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:

Wet the belt
Wring out excess water so that it's still wet but not dripping everywhere
Place the belt around the baking tin
Pop the tin into the oven
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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