silicone bakeware Q

I don't think they need lining Totty, I certainly didn;t bother with my silicone mini loaf 'tins' and the tiny lemon syrup loaf cakes popped out without a problem.

Yay! thanks Ginni, easier than I thought, Im off to bake a cake then! Yum

I have a sillicone cake tin and it stick terribly, so much so I think I'm going to get rid of it. I need to line it with baking parchment

I have a silicone loaf tin and that's fine, it's a more expensive make, so cheap does not really mean OK

Enjoy your baking

I have a stoooopid phobia of silicone bakeware, as I do with Teflon products.

Does anyone know, is there any evidence of chemical leaching?

I'd love to use them though - such pretty colours! lol

Ok, cake baked...... total disaster! stuck to bakeware and came out in bits. Ive had to stick it together with jam and icing. next time Im lining them

Glad it's not just me ?

I bet it tastes lovely despite the repair job

Not tasted it yet its sat on a plate in the kitchen looking v sorry for itself. Im v disappointed, but it will not beat me!?

Oh no, sorry WT. Mine definitely didn't stick. Sorry for giving you bad advice ?

When I use mine I always grease mine with butter, none of my cakes have stuck yet (Am touching wood as I type this!).

Well it gives me a good excuse to bake some more, all in the interests of baking science! Anyway the cake itself, although looking sorry for itself is flippin yummy!

Did you take it out when the cake was still hot? I read somewhere it's best to leave the cake in the tin until it's completely cold then release.

Nope I was patient and left them til they were cold, they still stuck. Im gonna line them next time and see how that goes. More cake baking beckons!

A light dusting of flour/cocoa powder usually does the trick for me - no paper or butter/oil/grease.

WSS.

I also kind of pull the sides away gently when I take it out of the oven but leave it in there until it's fully cooled. I have had less sucess with cupcake cases though.

Thanks for the top tips girls, Im gonna try them all out and see whats best!

Hello, bit late to this, sorry!

i have a couple of mini silicon cupcake trays and have found that as long as grease them a bit first with a bit of butter the cake pop out perfectly afterwards. I did have an initial disaster with blueberry muffins, but I think that was because some parts of them were soggy once cooked so they broke apart as I tried to prise them out of the moulds. Did cupcakes over the weekend and they were fine though - and heart-shaped! ?

yay for heart-shaped cupcakes The heart shaped ones were cooked in silicon cake moulds with no buttering or flouring.

Funny how the heart-shaped ones taste nicer, isn't it? ?

perhaps i'll try them without greasing next time then as an experiment. then maybe they'll be healthier and I can legitmately eat more? ?