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How to bake a cake with a flat top

Cake with a flat top



My cakes often had large domes which cracked. This leads to a fair amount of wastage when you need level cakes for stacking. If only there was a way to bake nice level cakes without having to cut them level...

Turns out something called a "baking belt" does wonders. True to form why purchase a proper "baking belt" when I can cut up one of my kids towels (shhh, don't tell my wife) and safety pin it into a modified baking belt.

How to use the belt:

  1. Wet the belt
  2. Wring out excess water so that it's still wet but not dripping everywhere
  3. Place the belt around the baking tin
  4. Pop the tin into the oven
  5. I have better results on a non fan forced bake at a slightly lower temperature for a little longer. 







I forgot to use the baking belt for the last cake and it shows. No prizes for guessing which one it is!







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