Silicone Cake Pans: Yay or Nay?

Cafe Society
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I’m thinking of buying a silicone fluted tube (Bundt-type cake pan) in lieu of a traditional, metal fluted tube and I have a few questions.

  1. Are they a pain in the ass to work with? I mean, I would imagine transferring them to the oven while they’re filled with cake batter is a little awkward. I guess you could fill them while they’re on a baking sheet and transfer the whole shebang into the oven.

  2. Do you need a baking sheet? They’re so flexible that I can’t see how you wouldn’t make a mess unless you used one.

  3. Do you still need to oil and flour them? If you didn’t, that would be a major plus.

  4. Are they easier to clean? I would imagine the aforementioned flexibility would make them so.

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So that’s what they call boobies these days? Cake pans?

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I’ve been meaning to post the exact same questions. Come on, surely at least one Doper has tried one of those things. I think it would be easier to get the bundt cake out in one piece using a silicone pan.

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IANASCPU (silicone cake pan user), but I have talked to someone who owns several and loves them. Her answers:
No
Yes (or at least it helps a whole lot, although well-made ones are fairly thick and sturdier than cheaply made ones)
No
Yes

She bakes a lot and gace them a rave review.

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I use silicone baking vessels fairly regularly and I really like them. You do have to use a baking tray under the cake and loaf pans to stabilize the soft silicone, but this requirement takes care of any drips and overflows. I like the fact that I no longer have to grease and flour cake pans, and you can manipulate the cooked and cooled product out of the pan as if you were getting ice cubes out of a plastic tray. Incidentally, if there’s a Tuesday Morning store near you, you can buy a group of silicone baking products: cake pan, loaf pan, muffin pan, cookie liner and a bundt pan for about $30.00. Oh, don’t forget, you can also use your silicone pans for cold products as well. I anticipate lots of jello molds in the bundt pan that will be easily removable. I hope this helps.

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For some rason I found this funny as hell.

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Hey, is that the Tuesday Morning that’s in Bailey’s Crossroads (near the REI)?

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. There’s an REI around here? How long has it been around?

Why the hell wasn’t I told about this?!

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That REI is about half a block south of Rt. 7 on Carlin Springs Rd. (behind the Myer-Emco). There’s another one in College Park, I think.

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Speaking of Tuesday Morning locations, there are three that I check out on a monthly basis. The one on Carlin Springs Rd next to REI, one in the West Springfield area on Rolling Road, and my personal favorite a large one in the Rose Hill shopping center right off of Franconia Rd. If a particularly good assortment has come in and parts are scattered, I’ll check in at all three locations to complete a set. I just picked up a few ceramic baking dishes from Cuisinart this way. Hope this helps.