Can we talk about using parchment paper from a deli counter for cakes?

I was at a little bakery in Portland last weekend picking up a birthday cake for my kid, and I noticed the baker there was using these huge sheets of parchment paper that looked exactly like the kind they use at deli counters for sandwiches. I asked her about it and she said she buys the big rolls from a restaurant supply shop for like $8 each. I tried it at home on Sunday for a batch of chocolate cupcakes and it was a game changer. The sheets are wider so they actually fit across my whole sheet pan without curling up at the edges. Also no more fighting with those little pre-cut squares that never stay flat. Has anyone else grabbed commercial sized parchment instead of the boxed stuff at the grocery store?

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ivan_mason13d ago

Wait hold on, is it really that big of a deal? I get that pre-cut parchment squares can be annoying but you're acting like this baker cracked the Da Vinci code of cupcake making. Those big rolls are like $8 but the box at the store is maybe $3 and lasts me months. Unless you're baking every single weekend the grocery store stuff works just fine.

the_wyatt13d ago

Yeah but have you actually timed how long that box of pre-cut squares lasts you? A giant roll from a supply shop is gonna be like 5 times as much paper for maybe double the price. Seems like a no-brainer if you bake even once a month. But hey, if you like fighting with curling paper edges, you do you.

grace60713d ago

YES exactly, "fighting with curling paper edges" is the real struggle nobody talks about. I spent so many years wrestling with rolls that curl up on you at the worst moment, especially when you're in a hurry. Switching to the big sheets from a restaurant supply changed my whole baking life.