How To Tip: Cutting A Parchment Circle

30 Nov

Lining a cake pan with kitchen parchment is always a great idea when making cakes as it makes it much easier to release the cake from the pan and prevents leaving part of the cake stuck to the bottom of the pan.  I used to trace an outline of the pan onto the parchment with a pen or pencil and then cut the circle out… ugh.  You know, school can come in handy on occasion, and sometimes to just point out the obvious.  As a matter of  fact this tip isn’t from cooking school, but more from making paper snowflakes in kindergarten.

Begin by folding the parchment in half, then in half again…

At the closed corner, fold the longer edge to the shorter edge…

Keep folding the sides together until you really can’t fold any longer…

Line of the tip with the center of the pan…

Give a snip, unfold… et voilà!

A perfect circle to line your pan!  Simple I know, but I’m not always clued in to spot the obvious.  Oh, if the urge comes to take a couple decorative snips, go on ahead and do it… it is snowflake season afterall!

Peace – J

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3 Responses to “How To Tip: Cutting A Parchment Circle”

  1. F. November 30, 2011 at 12:57 pm #

    Whoa! magic :o

  2. Jeanie December 1, 2011 at 1:33 am #

    Genius!!

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