I generally grase & flour my pans - and I forgot to flour today - I only used crisco and then poured in the batter and stuck my cake in the oven. I'm hoping the only bad thing is that the cake sticks to the bottom of the pan, and it doesn't burn. Please let me know someone else has done this before.... Its going to be one of those days.

That's how Indydebi always does it...on purpose. It'll likely be OK for you. I've tried it, but don't get great results, so I stick to shortening and flour. Don't worry! You'll still have a mostly intact cake!

I am hoping it all comes out ok. I've totally forgotten to grease at all before and it was alright. Maybe just lucky though. I would let it cool off totally in the pan before trying to remove it.

Well maybe the crisco will help, dont beat yourself up just yet.

Im sure you wont have problems. I normally just spray my pans with "Pam" but when i dont have any i have used crisco and it worked fine!..i never use flour and have never had an issue.
Good Luck!!

My advice would be to take the cakes out of the pans as soon as possible after baking. Cool slightly or they might break apart, warm cake is so fragile. If they are left to cool completely they will stick more.

Also run a knife around outside edge first before turning them over.

If your recipe has a higher oil content then they might just be fine.

Good luck!

Thank you for the quick replies. I appreciate the help and support. I'll be happy if half of it doesn't completely stick to the pan.

Just let it cool for ten minutes in the pan and then whack the tar out of the sides and bottom till it gives in and pops out for you. Sometimes you just have to beat it for it to know who is boss. The shortning should keep the batter from sticking and it should come out of the pan while still warm.

just make sure it's still warm when you turn it out and it'll be just FINE! I used to always grease with only crisco..til I started using the homemade quick release, which I prefer cuz it's so easy to just brush on!