How to Line a Round Cake Pan Perfectly Every Time | Mad Genius Tips | Food & Wine

F&W's Justin Chapple reveals a foolproof way to line a round cake pan perfectly—every single time.

Instead of relying on the guesswork of cutting the parchment paper based on the size of the pan, this Mad Genius Tip is clever. Fold the paper in half then make another fold to create a rectangle. Then fold the paper into a triangle and then another triangle, until it's shaped like a necktie. Align the triangle where it begins in the center, and cut off the edges. Viola! The perfect size of parchment paper for your baking needs.

[MissWatermelonify]

now i have four separate slices of paper, like pizza pieces. lmfao

[christopherbird]

As others have mentioned, this video misses the one crucial step. Which way to make the diagonal folds ("like a paper aeroplane"). Do I use the fully closed corner, the corner with all 4 leaves separate or one of the 1/2 closed corners as the point? I realize that the term fully closed and half closed aren't quite explicit enough. By fully closed, I mean the corner that was originally in the center of the piece of parchment. The 4 leaves separate is the corner where the original four corners meet. The 1/2 closed are the other 2 corners.

[DarleneBritton]

OMG, I just spent about 10 minutes trying to get my cake pans lined, I THOUGHT the paper had to go up the sides too and I just couldn’t get it to lay flat! In all of my years baking, I’ve never used parchment paper for cakes only to line cookie sheet pans. Finally googled how to line a round cake pan & found this video. I cut MORE paper, folded it like the directions said & it THANK

[Sharkie]

honestly, I traced around the bottom of the cake pan, NOT the top. Cut it out with scissors and it was the perfect size.

[christylim]

This is a lifesaver. Thank you! I just skimmed this video for a few secs with no sound and got it right away! So easy and quick!

[scottiemcfrugal]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one to end up with two semi-circles. Why would he not show the details of the fold after the rectangle? I've wasted three sheets of parchment. I hate stupid.

[teenzkitchen]

Perfect 👍🏼!! You made this really easy to learn, especially with your charisma🤗💙💙

[ninag]

Worked like a charm! Finally I was able to line a round form, thank you!

[lilsykos]

So simple and easy to follow! Thank you for taking the stress out of lining cake pans!

[darrylwilliams]

when u fold it make sure you are cutting the open edges, DO NOT cut the folded edges or you will not have one piece of paper

[laly]

Since you didn't explain which sides to fold exactly a lot of people will do this wrong

[Lucapacili]

This is brilliant. I don't know why I never thought of that. I guess it takes a genius!

[gehadsamir]

Thanks for the effort, but if the camera doesn't show all the steps then it is useless, don't know which sides to fold or how exactly so i end up messing up

[HumairaaROX]

You're a wizard Harry. Thank you for this!

[Ben_Pratt]

Content starts at 0:32 great video by the way thanks alot

[taylormadetrainingcenter]

Worked PERFECTLY!! German chocolate cake here I come 🤤

[lisas]

Might help if you said which side to do the folds on.

[ADRIEL]

Whats the round pan made of? I have one but only says non stick coating. Whats the material though? Can I season it to prevent rust build up? Mine has a small brown spot that looks like rust but it could be grease too.

[AC]

Thank you so much! It fits perfectly for mine too! 😉

[Moyo]

Mine keeps coming out in 2 half circles