Hi Everyone!!!
I'm seeking help...again! I have been baking cakes for a while and I still can't get good corners. I seem to always have one side that's lopsided! It always dips downward. I usually make this side the back of the cake. I look at a lot of pictures on this site and they have perfect corners. I have Magicline 3" pans...thinking this would help...I have tried smoothing my batter, pushing extra in the corners....please tell me what I am doing wrong???!!!!!!

I use Magic Line 2in pans, bake even strips, and flower nails.

I also drop my pan a few inches onto the countertop, to get rid of any bubbles, and it distributes the batter evenly,

If you are already doing this, check your oven and oven racks with a level to make sure your oven is levelled.

Are you baking at 325? This seems to help the batter from rising so fast and it seems to keep stuff evened out better, also some use those baking strips on the sides of the pan. I myself hate putting those on and messing with it. Try the lower temp. HTH I also add some extra batter than what they call for it mounds up some but when i press it down with a towel when it comes out of the oven it's flat. I don't even have to level it and the corners are thicker.


Yep what the previous person said too, check out those racks. My husband had to put a piece of wood under my oven once cause mine did that so bad unlevel.

ditto on what debster said, I bake mine at 325 as well

Maybe you're oven is uneven? I can't picture what you mean exactly but I usually have a lip on my cakes so I wrap and store them in the freezer a few hours and then turn them upside down and use a knife to carve the edges straight. I also do that when I bake in those horrible wilton square pans. (slowly buying up magic line!)

Hi all,
Thanks! I tried tapping the pan on the counter and that seemed to work. I used to use the baking strips and then for some reason (don't recall now) I stopped. So I will try those again too!
Thanks again everyone!!
Von