Good cheap Baking Dishes and Trays

Grumpysally

lucy*locket wrote: »

I work in catering and we use aluminium baking pans, I've also got these at home. They'll last for years, don't stick if you heat them before using and are easy to clean (just soak them in a soapy water if any food baked on). You can buy them from Nisbets, the Vogue range are the ones I have. HTH.

That reminds me that my mum has an old aluminium baking tray that came from the school kitchen where my dad worked as a caretaker decades ago, that's still going strong. I once came across a load of catering trays on our local second hand market and have been kicking myself ever since for not buying anything.

The trouble with aluminium is you can't put it in the dishwasher can you? Mind you the dishwasher doesn't do teflon many favours either.
Alison

Miss_Liquorice

Just re: silicon trays, I hav sillicon cupcake cases that I really like, but the silicon 9" cake pans I have are totally useless. Every time I've used them, the middle refuses to cook properly, or it crumbles out of the pan into a mess on the plate. Much prefer the loose-based tins, or the springform ones.

seemasfriend

It depends what shape tin you use most often. I have taken to baking cakes in loaf tins which slice nicely and there is no need for any calorific filling - I have bought cheap pans but use the paper liners from Lakeland which are fantastic.

Mel2

I've got the whole range of Jamie Oliver(Tefal) silicone loaf tins, cake tins etc and they are fab. They have a reinforced top so everything keeps it's shape unlike cheaper versions. Nothing sticks and cakes, loaves of bread etc just fall out without any grease at all. I have since bought a couple of cheaper silicone loaf tins and have found them awful. They had wavy ridges as someone mentioned earlier and cakes etc stick terribly. Go for the Jamie Oliver(Tefal) ones if you're getting silicone!!!I wouldn't use anything else now!

daska

My mum uses her 'mermaids' all the time, I used them for many years while I was living there as well, and they are genuinely fabulous. The 'BakingGenius' ones are also good but I'd say not quite as good as the mermaids.

Personally I was on a very tight budget when we moved into our own place and went for 6 of everything in the Woollies closing down sale - and they're doing me proud, they'll last six times as long as one would :rotfl:.

rachbc

i'd vote for enamel, I don't like silicone bakeware or any non stick as eventually it peels off, however I've had enamel for years and its not warped, scrubs clean and if it needs to be non stick for something i use a silicone liner (which conversely to the bakeware I can't recommend enough)

lucy*locket

AlisonW wrote: »

That reminds me that my mum has an old aluminium baking tray that came from the school kitchen where my dad worked as a caretaker decades ago, that's still going strong. I once came across a load of catering trays on our local second hand market and have been kicking myself ever since for not buying anything.

The trouble with aluminium is you can't put it in the dishwasher can you? Mind you the dishwasher doesn't do teflon many favours either.
Alison

You're right the dishwasher does take it's toll, I tend to wash my trays by hand, not a big deal as everything else goes in the DW. Aluminium trays are a cheap, good, option for anyone who can't afford to spend too much. (like me:D). I would always snap any up if I saw them at the boot sale. Plus they look vintagey and lovely....

daska

I've not been too impressed with silicon either, except for the liners as mentioned above and a glass cake tin with silicon sides that I got in Lidl which is fabulous, not least because the glass bottom makes a decent serving dish!

Secret_Lady

anguk wrote: »

I recently bought a Bakingenius baking tray from Lakeland and it's the best tray I've ever owned, nothing sticks to it, it doesn't warp and it literally just wipes clean. I was lucky and got it when they first sold it and had it on special offer for about £6, they're £12.71 now but on 3 for 2 offer.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/bakingenius

I bought the Lakeland Tray when it was on offer and it is brilliant, totally non stick and ultra easy to clean. However, you have to be extremely careful as it is so slippy on the underneath. The first time I used it it nearly ended up on the floor as it slid straight across the top of the trivet, almost as if it was waxed! It is extremely slippy whatever you put it down on?

I would be interested to know if anyone else has had this problem as it has stopped me buying any more from the range. Maybe mine is super slippy!!

Magpye

Another recommendation for the Bakingenius trays, which has held up marvellously in the face of my DH's repeated abuse of it unlike our other (very expensive) heavy trays which have warped out of all recognition and/or taken on the appearance of a volcanic landscape.

I've not had a problem with it sliding about, but then I don't use trivets, i just plonk mine on top of the cooker.