Forms for baking: what to choose?

Sharp, bright, pinching, unique and incomparable with nothing memories of the holiday in the parental home. The smell of my mother's cookies with cinnamon and Napoleon cake with a tasty vanilla cream can not be forgotten. So can not smell in any confectionery world. For many of us, this is the main argument in favor of cooking baked goods for our relatives and guests. And more importantly, a homemade cake or chocolate cake will not contain any GMOs or harmful to health dyes, thickeners and preservatives. The furnace at home is now simpler, easier, faster and, more importantly, more interesting. Forms for baking cakes, muffins, cookies and other delicacies are widely represented in any supermarket. They are created to help housewives, to bake masterpieces of culinary art.

Variants of confectionery forms

Forms for baking can have integral or collapsible structures. One-piece capacities are fulfilled:

• In the form of geometric figures - square, rectangular, round, oval, polyhedral;
• Different simple and complex forms - the star, heart, flowers, etc .;
• For children - forms in the form of heroes from fairy tales and cartoons, animal figurines and much more.

Very popular are demountable tanks - with a removable bottom, or a lateral surface. Often manufacturers make parts multifunctional. Their surface can be smooth, embossed or with different patterns. Such universal forms can be used for baking cakes for cakes, as well as making cookies, muffins, and cakes. From the demountable containers it is easy to take out the ready-made pastries. The forms for baking differ in the size of the base, the bottom, the height of the lateral part, i.e. Depth and material from which they are made. Collapsible usually only metal. In production, use tinplate, stainless steel, aluminum. Whole options, in addition to metal with different coatings, are ceramic, glass and silicone. When choosing especially, you need to pay attention to the heat resistance of the material, its strength and safety for your health and the environment.

Advantages of metal

As for pies, cookies, many can consider themselves conservatives: the grandmother's cast-iron form for baking nuts is still serving as faith and truth. It is known that food cooked in cast iron dishes best preserves its nutritional properties. In it, everything is baked well and does not burn. Personally, I'm not afraid of the weight of dishes from this material, even on the contrary - inspires confidence.

Durable, practical, with no negative impact on health and aesthetically beautiful forms of stainless steel with a matte, polished or mirrored surface.

Tin utensils and utensils for baking from aluminum alloys are produced without or with different coatings from burning. It will last a long time if you do not allow scratches from metal knives and blades. In the places of scratches your confectionery will necessarily stick and break.

Any metal forms must be lubricated with oil, so that the baking does not burn. The thicker the walls and the bottom, so the dishes are better, more durable and more expensive. When choosing still necessary to pay attention to the composition and thickness of the coating from burning. It should not excrete carcinogens when heated to high temperatures. If damage occurs, it is better and safer to replace such dishes.

Forms of ceramics

The first appeared ceramic dishes for baking bread, pies and confectionery. As a part of heat-resistant ceramics - only natural, non-polluting materials. Bake in it is safe for human health, and to preserve useful micronutrients, nutrients and vitamins in dishes. It is simple and easy to use. Modern versions have a very attractive appearance. In such dishes, you can serve the baked goods without taking them out. Pies can be cut directly into shape without fear of scratches.

To make the products not burnt, the forms of ceramics should be oiled and sprinkled with flour. Because of the porous structure for washing any ceramic ware, it is better not to use chemical cleaning agents, but for a short while to soak in warm water and everything will be washed off perfectly. Because of the same porosity, ceramic forms are not as durable as metal ones.

Refractory glass in confectionery

Forms of heat-resistant glass are evenly warmed up, withstand high temperatures and slowly cool. Ecological and aesthetic advantages of such dishes are similar to ceramic analogues. But even tempered glass does not like sudden temperature changes and can crack. This, perhaps, is the only minus of the forms from this material.

Silicone - modern and practical

The last generation of cookware for confectioners, which is in high demand, are silicone molds for baking. The basis of them is rubber or wool with fiberglass, covered with elastic silicone foam. Silicone products from Germany, France and Spain are well established. Domestic silicone in quality while inferior to European manufacturers, but at a price affordable forms from any other materials. It affects the variety of species and size. Because of the flexibility and softness, even a large number of molds are easy to store. They are simply twisted, and they will not occupy much space in the kitchen cupboard. This same softness and instability turn into a disadvantage when baking confectionery products from a more liquid dough. But now there are many options with metal supports to maintain the shape. In any case in the oven, baking in silicone is better to put on a baking sheet. Modern forms do not require oil lubrication, just before the first application. Baking in them does not burn, and it is convenient to take it out. Easy and caring for them. Preparation takes less time because of the excellent heat transfer of the material. Whichever form you choose, we are sure that your efforts to indulge your relatives or friends with homemade cakes, and maybe surprise your culinary masterpiece, will not leave anyone indifferent.