Great topic and great writeup. For sure we won't come to a conclusion today. 😉. IMHO it depends on what you're baking and on the gauge (read weight) of your mould. If we're baking heavy batters or heavy doughs with lots of water (read a pound cake or a rye loaf), nothing beats heavy gauge dark carbon steel molds on heavy carbon steel sheets. I even have a colleague (I bake professionally in France) who had custom heavy gauge stainless steel molds made for his pound cakes. Nothing beats that, ever. You need a kick of heat from the very beginning to max volume. On the other hand, if you're baking a sponge / génoise , you need things to go slower and a, light aluminum mold in a, light color will be great. In any case, glass, silicon, paper and ceramic molds must be avoided at all costs. Hope this helps.
thank you so much 😊 i honestly hadn’t considered the weight of the pan/batter or dough being a factor so this is really insightful! the more you know 🙌
So informative! I’ve been moving to aluminum but my nonstick babies still get lots of use 🩷
yup, same here ☺️ using my nonstick pans until they fall apart!!!!
Great topic and great writeup. For sure we won't come to a conclusion today. 😉. IMHO it depends on what you're baking and on the gauge (read weight) of your mould. If we're baking heavy batters or heavy doughs with lots of water (read a pound cake or a rye loaf), nothing beats heavy gauge dark carbon steel molds on heavy carbon steel sheets. I even have a colleague (I bake professionally in France) who had custom heavy gauge stainless steel molds made for his pound cakes. Nothing beats that, ever. You need a kick of heat from the very beginning to max volume. On the other hand, if you're baking a sponge / génoise , you need things to go slower and a, light aluminum mold in a, light color will be great. In any case, glass, silicon, paper and ceramic molds must be avoided at all costs. Hope this helps.
thank you so much 😊 i honestly hadn’t considered the weight of the pan/batter or dough being a factor so this is really insightful! the more you know 🙌
thanks so much for chiming in!!