Silverwood deep multisize foldaway cake pan - anyone got one?

AlwaysHappy

Gosh am exhausted after writing the title. Am reeeeeeeeaaaaaally tempted to get one of these as really like the theory that I could cook 4 different flavoured cakes at the same time and thus please the whole family in one go.
Am confused though as to know what recipe to use, and wondered if anyone has one and a) if they would recommend them and b) any recipe ideas. Thanks in anticipation.

adsk

I have owned one of these for a couple of years.

Regarding recipes, I just use normal cake recipes. I usually make 1 cake at a time but have the flexibility of having any square or rectangular sized tin that I need because it's so adjustable. The only time I've made more than 1 cake is when baking for presents. For example, I make four Christmas cakes at a time (5 inch square size) as presents for family. I just make Delia's rich fruit cake recipe using 1lb butter, 1 lb sugar, 8 eggs etc and divide it into four when finished.

The main drawback of the tin is that you need to line the tin with baking paper each time that you use it this is because the slots that allow the dividers to fit together can end up at cake mixture height and the mixture would seep through. When you make 4 cakes cutting out 4 sets of lining papers is a pain!

Overall I'm glad I bought this - the only square sized cake tins that I now use are a brownie & swiss roll tin. Everything else gets made in this. If only they would make a circular version - my cupboard is full of different sizes of round tins!

student_advisor

I have one with an extra set of inserts (not cheap, but you can make so many different sized cakes (also doubles as an extra baking sheet!).

I use normal cake recipes in it and it's great to have the flexibility to cook any size cake you want. It's easy to assemble and line but if baking one cake, you need to centre it in the middle of the pan and it may well cook quicker (there's instructions with it on cooking times & temps). If you want to do 2 or more cakes together, they take slightly longer and they rise a bit lop-sided.

So far I have used sponge recipes, but I may well do a xmas cake in it this year as I have 3 to do.

AlwaysHappy

Thanks for the quick responses, I think I am going to take the plunge - at least it won't take up much room in my cupboards, if anyone has any tried and tested recipes that would be great.

susank

I have had one for about 8 years and bought it to make my daughters 3 tier wedding cake - I use it each xmas for an xmas cake and not used it for much else - I would rather have a non stick heavy weight one for other things I am afraid. I have a round non stick heavy weight one which I use all the time - bought it in tk max.
It was wonderful for the wedding cakes though

brazilianwax

I use mine ALL the time - it's fantastic :j

I made 4 xmas cakes simultaneously in it, followed by 9 small cakes in it.

I use the equivalent of 4 cake mixes in total across the whole tin, and less for smaller cakes.

The Nigella Chocolate Fruitcake works beautifully, as does the Goodfood hot toddy fruit cake.

maryb

It's also really useful if you want to make a rectangular cake. You often need this as a base if you are doing one of Debbie Brown's cartoon cakes for example

brazilianwax

maryb wrote: »

It's also really useful if you want to make a rectangular cake. You often need this as a base if you are doing one of Debbie Brown's cartoon cakes for example

done that too

AlwaysHappy

Gosh, it makes me want to bake, its a bit late though now, know what I'll be doing tomorrow thanks.

greenbee

Yes... got one... love it! Must get the extra inserts. I originally got mine to make my brother's wedding cake (chocolate tiffing in three tiers... the world's heaviest wedding cake!), and have used it for making all sorts of cakes since!

As for lining - I line the whole base, and then have a roll of narrow silicone paper that I use to line the sides.

I also use it for circular cakes if I don't have the right size tin, and then cut round a template to make a round cake. I freeze the leftovers to use for cake-crumbs or trifle.

As for quantities, I make the tin up to whatever size the recipe is for... so haven't really thought. If you were making 4 small cakes, you need a recipe for a 12" square, or to multiply appropriately from any smaller size...

thriftlady_2

Yes, I have one but I don't use very often, only when I need a special size/shape cake. The last time I used it was just under a year ago to bake the '1' for part of my Gran's 100th birthday cake (I made 2 round cakes with holes cut out for the '0's). It looks like I might need it again soon to bake 2 '1's and one '0':)

They are good tins, but to be honest if I wanted to make 3 or 4 different cakes at once I would use my 3 traybake tins (12'' by 9'' approx) and cook them all at once.

Also, I'd expect my family to be so pleased I'd made cake that they wouldn't dare moan about what kind it was

If you were using the whole tin to make 4 cakes you will need to increase the length of baking a bit so that the corners in the middle IYKWIM are cooked. Honestly , I think separate tins are a better bet ;-)