My mom gave me this tip a few years ago. When a cake mix calls for greasing and flouring the pans, she uses butter to grease and some of the dry cake mix to flour the pan. The cake doesn't end up with white on the outside and it doesn't taste bad like flour would.
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A quick, easy and efficient way to coat your buttered cake pans with flour, cinnamon or cocoa is to use your tea strainer. It is finely netted like a sifter and the spring action in the handle makes it easy to load with just the right amount of powder.
If you like sweets, this is for you. Next time you bake sweet bread or muffins, try greasing and sugaring the pan instead of greasing it and flouring. You will love the slight hint of added sweetness
When a recipe for a desert or sweet item calls for you to grease and flour a cake pan, instead grease and powdered sugar it. It adds just a hint more sweet!
