Baking Guides

There are two ways lining a loaf tin goes wrong. Either the paper wrinkles and bakes pleats into the sides of your loaf, or you discover, at the exact moment you turn the tin over, that the paper itse …

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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 al …

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