Q.: Sometime ago I bought an orange silicone pumpkin-shaped cupcake pan. It has a recipe but nothing else. Do I set it on a cookie sheet? Do I use the same temperature? Do I grease and flour the pan?
— Bev Lino,
Norton
A.: Baking in silicone is as easy as baking with traditional metal or glass baking pans. Silicone tends to bake very evenly, which is a plus. However, its flexibility makes it difficult to handle once filled with batter unless it is first placed on a baking sheet, so yes, definitely do this.
Bake at the same temperature called for in your recipe. Silicone can withstand oven heat up to 500 degrees.
As far as greasing the pan, you can grease and flour in the traditional way, but with silicone I find it is easier to just give it a good coating of nonstick cooking spray.
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