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Baking with silicone

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:27:44 GMT

Today I was looking around in Hobby Lobby and noticed silicone bake ware. There was one that I liked that had different designs on the bottom of each section...there were 6 different designs on one pan.

I thought pound cake would be something I would like to bake using the silicone...each section is deep enough for a tiny cake......does the baked cake come out easily? I have no experience baking with silicone so any tips/advice would be appreciated. thanks

Re: Baking with silicone

KingstonsMom — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:33:49 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

As an avid baker, I jumped on the silicone bakeware train when it first emerged, but that didn't last long.

I always had problems with release, no matter what I did.

Re: Baking with silicone

Nightowlz — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:35:19 GMT

Yes things remove easily from silicone. I have some silicone muffin cups. Nothing has ever sticked to them.

The problem is getting your pan to the oven after filling it. Might work better if baked on a cookie sheet or at least brought over to the oven on one to get it in the oven easier.

Re: Baking with silicone

blackhole99 — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:35:26 GMT

I used the silicone bakeware when it was all the rage years ago and liked it. The food did release easily, but I found the bakeware didn't hold up. Also, at that time the bakeware wasn't stable so you had to put the loaf pan or whatever size pan you were baking in on another pan like a metal cookie sheet to be able to put it in and out of the oven. Hopefully today the silicone bakeware is much improved.

Re: Baking with silicone

SandySparkles — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:35:26 GMT

@Mom2Dogs I bought a set of Cook's Essentials silicone bakeware some years ago and liked it. Muffins, cupcakes etc. came out easily. The light colored cookie sheets had a tendency to stain, so I stopped using those.

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Re: Baking with silicone

Nightowlz — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:38:34 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@Mom2Dogs

As an avid baker, I jumped on the silicone bakeware train when it first emerged, but that didn't last long.

I always had problems with release, no matter what I did.

@KingstonsMom

I never had any problems with my muffin cups. I did have one other smaller brownie size pan that it removes from easily. It was just a problem getting it to the oven so I just use my regular 9x9 pan.

Re: Baking with silicone

KingstonsMom — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:47:59 GMT

@Nightowlz

Getting silicone in the oven was problematic for me too, I guess I just decided overall that silicone bakeware was just a PITA to me.

I should say that most silicone bakeware I tried that were hard to remove were mini bundt pans and fancy shapes.

Re: Baking with silicone

bridal_diva — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:57:55 GMT

@Mom2Dogs I personally did not like it at all and gave it all away. It is unstable once you put batter in it, so it had to go on a cookie sheet first.\ The cake pan with the grooves was very hard to get the cake iout easily ( supposed to be non stick), and miserable to clean after baking. JMO

Re: Baking with silicone

Ibby114 — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:01:59 GMT

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Re: Baking with silicone

software — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:05:43 GMT

I never wanted silicone bakeware.

It just didn't appeal to me in any way.

I was gifted muffin cups. They seemed a little more substantial than most silicone I had seen. I brush (with my silicone brush, LOL) a little oil, as recommended & put them on my pizza pan. Perfect results, easy release.

I also dreaded having to keep up with them, but I take the muffins out as soon as possible, wash them up & put them away. Haven't lost one yet.

I was afraid a family member might accidentally throw one away

I'm happy with my other bakeware, metal & glass. I have no desire to buy silicone

I do love silicone tools

Re: Baking with silicone

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:54:04 GMT

Thanks for the replies. I do have one metal pan that will produce pretty individual cakes (all the same design) or large muffins but always had trouble getting the baked good out of the pan, that's why I thought silicone would be the answer and the different designs were really nice.

When I have time I will try my metal pan again and make sure to grease and flour a bit more than I usually do.

Re: Baking with silicone

RedTop — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:50:43 GMT

I love baking cookies on my silicone baking sheets; they are one of my favorite purchases from QVC. Cookies do not stick and I just wipe the silicone off and put it away.

I feel sure a silicone cake pan will work, but think you have to be prepared the cake may not just release and fall out of the pan, but need some work on your part to remove the cake which has firmly molded to the shape of the pan.

Re: Baking with silicone

cindyNC — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:20:15 GMT

I upgraded to Trudeau Structure Silicone Pro Standard Muffin Pan...Sur La Table. Much better release than my original silicone muffin pan and needs no sheet pan underneath it.

Re: Baking with silicone

HLP — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:47:20 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
Yes things remove easily from silicone. I have some silicone muffin cups. Nothing has ever sticked to them.
The problem is getting your pan to the oven after filling it. Might work better if baked on a cookie sheet or at least brought over to the oven on one to get it in the oven easier.

This is the problem. I had a large quantity of them thinking what a great idea. Gave them all away.

Re: Baking with silicone

wagirl — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:37:18 GMT

Well I have a few silicone things and I spray all of them first--then you have to let them cool for a bit then it releases better----

Re: Baking with silicone

DeeJoyce — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:13:07 GMT

I tried a couple of baking pieces and liked the release especially the muffin pan. I did not like that the pan seemed to hold oil in the silicone. I would wash it in the sink, what I thought was thoroughly clean, but when I would take it out to use again, there were 12 circles of oil wherever it sat on the countertop. Decided it wasn't cleaning up very well and donated it. However, I have other silicone steamers that I love for reheating leftovers or cooking vegetables in the microwave.