slides easily out of the pan, then the toppings i've seen mentioned are lemon juice, syrup, fruit, preserves, powdered sugar. I've made fruit sauces, little more work, but delicious. a bananas foster sauce is sublime. No reason to put butter on it, the skillet is prepared with a copious amount of butter, which is heated up along with the pan. In the picture you can see melted butter floating on top.