Next, cut out a strip of parchment paper as wide as your cake pan is tall (2 - 3 inches), make it into a ring, then line the
inner side of the cake pan as well.
Lightly butter the bottom and
sides of the cake pan.
In this case, it rises up
the sides of the cake pan to give it a kind of «crust»
Pour boiling water into the bottom pan until it comes halfway up
the sides of the cake pan.
Fill the roasting pan with the boiling water until it reaches halfway up
the sides of the cake pan.
Grease
the sides of a cake pan with oil.
Now, pour the hot water from the kettle into the roasting pan halfway up
the sides of the cake pan.
Run a knife around
the sides of the cake pan and invert the cake onto the baking rack and then quickly invert again against your serving plate so that the cake rests on the bottom while the cherries are on top.
Place in a roasting pan or large baking dish and fill halfway up
the sides of the cake pan with water.
Pour hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up
the sides of cake pan.
melted butter around bottom and
sides of cake pan (if you don't have a pastry brush, use your fingertips).
Worked like a charm for my DD; if you can position your foot in a way to trigger a reflexive «jiggle» of your leg, that still puts my daughter to sleep, and it helps work out the gas bubbles... kind've like tapping
the side of a cake pan to get the bubbles out of the batter.