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Do you love using silicone kitchen tools? Is that green flexible pan the one you reach for when you're baking or is it neglected at the bottom of your baking pan cabinet? Do you have great silicone bakeware tips to share? What is your favorite silicone kitchen item? Share Comments or Tips

ring mould cake dont rise

I have a silicon muffin pan and have no problem. But in the ring mould the cake does not rise and texture of cake is 'dense and moist' Any advise on what I'm doing wrong
—Guest cakelover

Ms.

I bought and used the silicone muffin liners. Well, at the done time, the bottoms of the muffins were browned, but the outer sides of the muffins were just pale.
—Guest Lana M. Turner

Silicone Bundt

My cake was raw on the inside. The brand I used was "good cook" flexform silicone bakeware. It looked fine on the outside. I was mortified when I took it to work! I tried again - same results.
—Guest Celeste

Silicone pans and sheets

I use silicone cookie sheets, but always put them on a regular pan for stability. They definitely don't require any additions such as parchment paper, etc. I am not so fond of silicone cake pans although I put them on a metal sheet as well. Although the idea is not to grease the pan, I do but use Baker's Spray instead of a more oily substance such as margarine, butter, etc. I am going to try out a silicone mold I have for Easter eggs. So far I have used it to shape my fondant eggs, but once again took the precaution of using spray.
—Guest annes

silicone bakeware, i love it

High quality silicone bakeware really an amazing thing for me. I love the bakeware with various cute shape, such as Hello Kitty and duch shape.
—anstong17

smoking silicon

I tried a silicon baking sheet, but it started to smoke in the hot oven. It's President's Choice brand from Superstore, and says it is for food, but I don't trust my food to something that is going to smoke, and possibly be releasing chemicals into my food. Has anyone else had this problem?
—Guest Val

I love my silicone molds... but:

PROS: > They cook my cheesecakes really well. > No need for greasing. (I dont need to grease my molds, just freeze the cheesecake, and it pops out nicely. ) CONS: > despite the number of washes, i couldn't take the cinnamon smell out from the last baking session. > if i dont dry them out well (and that is difficult to do, cause im lazy), i get waterspots on my beautiful red molds :( how do i take them out? argh... and no answer in the interweb about it! :((
—Guest annenime

Thumbs Up on silicone mini muffin pans

I use the mini muffin pans for portion control and baking is a breeze. If you are using the pans with dough with lots of butter such as in pecan tart shells, you do not need to grease the pan. If you bake mini muffins since the batter is not oily, you need to spray the pan. I follow the recipe but check the baked product a few minutes before it's done. Some ovens have different baking temperaments so you need to test what works for you. I have been extremely satisfied with the quality of my flexible pans. Hope this helps.
—Ddaisy881

Donna

May Silicone Bakeware stained what do I do to keep this from happening?
—Guest Donna

Transfer of silicone taste

I bought my set out of a club at work so I don't know what the manufacturer's name is but I can definitely 'taste' the moulds on the food. Almost like a rubbery taste, gave them a good wash in soapy water but it hasn't improved. I wanted to use the cup cakes mould for yorkshire pudding, the taste definitely transfers on the ones I have got. Anyone else found the same?
—Guest AngelaP

I think they're fantastic!

I've never had any problems with silicone bakeware. I started with cupcake cases, which were great. It looks good when you take them out of the cases and they have all corrugated sides! I've now got the works - silicone spatula, loaf tins, cake tins etc. they're amazing! The spatula is an absolute MUST HAVE - miles better than those stupid other ones that melt and you have to cut bits off!
—Guest Lollie

Silicone bowl damaged in oven; foul odor

I have a silicone bowl set I bought on QVC and have used the bowls in the microwave with no problem. Yesterday I briefly put one of the bowls into the regular oven, set at about 350 degrees. When I pulled the bowl out about 10 minutes later, there was a terrible odor and the bowl was discolored on the bottom. Is this odor dangerous and should I throw the bowl away now?
—GuestCM

silicone pans

What a big mistake,invested some money on silicone bakeware .absolute nightmare,leaving the base undercooked
—Guest libby

Bundt Cakes

My favorite pound cake recipe & my apple cake fail in silicone bundt pans. The inside is raw. Bring back the metal pan.
—Guest Jeanette Pawlik

connie

Today I used the little gingerbread men molds to make cookies....what a mess....cooled completely and they still stuck...ruined. I greased the molds with reg shortening. I had the same experience with star shaped brownie molds...my cookies sheets are fine and my 8 inch cake pan is fine and I have never had to grease them. what is up with these products.?
—Guest connie

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