Baking Guides

There's a noise every baker knows and nobody enjoys: the metallic pop from inside the oven, ten minutes into a bake, as a thin tray gives up and buckles. If you've heard it, the tray was almost certai …

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In June, Ella of Ella's Better Bakes got in touch and asked whether we would send her our 12-cup mini cheesecake tin to test. The arrangement was simple: we send the tin, she gives an honest review, g …

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Most non-stick tins start brilliantly. Loaves slide out, washing-up takes ten seconds, and you wonder why anyone bothers with anything else. Then, somewhere around the end of the first year, the coati …

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There's a particular sound a cheap baking tray makes a couple of minutes after it goes into a hot oven: a sharp metallic crack as the base buckles. If you've heard it, you already know what this guide …

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Every piece of bakeware I've looked at recently seems to carry the label "PFOA-free." It's printed on the box, listed in the bullet points, sometimes mentioned twice. And that's fine — but it's …

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Short answer: it depends entirely on what the tin is made of — and for most tins sold today, the answer is no. If your new tin has a non-stick coating, seasoning it does nothing useful and event …

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