1. Lightly grease base and sides of tin with butter to help keep paper in place.
2. Lay tin on a piece of greaseproof paper, and cut paper into a rectangle, about 7.5cm (3in) wider and longer than tin.
What to read next
3. Mark on paper where 4 corners of tin are. Cut diagonal cuts from corners of paper to pencil marks. Press paper into tin. The cuts in corners should fold to fit neatly in corners of tin.
4. Use this method for a Swiss roll tin or any other shallow baking tin.
Use your skills to make these triple-tested recipes:
Squidgy chocolate and banana roll recipe
Lemon and almond meringue roulade recipe
5 quick dessert recipes
Swiss roll tin, kitchen scissors, chef's own.
A crack team of highly skilled food content producers, the GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Senior Cookery Writer Alice Shields is a former pastry chef and baking fanatic who loves making bread and would have peanut butter with everything if she could. Lover of all things savoury, Senior Cookery Writer Grace Evans can be found eating nocellara olives at every opportunity, and will take the cheeseboard over dessert any time. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time.
