Character cake will not release from buttered and floured pan. Cake Due at 4pm today! Help,

I have reheated, froze, scraped edges, tried to twist the pan! HELP!

bang on the bottom?

The sides can be 'loosened' by running a knife around the edges but I'm not sure there's much you can do for the bottom. Maybe dip the pan in boiling water?

So sorry about that....for future reference the Pam spray for baking (has flour in it) and other baking sprays work wonders. I spray all my pans heavily. When i take the cake out the oven, I gently shake pan up and down until i hear a "bump bump" sound, which to me means the cake has released from the bottom, then let cool.

Don't know about the bottom of your cake situation now, but in the future I recommend what I do...and I've NEVER had a 'sticky situation'. Grease with Crisco, shake with flour and then spray a coat of Pam over all.

This is why I use homeade pan grease. You can use a pastry brush and coat every nook and cranny in any pan.

Sorry to hear about your 'sticking' problem. Hopefully the cake will release with minimal or no damage.

For the future.....baking spray or pan grease AND parchment or wax paper to line the pan. Cakes pop right out.....

Lesson learned, cake came free with minimal damage, banging pan worked... I will try spray over the top of greasing and flour next time....

This did not happen with my other character pans... Oh well it's all good.

Just jumpin in but I used the cake release recipe that someone posted her on CC and it's worked better for me than baker's joy, pam, and Crisco.