Baking tips?

JoeyEmma

I have a can of Fry Light and just spritz this on the sides of my non stick cake tin. Takes 2 seconds. Just remember to hold the tin over the sink to avoid getting spray oil everywhere.

angie_loves_veg

I do the same as Joey Emma. works a treat too....

Ches

mrbadexample wrote: »

I've started using Clover, just to grease the tin, as it's softer and easier to manage. I don't get quite so covered. It's having to do the tin, and the greaseproof paper that gets me - the tin's easy, but trying to line it and then grease the paper is a mare. :oquote]

You don't have to grease the paper Mr B only the inside bottom of the tin. Stand the tin on the greaseprrof. Run a pencil line round it. Cut out then stick the paper in the tin and fill. Takes seconds and if you do it double you will have one spare for the next time.

sandy2_2

When I line the cake tin I cut greaseproof oversize, melt a bit of butter in microwave then with pastry brush I dab the inside of the tin and the greaseproof lining stick to that. Then I use the brush to paint the greaseproof. If you can see what I mean

janetmw

Cake tin liners are on offer in Aldi next Thursday!

http://www.aldi.co.uk/special_buys/special_buys_pid_58022.html

Janet

chalky_75

I think you cook with your tongue in your cheek!!!

rosy

Aldi had a packet of two "cookasheets" - they're teflon coated ( made by the makers of toastabags it says on the pack ) and you can cut them to size, they wipe clean dead easily and nothing I have tried yet sticks to them - meringues just slid off, and I've used them in roasting tins , lining the floor of the oven etc etc. Can't recommend them highly enough! They were on offer a couple of weeks ago at £1.99 for a pack of two, but if you're lucky your Aldi might still have some left ( mine does and they are now down to £1.49 ). I think they'll be a very good investment ( I have to admit I do use the Lakeland ready-fitted cake tin liners which are so easy and make the finished cake look very professional, like something out of a cake shop! - but the cost does add up if you can only use them once).

dolly_day_dream

rosy wrote: »

Aldi had a packet of two "cookasheets" - they're teflon coated ( made by the makers of toastabags it says on the pack ) and you can cut them to size, they wipe clean dead easily and nothing I have tried yet sticks to them - meringues just slid off, and I've used them in roasting tins , lining the floor of the oven etc etc. Can't recommend them highly enough! They were on offer a couple of weeks ago at £1.99 for a pack of two, but if you're lucky your Aldi might still have some left ( mine does and they are now down to £1.49 ). I think they'll be a very good investment ( I have to admit I do use the Lakeland ready-fitted cake tin liners which are so easy and make the finished cake look very professional, like something out of a cake shop! - but the cost does add up if you can only use them once).

If you don't have an Aldi nearby then Poundland do these sheets as well. I use them to line my most used baking tins and for my burger press as well. I use them to line my oven trays as well as they are easier to clean than the trays.

Linda32

mrbadexample wrote: »

:hello:

I end up with butter all over the place (mostly me :rolleyes: ), and it's a right pain in the [strike]b[/strike] neck cutting the greaseproof paper to fit, especially when it's a loaf tin. Parkin and carrot cake have to be made in a loaf tin or they'd be the wrong shape, and I can't be having that.

Havn't read all of this thread, so sorry if someone has already said this, but Lakeland sell pre-shaped paper liners for loaf tins. Around about 40 for £4.00 Our branch of Fenwick's sell them as well, but shops like Fenwick's are few and far between, think very OS department store.

They are 1lb size but still fit a 2lb loaf tin as well

shetitasatic

If you want to bake a cake in a different size /shape tin and aren't sure if the mixture will fit, pour water into the tin you usually use up to the line your cake usually reaches, and then pour this amount into the new tin you would like to use. You can see from this if it will fit, or if you need to increase the quantities IYGWIM