Would you use plastic cake tins for baking?

[havsulen]

I got several cake tins/muffin forms as a gift from my mother, and since I am trying to use as little plastic as possible I am not tempted to use them. It is food grade plastic for sure, but still - what happens when I heat them up - what do they omit?

Would you use them?

[laohaire]

Hm. No. Heck, I've never even heard of such a thing. I'd donate.

[TonyaW]

The worst way to use plastic is in cooking with heat. I would absolutely not use them.

[Arduinna]

I'm sure you are talking about silicone, I'm not against them specifically but they don't brown the same way as regular pans.

[cristeen]

If they're silicone, yes i would. And i do. Theyre a better choice than teflon, imo. And if you use parchment paper or silpats, they're made of the same material.

[TonyaW]

I previously said no I wouldn't use plastic, but if it is silicone, then yes I would use them.

[havsulen]

Thanks so much for all of your your input! I didn't even know that silicone was used to make stuff for baking. I hadn't even opened the stuff because I was immediately turned off by the idea of heating food in it, but now I opened it and did not find a label saying what it is made of. It is very soft and flexible. Is there a way I can tell whether it is silicone?

[laohaire]

It's silicone. I'm sure of it just based on what you describe. I'm doing a head slap that I didn't think of it before, actually - I was just going on the word "plastic" and not questioning it. Have fun using it!

[CookAMH]

Originally Posted by laohaire 

It's silicone. I'm sure of it just based on what you describe. I'm doing a head slap that I didn't think of it before, actually - I was just going on the word "plastic" and not questioning it. Have fun using it!

I agree, it's definitely silicone.  Anything plastic can't go in the oven anyway, so it's not plastic.