Silicon Bakeware

Grumpysally

Ive just used a silicone bun tray for the first time, bought it from tradex huddersfield £2.99. Made some little apple pies, but they came out rater soggy. Now this is probably me at fault,as I did leave them standing rather too long, did over fill them and the filling was rather wet. Will try them again soon for buns.
The instructions say to oil them before use, but this seems rather to defeat the object of being easier to use, I was hoping the cut down on the use of paper cases but not increase my fat consumption, surely stuff should slide out of silicone?
A : )

PS. ( next day addition) once they'd cooled down weren't soggy, pastry a bit greasy though so suspect I didn't have temp correct, or pastry at fault. ( ready made frozen....I know.... I know.....It had been in the freezer since before christmas , and the apples would have gone off if I hadn't made the pies there and then.... and I'm rubish at making pastry..... excuses ...excuses....)

anguk

I've just bought 2 muffin trays, 1 large cake tin, 1 cake ring and a loaf tin for £1 each at Poundland! I've wanted to try them for ages but they were a bit expensive for me so when I read that they were selling them in Poundland I couldn't resist.

They've still got quite a few left in the Gateshead Metrocentre branch if anyone's interested, & they also had novelty birthday cake ones.

jaybee

Are they easy to clean? Do they get that sort of stickiness that Yorkshire Pudding tins do? I've got a cupboard full of various baking 'tins' but I'm quite keen to try the silicon ones if they really work.

Str4berr3

AlisonW wrote:

Ive just used a silicone bun tray for the first time, bought it from tradex huddersfield £2.99. Made some little apple pies, but they came out rater soggy. Now this is probably me at fault,as I did leave them standing rather too long, did over fill them and the filling was rather wet. Will try them again soon for buns.
The instructions say to oil them before use, but this seems rather to defeat the object of being easier to use, I was hoping the cut down on the use of paper cases but not increase my fat consumption, surely stuff should slide out of silicone?
A : )

When I first used the silicone bakeware, I would grease hem like what the instructions says, but after abit more confidence, I now dont bother. And is still ok, just let it rest for a couple of minutes then turn the tray upside down and the food should just pop out.

black-saturn

Yep, I bought some from Poundland today so I will be trying it out very soon.

bigmuffins

I have some tupperware ones round, loaf and muffin pans, Seem to be fine for sponge cakes/loaf shapes but find it difficult to get muffins out in one piece - tend to crack and split in two. Also found yorkies were not very crisp - am I doing something wrong?
My yorkies in muffin TIN are fantastic so not my recipe at fault!

myriadabellium

I use them for making sticky things e.g. carrot cake, fruit loaf etc that would normally stick to the tin. They are excellent but, as others have said, v. bendy when full! But NOTHING sticks to them and they clean really easily in dishwasher or normal warm water - I'm a big fan. They smell weird the first time you use them though!

Grumpysally

I'm off to poundland tomorrow then folks.

Alison

leonie_2

Well I went to Aldi and got a couple of the silicone muffin tray to do my yorkshire puddings in, but now I have a question please.

Do I need to put a bit of lard in the muffin tray first? Im confused as I read that you dont pre heat them, just pop in the batter and then into the oven. So does this mean you need no lard to grease them at all?

Thanks guys

Grumpysally

AlisonW wrote:

I'm off to poundland tomorrow then folks.

Alison

non there, or in any of the other cheap shops in Huddersfield. Spent a fortune on other 'bargins' and £1.80 on parking!
Alison