Grrr! How annoying! I know just how you feel. What kind of oven do you have? Ours has the element on the bottom, which I wasn't used to when we moved in and I managed to burn EVERYTHING! I had to learn to cook things a lot slower than I normally would with a top element or fan-forced oven.
I don't support putting any type of paper in the oven (unless you are lining a tray with grease-proof... but make sure the edges are trimmed!) because I have had oven fires... more than I can count!
(Oh, and I'm a pretty good cook so all this isn't because I'm a disaster in the kitchen LOL!)
ETA: Just remembered, ages ago (when we first moved in) my MIL suggested to be to cook out muffins/cakes etc in a waterbath to distribute the heat evenly along the bottom and sides, I haven't tried it but if you do let me know how it works!!!!!
Also, and this is going to sound obvious so sorry if it is, but put things on the highest shelf possible. Also, work out where the hottest part of the oven is (front/back/sides)... Our oven is the opposite to all other ovens I have had and gets extremely hot at the front (when I cook roast potatoes the front ones cook faster) so maybe work out where its hottest and put the cake where its a bit cooler.
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