Quality roasting and baking tins/trays?

NicolaJH_2

Mermaid are good. I only have an 8 inch cake tin made by them which was bought for me. It's really good and should last a long time. You can get them from Lakeland.

As with most things, if you are going to use them regularly then by good quality items as they should last you.

I also like my 12 hole muffin tin from Lakeland and I use that more than the cake tin. The other thing I use quite a lot for baking brownies and such things is a tray bake tin which I picked up pretty cheaply from morrisons but it seems to be okay.

ben500

I find that the silicone muffin cases I bought recently are extremely good and another bonus is they don't clang when you drop them and wake up the whole neighbourhood. The prices are comparable to good quality tins and I find them more practical and far easier to store due to their flexibility.

buxtonrabbitgreen

Funny you starting this thread gingham. I was just wondering about what are the oldest items of kitchen equipment you all use. I decided my salter scales were a health hazard so have been scrubbing them with a toothbrush and stardrops this morning. I have had them 38 years. I also have a lot of very old baking tims frying pans etc, but my favourite is a sandwich cake tin which has a slice thing on which turns round to release the cake. I would dearly love to find another but have never seen one. That too is about 40 years old and not stainless so I have to scrub it with a scourer before I use it every time as it tends to rust between uses however well I dry it. I second TK MAx for stainless steel saucepans.

rosieben

vfairbrass wrote: »

It's called the Silverwood multisize foldaway cake tin and is quite expensive but I use it all the time.

I'm intrigued by this - does it discolour in the empty sections when you bake a small cake? Lakeland sell extra dividers too, looks like it would be a good investment. I like the fact that it folds flat for storage too

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

my favourite is a sandwich cake tin which has a slice thing on which turns round to release the cake. I would dearly love to find another but have never seen one.

I had a couple of those, they were great - havent seen them around for years

I've never looked in TKMax for kitchen things so will make a stop there next time I'm by. I'm only using cheapies at the moment and they wont last long.

Useful thread, thanks GR!

Aliss

Speaking of old items, I have my great-grandmother's cake tin!

It is an 8inch round iron tin, very deep with a loose base (the edges of which are razor sharp!) I have used it once and it worked but you risk your fingers just picking it up! I don't know the exact age but it has to be about 85yrs old.

Does anyone know where you can recycle metal cake tins? I have a few square ones that I want to get rid of as they are slightly warped. I make wedding cakes so I do need them to have the absolute right angles. I don't want to sell them on eBay for this reason, so should I just send them to the charity shop or is there a better use for them?

seraphina

I use mainly Silverwood stuff - I have their loaf tins, a flan tin and a springform pan. I ask for them as birthday presents:rotfl:

I have a silicon Kugelhopf mould I got from Somerfield for a few quid which makes pretty cakes, and a normal fairy cake tin I picked up from Tescos.

I would highly recommend the Silverwood stuff or the silicon moulds - TK Maxx is the best place to go. They always have tons of kitchen stuff for next to nothing!

However I haven't been able to find a good, solid enamelled oven tray that won't warp so if anyone has any ideas...

rosieben

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

my favourite is a sandwich cake tin which has a slice thing on which turns round to release the cake. I would dearly love to find another but have never seen one.

Found one on http://thecookskitchen.com/browse_9396 No pictures unfortunately and they are very cheap so not sure about it.

janb5

seraphina wrote: »

I use mainly Silverwood stuff - I have their loaf tins, a flan tin and a springform pan. I ask for them as birthday presents:rotfl:

I have a silicon Kugelhopf mould I got from Somerfield for a few quid which
However I haven't been able to find a good, solid enamelled oven tray that won't warp so if anyone has any ideas...

Seraphina, I`ve bought some solid baking trays from Savacentre. They usually cost about £8-9 but are excellent quality and have lasted me about 10 years and dont buckle. HTH

CaramelKoala

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

That too is about 40 years old and not stainless so I have to scrub it with a scourer before I use it every time as it tends to rust between uses however well I dry it. I

Have you tried rubbing it with a tiny bit of oil before storing it away (not enough to make it greasy, just enough to seal it) ?

This works well for woks and other cast-iron pans.

Justamum

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

I have to scrub it with a scourer before I use it every time as it tends to rust between uses however well I dry it.

Any metal trays, graters, sieves, etc I have used in baking I put into the oven after I have dried them, and the residual heat finishes them off. You might find this stops the rusting.