Cake Baking Tips        


• When baking a cake to decorate, you want a flat top. One reason a cake crowns, or ends up with a rounded top, is that the oven temperature is too high. Use a thermometer to check the temperature of your oven.

• To flatten a cake with a small crown, put a plate on top of it immediately after you take it from the oven. Push the plate down gently.

• Line your pan with parchment paper to ensure that the cake will come out of the pan easily.

• To apply nuts or coconut to the sides of a cake, hold the cake over a pan and gently pat the nuts, etc. onto the sides with your hand.