Frank103 wrote:
> I was watching a baking show and the lady said she always kept a mixture -
> 1/3 Crisco, 1/3 veg oil and 1/3 flour - in her cupboard to spread on the
> bottom of her cake pans so the cake doesn't stick to the pan. She said the
> reason she doesn't use some type of spray is that a spray gets on the side
> of the pan and the side of cake pans aren't supposed to have anything on
> them. Can someone tell me why the sides of cake pans shouldn't be greased or
> coated with a spray etc.. Thanks

If it's something like an angel food cake or other type of foam cake
such as a sponge cake or chiffon cake you don't want to spray the sides
of the pan because the batter needs to cling to the sides of the pan as
the cake rises. Cakes like that are often cooled in the pan upside
down before removing them from the pan. If you greased the sides of
the pan the cake could fall out when you turn the pan upside-down. For
an ordinary butter type cake though I always grease both the bottom and
the sides of the pan. Most recipes I've seen for butter or shortened
cakes say to grease the sides of the pan.