Using silicone cake molds - Update - FAILED

[nadine_mn]

Last edited Fri Aug 16, 2013, 03:05 PM - Edit history (1)

ETA: Oh this was literally a train wreck. The mold was way too deep and detailed - they come out like mutilated brown blobs. I wanted to surprise my husband - ha! I guess he can play "Guess what shape this is supposed to be".

Thanks everyone for your responses, tips and advice.



I have one of those silicone cake molds (with train car shapes) - when I bake with it, do I put it on top of a cookie sheet in the oven? They seem too wobbly to put in the oven as is.

Any tips over all - I have never used one for baking (used it for jello molds only)

Thanks!

[Warpy]

1. Unless you enjoy cleaning burnt cake batter off the oven floor

put them in bigger pans or on cookie sheets, and the cookie sheets can be risky because they wobble so much.

Once the cake is done, they won't wobble so much.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. There's a VERY limited amount of cake needs where silicone is superior to other molds.

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[nadine_mn]

3. Nice - I am sure my husband would love that! nt

[bif]

4. We have a bunch of the cupcake ones.

They do seem pretty soft. So I would put them in a mold. But they're great. They work out great and they clean up great! Did I overuse the word "great"? Sorry.

[Lucinda]

5. I have the large muffin molds and always put them on a cookie sheet

I would with a cake mold too, but you probably don't have to. I get better stability with a pan underneath in my kitchen!

[The empressof all]

6. I hate them!

Tried them....and never had the results I get from the plain old metal tins. And you are correct, you need to place them on a cookie sheet or they are a floppy mess. I also have found them hard to really clean.

Great for Jello...not so much for anything else

[winter is coming]

8. Hate 'em for cake, but they work well with homemade Rice Crispy Treats. n/t

[The empressof all]

9. Oh goodness....I haven't made those in years....

I made them with cocoa crispies and peanut butter chips and of course The Fluff! I'm in the process of moving and most of my kitchen is packed away right now......Need to remember to make those again. LOL! Thanks

[winter is coming]

10. I love the cocoa ones, but "plain" ones are good with a smidge of vanilla extract

and some of those miniature chocolate chips.

Sending you some good moving vibes. You'll be so happy when it's all unpacked again! (And so tired.)

[nadine_mn]

11. big FAT FAIL

I would post a picture of how awful it turned out - but even my camera was ashamed.

Back to jello mold use only.

[The empressof all]

15. NO! So Sad

I hope you had far better luck in cleaning them than I did. Mine felt so slimy even after several washings I just tossed them.

[winter is coming]

7. I'd put it on something rigid. If your cookies sheets "flex", then turn a 13 by 9 upside down

and put it on that.

[Lucinda]

12. Just a thought, but did the mold come with a suggested recipe?

It might need a specifically designed batter to make the details come out... ?

[nadine_mn]

13. I don't think so - I have had it for awhile so I may have tossed it.

I bought it esp for jello - but then got the idea to make a train cake. Bad idea. Now I have looked at other train silicone molds and this one is by far a lot deeper - almost twice as much - and more detailed (long thin smokestack - that wasn't happening).

[Lucinda]

14. Ah makes sense. That would probably work well with jello.

It was worth trying though! Sometimes experiments can work out well.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

16. I have a silicone loaf pan, which is great for meatloaf

I once tried making bread in it, but I prefer a less wobbly pan for that.