Comments? I always put the pan directly on the rack, and have not had a problem, in 30+ years.
What kind of psycho would bake dough / batter directly on a rack? Is this satire?
That’s not what the article means, I don’ think, because it says
When you bake your cake in a pan, this problem doesn’t arise, and you can easily place your cake on the wire rack.
The article also says:
“ To bake perfectly, the cake needs to receive constant and uniform heat, a characteristic that is lacking if you place it directly on the rack. This is because the rack, precisely because of its shape, does not allow the base of the cake to cook evenly, but would instead create a notable difference between the points that rest on the metal part and the points that instead rest on the empty spaces. The result would be a base that is overcooked in some parts and not fully set in others”.
I didn’t think it was implying that a pan was not used, i.e. a mess of batter was bunged into the oven without benefit of a pan. 
It is, though.
This is precisely what’s dangerous for your cake if it’s not inside the pan: the bottom layer, in particular, often softens during baking, and if there’s no solid surface underneath, the batter could fold between the oven racks, ruining the cake’s structure. This is why, when baking a cake or any dessert that doesn’t require a pan, it’s best to place it on a baking sheet to ensure a cake with an absolutely perfect shape and base.
Is this site like “Cooking 101 for absolute idiots?”
I ran the text through a couple of AI detectors, and results were inconclusive. But I suspect a LLM was LLMing all over it.
I don’t remember whether I mentioned it here, but there was an article on Eater a while back that began “Mardi Gras falls on a Tuesday this year…”
You may find this hard to believe (I certainly did), but the bassist who recently sat in with us for a show and came over to rehearse the Sunday before Mardi Gras seemed surprised that it was on a Tuesday. I guess not everyone knows what Mardi means.
This reminds me of a ragebait video I saw on YT the other day, where a woman mixed a cake directly in her airfryer, closed it up, let it “bake,” then pulled out the drawer, proceeded to pipe some frosting on, and then got out a knife and cut herself a slice. And I’m sorry to say that I sat through the entire video, because it was like a trainwreck…
Why no link? Are you mad at me?
I can excuse that, because the bassist was, I presume, just having a casual conversation and not being PAID TO WRITE AN ARTICLE, which means you should maybe do a teeny bit of research, I dunno.
Ask and ye shall receive. I’m not going to go track down the actual one but this one is similar enough, minus the frosting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Est4sTHl_-o
Enjoy. And good luck to her, cleaning out the air fryer!
Plus he’s born and raised in Central PA, which isn’t exactly a hot bed of Mardi Gras festivities.
Wow. I know nothing about air fryers, but it looks like the cake works? And it’s just going to be a cleanup issue? Anyway, I have a favorite comment:
Guess I’m the absolute idiot who just skimmed the article, not expecting idiocy! 
I have yet to lose a cake on a rack.
IDK if the cake really works. I think all of the heat in this unit comes from the top. The bottom is plastic. Is that batter really getting baked all the way through? Also I think many air fryers have vents in various other spots so while this one might not leak, others are going to result in a massive mess. End of the day it just seems overall like a very bad way to make a confection!
