Tolgo la torta dallo stampo quando è fredda.

Italian often uses the present tense to describe a habit, a routine, or something that is generally done in a certain situation.

So Tolgo la torta dallo stampo quando è fredda can mean something like:

• I take the cake out of the pan when it is cold
• or more naturally, I take the cake out of the pan once it has cooled

It does not have to mean only what is happening right now. It can describe what the speaker normally does.

In Italian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• tolgo = I remove / I take out

So io tolgo is possible, but usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:

• Io tolgo la torta, tu lavi i piatti.
  I’ll take the cake out, you wash the dishes.

In the sentence you gave, leaving out io sounds completely normal.

Togliere is a very common verb meaning to remove, to take away, or to take out.

In this sentence, tolgo la torta dallo stampo means:

• I remove the cake from the pan/tin
• I take the cake out of the pan/tin

So the idea is not just generic movement, but specifically removing something from something else.

Italian uses articles more often than English does. In many everyday sentences, Italian prefers the definite article where English might leave it out or use the only if the context is very specific.

So:

• la torta = the cake

Even if English might sometimes say I remove cake from the pan in a very special context, Italian normally wants the article here: la torta.

Dallo is a contraction of:

• da
  • lo = dallo

Here, da means from, and lo stampo is the pan / mold / tin.

So:

• dallo stampo = from the pan/mold

This happens because stampo is a masculine singular noun that takes lo, not il, since it begins with st-.

Compare:

• il libro → dal libro
• lo stampo → dallo stampo

In Italian, masculine singular nouns usually take lo instead of il when they begin with certain sounds, including:

• s + consonant: lo stampo
• z: lo zaino
• ps: lo psicologo
• gn: lo gnomo
• x: lo xilofono

Since stampo begins with st-, it uses lo.

That is why you get:

• lo stampo
• dallo stampo
• nello stampo
• dello stampo

In cooking, stampo usually means a mold, cake pan, or tin, depending on context.

So in this sentence, stampo is the container the cake was baked in.

A learner should know that kitchen vocabulary can vary by region and by the exact object:

• stampo often suggests a mold or shaped baking container
• teglia often means a baking tray or baking pan

But in this sentence, stampo is perfectly natural for a cake mold/pan.

Because fredda refers to la torta, which is a feminine singular noun.

• la torta → feminine singular
• adjective must agree → fredda

So:

• quando è fredda = when it is cold / when it has cooled

If the noun were masculine, you would use freddo:

• il pane è freddo

Here the understood subject of è fredda is la torta.

Just like the main clause omits io, the subordinate clause omits the subject pronoun too.

Italian often leaves out pronouns when the meaning is clear from context. In this sentence, è fredda clearly refers back to la torta.

So Italian does not need to say:

• quando lei è fredda

That would sound strange here, because lei usually refers to a person unless the context strongly supports an object. Normally Italian simply says:

• quando è fredda

Literally, fredda means cold. But in cooking contexts, it often means cool / cooled down enough.

So depending on context, English might translate it more naturally as:

• when it is cold
• when it is cool
• once it has cooled

The exact English wording depends on how natural you want the translation to sound, but the Italian itself is very normal.

This is a very standard Italian word order:

• Tolgo = verb
• la torta = direct object
• dallo stampo = from the pan
• quando è fredda = time clause

Italian word order is often flexible, but this version is neutral and natural.

You could move things around for emphasis, for example:

• Quando è fredda, tolgo la torta dallo stampo.

That means the same thing, but it puts more focus on the timing: When it’s cool, I remove the cake from the pan.

Usually yes, but the natural English translation may vary a little.

• quando literally = when

However, in a sentence like this, English often prefers:

• when it is cool
• once it has cooled

So the Italian word is still quando, but the best English translation can depend on style and context.

Yes. Appena means as soon as.

So:

• Tolgo la torta dallo stampo appena è fredda
  = I take the cake out of the pan as soon as it is cool

Compared with quando, appena makes the timing a little more immediate and specific.

• quando = when
• appena = as soon as

Both are possible, but they are not exactly identical in nuance.