

You have collaring cake pans mixed up with leveling strips. Level strips are what you put around the pan to level them after running water over them. NO, I don't think it works. I have never seen a difference when I don't use them. Collaring cake pans is when you use parchment paper around your pan. You can add more batter to the pan & the paper keeps the batter from running over the pan while baking.

Hi Ronna, like everything else on this forum there are differences of opinion, usually split about 50-50! LOL I use the baking strips on my pans, and I believe it helps my cakes be more level and bake better.
The only way I can control crumbs in my icing is to do a crumb coat first, smooth it out as much as possible, let it sit until it crusts, and then put my top coat of icing over it.
Janice

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