Preventing Bundt Cakes from Doming

Bundt cakes, and those made in ring tins, are often prone to doming slightly, causing them to look a little like flying saucers, slightly elevated off the serving plate once you turn them out. To help prevent this, once you’ve put the batter into the tin and smoothed the surface with the back of a spoon, use the spoon to then make a shallow indent in the middle (kind of like a moat or ditch). This will mean there is slightly less batter in this area and will counter-balance the extra rising that the cake will naturally do here and will help the final cake have a flat bottom!