This article is part of the Basically Guide to Better Baking, a 10-week, 10-recipe series designed to help you become a cooler, smarter, more confident baker. Like 90 percent of the people on Food ...

This simple step makes it easier to pour batter into the pan, and it's a brilliant hack for removing your cake or brownies when they're out of the oven. First, make sure your parchment paper — whether ...

There are few kitchen tasks as deceptively tricky as lining a baking pan with parchment paper. Whether you typically try to cut it down to the perfect size, just smoosh it in, crumple it up, or create ...

One of the most beloved tools in restaurant kitchens is the simple stack of parchment paper positioned near the oven. It helps ensure baking sheets stay clean, prevents baked goods from over-browning ...

Anyone who has ever baked a cake knows the despair of trying to turn it out of the pan, only to see it stick or break into pieces. I'll never forget the first-ever birthday cake I baked for my ...

Rectangular baking pans are a mainstay of almost every home cook’s kitchen, but this type of pan—typically used for baking sheet cake—is also annoyingly hard to line with parchment paper. In the ...