Quality roasting and baking tins/trays?

kittycat07

I've got a variety of bits and pieces but find that for decent quality bakeware TK Maxx is actually very good - as always it's fairly hit and miss but I've got some good muffin tins and sandwich tins from there

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I have loads of different shapes and sizes of tin and nonstick.I also have a lots of lovely cast iron baking moulds,individual small sunflower and decorated cake moulds ect,which I always buy in the Austria as we go there for Christmas every year.Also I use quite a lot of the silicone baking moulds,not just for baking.They come in so many different shapes.The one thing I would never do without is the silicone muffin tray I use for yorkshire puddings ,it makes such wonderful huge crisp puffed up yorkshires.I keep it just for this and have used the same one for years.

allIcouldwishfor

I love silverwood baking tins for cakes, they last for years but are quite expensive to buy.

For roasts and stuff I have some portugese stoneware that DH bought for me from a local artisan shop.

My baking trays came from argos but I always use baking parchment on them because they stick, although they are supposed to be non-stick.

Aliss

The tinplate baking trays I bought from The Cooks Kitchen have held up well over a year of very hardcore cooking!

I really do like this site, think I've recommended it once already, it has really good value basics.

http://thecookskitchen.com/browse_9364

I'm slightly obsessed with silicone moulds at the moment, you can't beat them. They go in the freezer, oven, microwave, dishwasher and you can get some amazingly cute and ornate shapes which turn out with no greasing or lining!

I have a six-hole muffin tin which I use for muffins and also for making single-portion toad in the holes; you end up with a yorkshire pud with the sausage sticking vertically up out of it! It looks a tad rude but people seem to like them!

I also have plain silicone 'tins' for both round and square cakes. I'm not sure if these are bettter than normal tins as they can sometimes bulge a bit when you fill them with batter so your sponge has rounded sides. But I've recently acquired some X-form ones which have a hard ring around them which prevents bulging. I got them from TK Maxx and they were on sale- about £3 each! :j

I think Jamie Oliver has a range that also have the hard ring and they're probably easier to find than X-form.

Just one warning on the silicone- non-branded moulds can be a bit rubbish. I have a heart-shaped muffin one that leaves lumps behind when you try and turn out. Paton Calvert is the best brand I've found and you can get those on Amazon and in most cookshops. Overall I think I'll stick with my real tins for basic large shapes but for small cakes and intricate stuff it's silicone all the way.

I don't know what "orange cake" you're talking about but if it's the whole orange/ground almond cake that seems to be everywhere at the moment- that thing is sticky! Line your tin well. I've made in it- you've guessed it!- silicone before with no problems.

vfairbrass

I have a variety of different trays and tins - many from jumble sales but I invested in a wonderful Lakeland item which uses a slot system to make a variety of different sized rectangular and square tins from 1 inch to 12 inch. It's called the Silverwood multisize foldaway cake tin and is quite expensive but I use it all the time.
I have been known to bake four different cakes in it at once.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

allIcouldwishfor wrote: »

I love silverwood baking tins for cakes, they last for years but are quite expensive to buy


you can't beat silverwood,they always bake evenly and never warp.I have some that are about 20 years old. Like you I always use baking parchment,even in the bottom of non stick.

fizzel81

is it best really when it comes down to tins to save a little and buy something of a really good quality, if this is the case then i would rather save enough for tins that will last me and just do without for now (does that make sense)

i usually spend around £3-4 on a baking tray but got some nice non flimsy ones from poundland a few weeks back

kittycat07

To those who use the flexible silicone moulds - I've always been tempted but for some reason worry that cakes etc might taste a bit plasticy or not as nice. Is this me jumping to (wrong!) conclusions or do they taste differen?

Aliss

They don't taste different at all. I wasn't keen on the idea at first but have been a convert for 5 years now! You also get a nice brown colour on the sides of your cake etc just like you would with a metal tin. I love 'em!

Thistle-down

The best ones I have (and get the most use) are Mermaid ones - they were not cheap but I got them wayyyyy less than the RRP from the TK MAXX clearance cooking section. I check every week or so and manage to get a new one every couple of months. The cost around £6-8 but from our dept. store they are £25+ and they are such good quality I don't think they will ever need replacing.

The baking trays have a small edge on them so can be used for roasting and yorkshire puddings - I have also got a proper roasting tin that I use for baking!