problem.

[K. Slink]

That's what we used in the last bakery I worked in, does a beautiful job and SOOOOO much cheaper than pan sprays!

[CM]

Whatever is closest - Crisco, lard, butter or oil (mostly for bread), cake release or pan release. Then I toss in a small amount of flour and tip the pan to coat the sides and the bottom well. Next, I tip the pan upside down over the sink or the kneading table and tap the bottom of the pan well to knock off all the excess.

Solid shortening is the best thing to use. We use organic, non-hydrogenated shortening.