This cake had a crumb top though – and I didn’t want to lose the crumb – so I added strips of baking paper to the cake pan which meant I could easily lift the cake out when it was done. Normally when I get a cake out of the cake pan, I ease it out by putting the pan upside down either in my hand or on the cooling rack. I sprayed the pan with cooking spray to help the baking paper stick to the pan, but you could eliminate this step if you wish.

Open up your GLAD Bake and Cooking Paper and you’ll have a round liner for the bottom of your pan. Put simply though, you fold your baking paper into triangles, place the point in the centre of your baking tray, and then cut the baking paper where it meets the edge of the cake pan. You can check out my IGTV for a video that shows you just how I did this. This recipe would be ideal to make in a springform tin, however, mine rusted and I threw it out recently, which led me to this very clever hack for removing a cake delicately from a cake pan using GLAD Bake and Cooking Paper, which you’ll find at your local supermarket. I used vanilla bean paste, however you can use vanilla extract just double the amount. These are all the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe.

It was such a time saver! Once school is back, I will make this again and simply pop these frozen muffins straight into the kid’s school lunch boxes so that they’re perfectly defrosted and fresh for snack time. This recipe made both a cake AND 12 muffins from the same one batter, which meant there was a cake to enjoy for morning tea with a cuppa, and muffins that I could pop in the freezer for the kids to snack on throughout the week. We recently made this Cinnamon Crumb Cake recipe (which we also made into muffins!) and came up with some creative and practical hacks for baking paper and cling wrap whilst we were making it too! I have loved spending more time with the kids at home these last couple of months, and one of the things I’ve probably loved the most is cooking with them. A delicious Cinnamon Crumb Cake recipe I made whilst at home with the kids, and some pretty creative uses we discovered for baking paper too!

Homemade crumb cake