5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Very nonstick, but also very floppy, only rated to 428 deg,
March 20, 2005 Thida Cornes (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SiliconeZone 9-Inch Round Cake Pan, Blue (Kitchen)
This cake pan has a nice shiny surface on the inside, which I assume makes it more non-stick. Some silicone bakeware has a dull inside surface. And cakes do flip out very easily. It also appears to be well constructed. It's flexible yet strong. Though it's a little floppy, so you do have to put a cooking sheet under it to take it out of the oven otherwise you'll break up the cake. When I bend the pan, it doesn't show any white, which indicates no fillers were used. Its other drawback is that it's only good to 428 degrees. That's okay with the cake recipes I use, but it makes wonder about its overall quality. The SiliconeZone web site says that their bakeware is FDA approved to 625 degrees, so I don't understand why this item is not.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Unimpressed,
April 23, 2005 Spamalot - See all my reviews
This review is from: SiliconeZone 9-Inch Round Cake Pan, Blue (Kitchen)
After baking three cakes in the pan, I am totally underwhelmed by its performance. The waffle/diamond pattern in the bottom sticks badly unless you use enough oil and flour to fill them. Then, you wind up with so much flour/oil coating on the cake that you must scrape it off. They do NOT clean up easily even with large amounts of oil and flour. I could not hand clean all the residue. The residue would not come off in the dishwasher, either. Only using a Scotchbrite pad could get them clean and this is, of course not recommended.
They must be used on a cookie sheet which increases the cooking time. Do not level your batter until you place it on the cookie sheet, because, when you lift the pan, (the pan is flexible) it will undo your work. Also, you cannot use the pan inverted, for assembling because the sides are too flexible.
I'm returning them.