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didn’t grease the pan, the cake sticks to the pan for 20 minutes, then turn it out and let
sides until it’s cool and you run a sharp it cool completely on a rack.
knife around the edges to release it. The
only exception is when you bake an angel Q. How can I store cakes that are frosted
or chiffon cake in a pan with a slippery non- with buttercream frosting? Do they need
stick surface. I have done this and my to be refrigerated, or are they safe to leave
cakes still held fast, but some readers have at room temperature?
told me they have inverted cakes in non- A. Buttercream frosting made with butter,
stick pans and the cakes have slid out. To confectioners’ sugar, flavorings, and liquid
be on the safe side, let the cake cool in the can be stored in a cool place outside of the

Chocolate Statistics

• Americans eat more than 12 pounds of • More than 35 million heart-shaped
chocolate per person per year. boxes of chocolates are sold for
Valentine’s Day. But ironically,
• More than half of Americans prefer
Valentine’s is only the fourth top candy
chocolate-flavored desserts. The
holiday, preceded by Halloween, the
next favorite flavor is a tie between
winter holidays, then Easter, according
strawberry and other berries and
to the Chocolate Manufacturers
vanilla.
Association.
• More women than men choose
• Older but wiser? Men over age fifty are
chocolate desserts.
more likely to request chocolate than
• Twice as many people prefer milk flowers for Valentine’s Day.
chocolate to dark.
• Chocolate manufacturers use 40 per -
• The older we get, the more we like cent of the world’s almond supply,
dark chocolate. 20 percent of the world’s peanut crop,
and 8 percent of the world’s sugar.
• The first Valentine’s box of chocolates
was developed in England in 1868 by
Richard Cadbury.