A very simple hoop can be made with an ordinary slip of tin, say six inches wide; as the tin will lap over, the cake can be made any size round you wish.

It is a good plan to fasten a piece of copper wire round the outside of the tin.

This can be twisted, and when the cake is baked and has got cold can be untwisted, and the tin will then open of its own accord.

The tin must be lined with buttered paper, and buttered paper must be placed on a flat piece of tin at the bottom.

When an "amateur hoop" is used like we have described, care must be taken that the cake does not come out at the bottom.