How to line a Round Cake Tin

As easy as this sound, some people may encounter trouble lining a cake tin. Especially so for first timers. But I guess if you're an origami or papercutting expert, this task should be "a piece of cake" for you. XD All in all, it shouldn't take more than 5mins. 

Lining the bottom

1. Cut out a piece of parchment paper, slightly bigger than the tin itself. Fold the paper into half for 4 times until u get the triangular shape in the picture.

2. Place the tip of the triangle from the estimated centre of the cake tin (obviously I should have flipped the tin over. LOL), use your thumb to roughly gauge the edge of the cake tin and snip off the excess.

3. Open up the piece of parchment, and it will cover the bottom (almost) perfectly.

Lining the side

There is another method which involves an extra step but provides better coverage. Being the lazy girl I am, I omitted that step but it always work out fine. Without the extra step, lining the side is otherwise straightforward.

1. Cut out 2 long strips of parchment paper. The longer ends should overlap each other when place in the cake tin. The shorter ends should be at least 1"-2" taller than the height of the cake tin (if doing extra step, include additional 1").

Extra Step:

Fold 1" inwards along the longer end and make small snips, about 1" in and about 1" apart from each.

Assembly

Grease the tin well with butter, oil or whatever the recipe calls for. Place the strips along the side, snipped side on the bottom. Use your brush to stick it against the tin, soothe out creases and air bubbles. Do the same for the round bottom parchment and you're done!

Update

This cake tin is lined using the extra step described above. Hope it provides better visuals to what I was trying to explain! =P

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