My baking strips are a wreck and I need new ones. I just purchased a sewing machine and thought that at some point I had read that folks had made their own from terry toweling.
My question is.... how many layers of toweling?
Thanks.
I recently made some baking strips from some terry cloth scraps I have. They were new. I doubled them and they're too thick. I am going to make some new ones with only one thickness. I did not like the way the outside edge of the cake came out and the cake was hard to remove from the pan. I never had that problem until these new thick strips.
How are you planning to fasten them? I'm using a large saftey pin right now but am toying with the idea of velcro--wonder if it can take the heat.
I took old bath towels and cut strips about 4inches wide the length of the towel. I didnt sew anything, I just fold them in half when I need to use then. I wrap them around the pans and tuck the ends into its self and go. Ive been using them for a year or 2 now. I tried the bake strips from the store and I think the towels soaked and wrung out work better for me. And they virtually cost nothing.
I'm going to use the long pins that came with my old ones. I guess it depends on how thick the orginal toweling is whether one folds or not, and how many times.
Please let us know what works best. I need some but they are always one of those things that I just do without.
I use small binder clips to secure my baking strips. They're easy to attach and detach.
How are you planning to fasten them? I'm using a large saftey pin right now but am toying with the idea of velcro--wonder if it can take the heat.
oh no velcro! might melt and heated plastic gives off toxic fumes!
I took old bath towels and cut strips about 4inches wide the length of the towel. I didnt sew anything, I just fold them in half when I need to use then. I wrap them around the pans and tuck the ends into its self and go. Ive been using them for a year or 2 now. I tried the bake strips from the store and I think the towels soaked and wrung out work better for me. And they virtually cost nothing.
do you wring them out pretty well or just so it's not dripping?
They need to be just damp; wring them out well.
I LOVE the idea of binder clips!
..and I cross the velcro off the list!
Thanks for the wonderful idea. I was debating on buying those, but now I will just try your way.
hey gals... thanks for the idea... i'd been thinking about buying the baking strips but was having a hard time justifying the cost... and i just happen to have some dish towels i was about to replace... and I LOVE using the binder clips! can't wait to try this with my next cake
Hi i just made my own bake strips last night after seeing a post just cut strips from my old towl and the ends overlaped all i did to hold in place was use a paper clip worked great. I soaked the strips and just rung them out a tiny bit i wanted them to stay pretty wet.My cakes seem to come out pretty good and i made a 8x3,10x3 and 12x3 cake. Loved the idea when i saw it and best was i already had the towel compared to spending $9 for a bake strip.
*Stupid question time*
In using the homemade baking strips, would it matter if they are used in a gas oven vs an electric oven? I will be making the cake for my daughters baby shower tomorrow. I'm going to use the new commercial gas oven at my church since I can bake everything at once.
I fold up a few sheets of newspaper, soak them in water, wrap aluminum foil around them so the newspaper doesn't dry out, and attached them to the cake pan with binder clips. Always a success.
um.......you can make homemade baking strips??? lol :$
I was just gonna buy the Wilton one?
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