Hi All,
I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and have learned so many great tips and tricks that I wanted to share one of my favorite secrets - a Homemade Cake Release Recipe that I found some time ago in an Amish Mennonite cookbook. They called it Homemade Pam but by checking the ingredients versus what's listed on my Cake Release bottle it's very, very similar...and much cheaper than buying Cake Release - while working just as well! I did a search and couldn't find this posted but if someone has already shared it, well, I thought it wouldn't hurt to add this version:
1 1/2 c. white shortening
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. vegetable oil
Beat shortening and flour together until very smooth. Beat in oil until blended. Place in container and store in refrigerator. Use pastry brush to spread in baking pans. 
Thanks for the recipe! Wilton Cake Release is so expensive. Our teacher told us that if we made it ourselves it would go rancid so don't try it, but I think she's just telling us that so we can spend $$$ buying the pre-made stuff!
Thanks for the recipe. I just bought 4 bottle of Cake Release, but I'll try it when I run out. It is sort of expensive. It is nice to cut costs when you can!
I started using this, and I like it even better than the Wilton Cake Release! 
fuzzykoala22, I keep mine in the fridge. I don't want to take any chances. 
I love the homemade stuff. What I really like about it is that you can make as much or as little as you like, just use equal portions of each.
I always dump all three in the bowl together and blend. I also keep mine in an plastic bowl in the cabinet and never had a problem with it. I've it for months with out problems before. In warm months it may seperate a little, but after a quick stir it works perfectly fine.
I love the homemade stuff. What I really like about it is that you can make as much or as little as you like, just use equal portions of each.
I always dump all three in the bowl together and blend. I also keep mine in an plastic bowl in the cabinet and never had a problem with it. I've it for months with out problems before.
In warm months it may seperate a little, but after a quick stir it works perfectly fine.
Exactly!
I made this about 2 months ago & it smelt REALLY bad. It smelt like cat urine. I through it out & have not tried it again. Do you recon I had something that was old that I put into it?
I can not figure it out 
To Monica0271........the only thing I can think of is that your oil was rancid when you used it. I made some about 2 months ago, and it's still good. I keep it in the Wilton bottle "cake release" that I bought and store it in the cabinet.
Well I know the oil was not rancid cause I smelt it, then I looked at the exp date. It was all good. The only thing I can think of that it was the flour. I store flour in plastic boxes with lids. That flour could have been in there for longer than I thought.
I may try it again. The smell was really bad.
Thank you for your help!!
Wondering if canola oil can be substituted for vegetable? Canola and EVOO is all we ever have in the house.
PS - Houston: Hi and welcome to the International Baking Support Group and 12-Step Program, I mean - CAKE CENTRAL! 
I also make my own. It's like mcalhoun's. I got it from http://cakeworkscentral.com/tips-hints/aprils-handy-tips.htm.
I have never had any problems with it. It is thicker than Wilton's so I might try the recipe with equal parts.
Monica0271 - Did you put yours in a bowl or in a bottle? I'm thinking that if it's in a bowl and you dip in it with a pastry brush, it could possible have gotten contaminated. Just a thought.
Steady- I put in in a bowl & AS SOON AS I mixed it together it stunk 
. I threw it way. I did not even try to use it.
Wondering if canola oil can be substituted for vegetable? Canola and EVOO is all we ever have in the house.
I use the Wesson Canola Oil, same thing I use with my cake mixes and never had a problem.
I can't remember it even having a smell, so any bad smell, espeically a extreme one, would leave me to think something in it was bad. Was your crisco old? I say try it agian and see. Make a small amount like 1/4 cup of everything so if it still smells to you, you aren't wasting much.
I am so excited to try this - I'm glad I won't have to be buying any more Cake Release!
This is very cool! I am very glad you shared this with us. My mother had told me to use a paper towel to apply the crisco to the pan, then flour serarately but this seem so much easier I was wondering if you could but it in a spray bottle and spray it?
Thanks m0use - you saved my spray bottle and my cake! lol
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