Silicon Bakeware

SailorSam

Look in Home & Bargain they have them there.

madnessandmayhem

julietiff wrote: »

They have silicone bakeware in £1 shops too

I got some from poundland-I got a teddy bear, and a butterfly shaped cake one and a couple of packs of the muffin cases-yes they do stain, but they are clean and no-one sees them anyway! I also found it soooo much easier to get the cakes out!!

milliemonster

B&M sell them too, I bought a silicone loaf tin in there today for £2 I think it was

Philippa36

I love them, no black burned trays that are impossible to keep clean! Home Bargains has a reasonable selection for around £2 each and worth checking in TK Maxx as they usually have a good range of different muffin/cake/loaf tins.

They are so easy to clean and look good as new even after almost a year of use.

ALIBOBSY

Another positive vote here too. I use sillicone liner for my victoria sponge metal trays and my brownie/traybake tins, sillicone muffin tins and fairy cake liners all are brill.
I also have a loaf tin and my banana loaf comes out perfectly. Bread tends to push it sideways a bit so you get a slightly wider flatter loaf, but it cooks well and is easy to turn out.

I haven't noticed any discolouration at all, surely you would have to bake something like a sauce (tomato/curry) to stain. Can't see sponge staining anything?
Sillicone spatulas are also superb.
BTW the muffin trays can also make little jellys/frozen pudds/chilled puds that can then be turned out as they are oven/fridge/freezer safe.


ali x

NualaBuala

La-Cara wrote: »

I've only used silicone muffin cases (individual ones not the trays) so far, and they work brilliantly! Cakes come out a great shape, and pop out really easily, so easy to wash as well. Maybe it just depends on the brand? I got mine from lidl and would definitely recommend them.

Thanks that's handy to know.:T Lidl (in Ireland, not sure about UK) has them on offer tomorrow; 6 for €1.99.

maman

Two quick questions for you silicone experts out there:

• do you only use silicone liners for baking or would they work for things like potato wedges, oven chips etc?
• do you hand wash them or can they go in dishwasher?

angeltreats

I've just used my silicone liner for the first time. I picked it up in Lidl the other day for £1.99. I made some Viennese biscuits, which sometimes stick to the baking tin, but they lifted off no problem. This thing is fantastic! I'm going to pick up another couple tomorrow. I'm tempted to buy some silicon loaf 'tins' and baking sheets now too, if they are this good.

I can't imagine there'd be any problem using them for potato wedges etc but I might be inclined to keep one separate for sweet things and another for stuff with garlic, spices etc at least till I was sure the flavours didn't linger.

Oh and mine will be washed by hand because I don't have a dishwasher

geordie_joe

angeltreats wrote: »

This thing is fantastic! I'm going to pick up another couple tomorrow. I'm tempted to buy some silicon loaf 'tins' and baking sheets now too, if they are this good.

I can't imagine there'd be any problem using them for potato wedges etc but I might be inclined to keep one separate for sweet things and another for stuff with garlic, spices etc at least till I was sure the flavours didn't linger.

Oh and mine will be washed by hand because I don't have a dishwasher

I use silicon baking sheets and the flavours don't linger when I handwash them.

I also have silicon loaf "tins" and cake "tins". The loaves never stick, but cakes often do if I don't oil them first.

I also have a silicon baking mat but rarely use it as I discovered the sheets soon after buying it.

If you can't get the silicon bakeware locally, they sell lots of it on ebay.

Kiwisaver_2

Seems I must be the only one who doesn't get on with my silicone 'tins'. I have what we call a Friand tray (like muffins, but oblong like, loaf shapes) and I hate the thing. Cake or muffin mix just doesn't bake the outside 'crust' correctly and everything comes out looking pale and uninteresting around the sides and burned on top. I don't think it generates enough heat, where it is in contact with the cake and everything I have tried has the look and feel of steamed pudding. It's kind of put me off trying anything else.