Line cake tin with Clingfilm?

[MadameButterfly]

Would anyone do this?
According to Nigella Lawson's FEAST cookery book, this is what you should bo when making the quadruple chocolatee loaf cake. In the book, she says "Don't panic - it won't melt."
Won't it?
Well, being as I had never tried this recipe before and did not have any baking parchment, I did as she said and quess what?
Yes, it melted and got stuck into the edges of the cake. The cake was great after cutting the edges off it and removing any rogue pieces of cling film.
I have made it again today, lining the tin with greaseproof paper this tim and it looks fantastic.
We won't get to taste this one as it is for DD to take to nursery tomorrow (it is her last day).

I have occasionally used clingfilm to cover dishes when defrosting things in the microwave and it goes a bit melted and strange so would never use it to line a cake tin! what an odd suggestion.

My guess is that she's using a different version or something. I know from lab work that Saran Wrap, for example, behaves very differently from standard cling film, so maybe there's a kind that's more heat resistant? The catering stuff is very much stickier and stronger so maybe that's what she uses. But no, I wouldn't try any of them I don't think!

What a peculiar idea!

wouldn't there be melted plastic molecules in your food then?

I wouldn't ... you're not even supposed to cover food with it in the microwave

why would you do that?

weird