Recently I have been looking for some new pans, and one thing that I notice is that silicone seems to be less expensive than the metal pans, but one thing that I also notice is that when I go to cake decorating stores, or baking specialty stores, I do not see a lot of silicone anything.

I have never used silicone bakeware/cookware before, so my question is, is there a benefit or a disadvantage to using silicone over metal pans? Are the cakes dryer, take longer to cook, lose or gain anything? Logically, I look at silicone bakeware and see how it can be far more convenient, but at the sake of losing quality, I would rather not spend the money.

What are your opinions? Anybody have experience in both?

Thanks!

I got a silicone "big top cupcake pan" and it's like turning blood into wine. I hate baking with it...it never bakes right

I'm not sure if it's because it's a giant cupcake shape or because it's silicone. I would try the other silicone pans out, but I bought them and used them originally to make soap..so making cake in them is a no-go.

Do you have a dollar tree store near you? They sell some silicone little pan and you could test it out from those. I've also found a silicone brownie pan at the thrift store, so try yours just encase

Gosh! I apologize. I didn't get an email letting me know somebody responded, and completely forgot about this question, haha!

I do have a Dollar Tree, so I will definitely head over there and get a couple to practice with. It seems like easier clean up, but if the cakes don't come out right, it doesn't make sense to me to spend too much money on them.

I saw the giant cupcake pan in the silicone mold, which made me think of it.

Thanks for your thoughts

My kids got me a silicone bundt pan for Christmas one year. I did ask for it, so I didn't feel so bad donating it to Goodwill after one use. I thought the outside of the cake was slick or slimy, not nice and crusty and baked like a cake should be, IMO.

lol, at least it was quickly donated to Goodwill! Hm, I wonder why it would be slimy. Perhaps the silicone just can't conduct heat well enough, I imagine.

Thanks for your thoughts

I dislike like all of my silicone pans. Even the silicone pans for my regular cupcakes don't bake up right.