20250524\_121407.jpg The sides do not rise up like the rest and looks silly. Oiled the pan.

Hello Rosanna – It looks like your cake pan might have been too small for the recipe. We used a 12-cup bundt pan. The cake rose to halfway up the pan and had a just a little lift on top (bottom when flipped over). If you used a 6- or 8-cup pan, it would be too small to accommodate the cake as it expanded with baking, thus the protrusion of cake on top (bottom when flipped over).

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Why Amalfi Lemon Cake Rose Unevenly in the Pan

Asked May 27, 2025 by Rosanna S.

The sides do not rise up like the rest and looks silly. Oiled the pan.

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026