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Q: I have seen recipes that call for buttering or greasing a cake pan, then placing parchment paper on top and then buttering the parchment. What is the point of buttering the bottom of the pan? For ...

Sharon Lockley has over 20 years of experience as an editor and writer and has been contributing to Food & Wine since 2019. Whenever I’m baking, whether making a batch of cookies, a sheet cake, or ...