Silicone baking molds: their properties and recommendations for use

Forms of silicone for baking have such characteristics as biological inertness - harmlessness to the human body, and resistance to sufficiently high and low temperature conditions, from -60 to +200.

Baking confectionery in silicone forms, you can not worry about the interaction of silicone with food, because in their production uses a material that does not come into contact with any substances. Thanks to these properties, silicone baking molds have a sufficiently long service life, they do not break with repeated use and do not affect the taste qualities of cooked bakery products.

Such forms are provided in the most diverse execution: if desired, you can buy the most original design, which will then be displayed on muffins, pies or other sweets. Many confectioners have come to love forms made of silicone, also because the cooked confectionery is very easy to get out of the mold, without any damage, without even needing oiling it. It is enough simply to turn this form inside out to take out the ready-made pastries.

If a person is engaged in the preparation of confectionery using these accessories for the first time, remember that baking in silicone molds is prepared much faster than in metal. In addition, silicone baking molds can be used to freeze their contents in a freezer or for baking in a microwave oven. Also, this material is not afraid of temperature changes, so do not be afraid of moving immediately from the freezer to the oven. However, in the course of operation after a while silicone bakeware can change its original color, but this does not affect their functionality in any way.

Recommendations for the use of silicone baking molds:

1. When baking desserts in forms of silicone, you do not need to lubricate them with oil, unlike traditional cookware for cooking. Due to this property of forms, the confectionery products cooked in it can be considered harmless food.
2. The possibility of using forms for any method of cooking. Despite the fact that the molds are designed for baking, they can still be used to make jelly, mousses, and, without fear of damage, to warm up in the microwave.
3. It is necessary to maintain a silicone mold filled with dough or other contents, since silicone is a fairly flexible material. This property, perhaps, is the only drawback of silicone capacity.
4. Baking cake, pie or other bakery products, it is advisable for some time to observe the baking, because it is unknown how the oven and the form will react to the selected temperature regime. Depending on the ingredients used, a different amount of time is consumed for the preparation of confectionery products.
5. At the end of cooking, baking it is very easy to remove from the silicone mold: just turn it over and shake its contents lightly.

Before use, silicone bakeware should be thoroughly washed with a neutral detergent using a soft sponge, preferably with a wavy surface. If the form has just been bought and before it was not prepared in anything, it should be lightly smeared with butter. Further, baking baked goods in the oven, you do not need to use fats.

Silicone molds greatly facilitated the preparation of confectionery products for many housewives - with a minimum of time, you can get delicious and healthy pastries.