Tips For Using Silicone Baking Pans

I am glad that I researched how to cook with silicone bakeware. I would never have thought it necessary to use cooking spray on the cake pans. 

The Dough Academy suggests that even though these pans are non-stick, using a cooking spray coating can prevent further sticking. 

I used the spray and my cakes released perfectly from my pans and left very few crumbs behind. This was my first time using silicone baking pans. 

I think people buy them so that they don't have to oil the pans in advance. I believe that they would have worked well in that way but I will probably continue to use spray. 

The pans are worth having because they are very lightweight, easy to clean and I didn't have to flour them after spraying them.

Silicone bakeware how to use.

I cut up the 10" cake and put it in the freezer, except for a few pieces. Then I put the 6" cake in the 10" pan. 

Baking with silicone pans.

I ordered my pans from Temu, a 6" and a 10".

Find more baking tips for silicone pans and other cooking help at The Dough Academy, whose mission is to provide you with the knowledge, tips, and tricks you need to become a dough-making master.

Tags make lovely presentations for baking gifts. Print your own tags, cut out, punch holes and add pretty baker's twine or ribbon to embellish your edible gifts. 

Baker's twine is a two-tone twist of white and a color. It comes on cards or rolls. Traditionally, bakers used it to tie up white boxes of baked goods. It adds such a festive touch!

Tags for baked goods.

      Downloadable Gift Tags To Print

Valentine's Story Of Sharing

Years ago, I started buying myself flowers and Valentine's candy. Being long-time divorced and majority of the time single, I decided not to wait for someone else to bless me on Valentine's Day. I love fresh flowers and pressing them afterwards to use in crafting. And who doesn't like to open a box of assorted chocolates? Nowadays, I try to buy sugar-free too.

One year on one of my jobs, I placed my box of chocolates on the counter where co-workers would pass by throughout the day. I bought it not only for me, but to share in this way. It was a very pretty, metallic red, metal box. I tilted the lid partially opened as an invite to take one. As I was busy on the phone, the occasional co-worker took one of the candies and smiled down at me.

One co-worker exclaimed, How sweet of you to share your candy gift with us! Immediately, I started to say you're welcome but I bought it for myself. On the heels of that thought came this one, she thinks that I have been generous enough to give to them of my gift. Let them all think that.  

I did buy the candy for me and to share with them like this, which was a lovely gesture in itself. However, I perceived that it was a bigger blessing to them, beyond just buying the candy to share, to think that I gave of my gift to them, which is what I would have done anyway had someone given it to me.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! 

 

 

Get Started Now!

Have a wonderful Monday in this first week of February! I hope you do something creative today, something that you've been procrastinating about, dragging your feet in starting. Do it today! Start it today! Take a baby step towards it today! Today is the day to get started! Get started now!

Hearts And Dots ~ Hot Experience ~ Printable Paper

♦ "Digital & Hand-painted Hearts" design, original painted from left over paint from other projects, a green process.

♦ Prints on standard 8 1/2 x 11" paper.