Silicon Bakeware

AlisonMcCabe

I met a lady who says her silicone baking products go mouldy. She washes them in the dishwasher and makes sure they are dry before she puts them away. And when she gets them out the next week to do more baking they are mouldy:mad: . Why do they do this? I've never had a problem, has anyone else had this happen. Is it a poor brand of silicone? Any suggestions?

Olliebeak

I've been disappointed with my silicon bakeware .

There were no instructions at all with my 2lb loaf 'tin' so I just rinsed it out, dried it and put my mixture in. Result was the bottom completely stuck!

Because it's got 'ridge bottom' (rather like my cellulite ) it was a bit of a pain to clean as well.

Second attempt, I had finally managed to get out all the remains of the previous attempt and greased it (as advised on here somewhere). This time was better BUT a chunk of the corner stayed stuck in the mould.

From now on, it's back to greaseproof paper for me - I know it's a bit of a faff, but at least I get good neat results.

nodwah

I love my muffin tin ones that i got in tk maxx. They clean up great and I don't need to use paper cases - I just lightly grease with butter

lturneris40

Went in to my local Lidl's today and all the non XMAS shaped silicon bake ware is reduced from £2.99 to 29p!!

HTH

Beccah_3

I adore my silicone bakeware but as others have said I find that I have to grease them. The trick to getting things to come out cleanly is to leave them to cool completly in the silicone tin.

Olliebeak

Thanks for that hint about cooling completely in the silicone mould, Beccah.

I'll give it another go .

bizzylizzy

I have acquired a silicon muffin 'tin' from Freecycle :j
What oven temperatures can I use it at, and can it be put in the dishwasher?
(This is my first piece of silicon cookware )

Justamum

You can bake up to 300C/572F, can be frozen to -50C/-58F, and I've washed mine in the dishwasher with no problems. I've only got the individual muffin cases - I tried a muffin tray but found it very floppy (I suppose I should have put it on a baking tray :rolleyes:)

Murrell

can also use it in the microwave too!!

bubbs

Hi,
This may be a silly question but do you still have to grease these like you would a normal cake tin please .
Thanks