Silicone molds

Silicone molds

Hot, cold and incredibly flexible! This can only be a silicone mold! Silicone baking molds are ideal for various hot and cold, savory and sweet dishes. Together with the children it is even more fun to use the extraordinary silicone molds. Indeed, the baking molds are almost indestructible and very fun to use. The silicone molds are both cold-resistant and heat-resistant. A general guideline ranges from - 40 °C to + 250 °C. The silicone mold is dishwasher safe, and silicone is very flexible and does not deform during the rinse cycle. This makes baking, freezing and even cleaning fun!

Silicone molds are the all-rounders in your kitchen

Baking silicone molds are durable, break-resistant and inexpensive. 3D silicone molds are perfect alternatives to classic metal baking molds. The most popular baking molds are usually made of aluminum or sheet metal, which are bulky. Especially in smaller kitchens, metal baking pans take up a lot of space. Metals cannot be bent or warped like silicone. That's why you find very few metal molds with small, intricate details. This is also why metal molds are used mostly for baking large-size products and less for freezing cold foods. Most metal baking pans must not be put in the dishwasher, otherwise the anti-stick coating can be washed off. With silicone baking molds, such problems are a thing of the past. Silicone baking dishes can be frozen, baked and cleaned in the dishwasher. There are a wide variety of small silicone molds, as well as large baking silicone molds. You can make cake layers, donuts, muffins or cake pops, but also ice cubes, confectionery, mousse or glacé. Attention: even if the silicone mold seems perfect, silicone will still get hot in the oven, so always use Oven gloves and allow the silicone mold to cool well. In contrast to metal baking molds, silicone molds cool down faster. This saves you time and you can process your production more quickly. Silicone is inexpensive compared to rubber and is resistant to chemicals and fungi. Silicone is a plastic, but does not need a plasticizer. Therefore, silicone is not toxic and rarely causes allergies. Silicone has an antibacterial effect, which is why the material is also regularly used in medicine. This makes silicone a very hygienic kitchen aid. Thanks to the surface, all masses can be loosened or toppled by bending and pulling the mold. While silicone is shatter and break resistant, it is not resistant to knife cuts or other sharp objects. Therefore, use only plastic or silicone cutlery for the silicone mold.

Shaping and variety of silicone molds

There is hardly a material in food production that is as versatile as silicone. Silicone adapts to a wide variety of shapes and sets no limits in molding. There is no area that a silicone mold cannot cover. Starting with appetizers, soups, salads, aperitifs to side dishes to cakes, jellies, mousses or other desserts. The silicone mold can be used for small, decorative details or for the main component. For delicate decorations, our Hüppen mats of silicone are suitable. If you want to bake smaller cakes, there are silicone molds for donuts, Gugelhupfe or cake pops. The fascinating thing about the molds is: You can also make glacé donuts, jelly cake pops or mousse pops in the silicone molds. Large silicone molds are also popular in the bakery. So you can bake whole sponge cake bases for cakes or use the same mold to make a cold cake filling for between the sponge cake. Silicone molds like to adapt to the contents, which is why small details come out perfectly both baked and frozen.

For this reason, silicone is also used to make so-called silicone embossers for small decorations. For example, you can press fondant, marzipan and modeling chocolate firmly into the mold and emboss. Then you bend the silicone mold to get the motif out of the mold.

Frozen sweet or savory

Cold or frozen masses are particularly well suited for silicone molds. Silicone molds for desserts are the most popular. In order for the mass to take on the shape, you can simply fill the finished mousse, glaze or sorbet mass into the cavities with a piping bag and distribute it in the silicone mold by pulling and pressing. The excess mass can then be removed with a spatula and poured into the next mold. When you have filled each cavity, place the mold in the freezer and let the desserts freeze for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Once the desserts are frozen, you can decorate the designs a bit. With frozen delicacies the Velvet spray on. This gets its beautiful velvet effect from freezing. You can also Cake shine use. With the Velvet Spray and also with the Cake Gloss, it is important that your masses are frozen. Ice cream, ice cream and sorbet can be served immediately. A mousse or patisserie can be thawed slowly in the refrigerator.

Creativity is the name of the game when it comes to silicone molds. Have you ever made a tomato soup? Surely! An important ingredient of a delicious tomato soup is the basil: Simply chop it up and add it to the soup - anyone can do that. With silicone molds you can make simple components the highlight. Make basil ice cream and fill a silicone mold of your choice with the delicious ice cream. Once frozen, place a frozen basil seed in your hot tomato soup. Simple, but creative! Even a simple herb butter can be filled into silicone molds. So at the next barbecue, everyone will be amazed at your homemade herb butter in the shape of a rose, a heart or your favorite shape! Try it out!

Baked sweet or savory

Silicone is also suitable for baking. Thus, sweet or even savory motifs can be created by baking. Whether chocolate cake, marble or lemon cake. The silicone mold adapts to your personal taste. Filigree Gugelhupfe, noble rose cakes and funny, filled donuts are only a fraction of the possibilities. A variety of side dishes can also be placed in the silicone mold for shaping and served with main dishes. Polenta, or cornmeal, in particular is a side dish that becomes very firm and is perfect for shaping and tumbling out of the silicone mold. Be creative and try your hand. If your hot food has cooled down, you can also put the silicone mold in the microwave for a short time without worrying.

What do I need to consider when cleaning and caring for silicone molds

Before use, you should place your silicone mold in a warm water bath with some dishwashing liquid. This is not necessary, but it contributes to the longevity of your silicone mold. The warm water with detergent closes the pores of the silicone surface better. Thus, the material remains flexible for a long time and you can enjoy the baking silicone molds longer. After the silicone mold has been in the water bath for 5-10 minutes, you can now place the mold on a kitchen towel to drain. Do not try to rub the baking mold dry with the kitchen towel. Silicone is an excellent lint catcher. So, if you dry the baking pan with the kitchen towel, your silicone mold may become covered with lint. Once the mold is dry, you can use the mold right away. Additional greasing is not necessary. If you still want to grease the silicone mold, you can use natural fats. Our Baking Release Spray, butter or coconut oil is best for greasing.

After you have baked delicious cakes or frozen various masses, you can simply put the silicone mold in the dishwasher. Many baking molds are usually not allowed to be put in the dishwasher, because the non-stick coating could be washed off by the suds. This is not the case with silicone. Even if you clean your silicone mold in the dishwasher, you should not forgo the water bath before using it. Occasionally, a white layer or white dots may form on the silicone mold, which is especially common if you have not used the silicone mold for a long time. Simply place the mold in the water bath with dishwashing detergent and the greasy film will dissolve from the silicone mold.

Depending on how often you use the silicone mold, we recommend that you outgas your silicone mold 1-2 times a year. To do this, place the silicone mold in the middle of your oven at 200 degrees top/bottom heat for 4 hours. The heat causes certain substances in the silicone baking mold to volatilize. Due to the flexibility of the material, you can fold silicone molds and store them in a space-saving way. Don't worry. The silicone mold will always return to its original shape, even after folding or bending.

Say goodbye to bulky metal baking molds and hello to flexible silicone molds! You will find a huge range of silicone molds in our online store. You are guaranteed to find your favorite mold!