Product Description

A red silicone tube cake pan

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125649 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: red
• Brand: Lifetime Brands
• Model: KBS933ER
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 11.30" w x 12.00" l,

Features

• FDA approved silicone
• Oven safe to 500 degrees Fahrenheit
• Heats and cools quickly and evenly
• Quick release
• Dishwasher safe

Amazon.com Review
One look at this rubbery bakeware and those uninformed about silicone will laugh at the possibility that it’s actually safe to bake in it. But safe it is and KitchenAid is just one of many bakeware manufacturers that is producing pans in this revolutionary material. Made of FDA-approved food-grade silicone, this tube cake pan bakes a moist spiced apple cake just as evenly as your metal pans and at temperatures up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, this silicone pan has the benefit of being safe for the refrigerator, freezer, and microwave and can withstand sudden temperature changes from one extreme to another without buckling. The nonstick surface releases cake easily and is safe for use with metal utensils aside from knives or serrated blades. An oversized rim makes the pan easy to lift and transfer to and from from the oven. The only noticeable difference with silicone is that the pans feel a little wobbly as you carry them from tabletop to oven filled with batter and vice versa. Placing this cake pan on a baking sheet will offer better stability for transferring baked goods and provide a level cooking surface in the oven. For easy cleanup, this pan is dishwasher-safe and will retain its nonstick cooking surface through hundreds of dishwasher cycles. KitchenAid provides a one-year hassle-free replacement warranty plus a lifetime limited warranty on this pan. --Cristina Vaamonde

Customer Reviews

SILICONE CAKE PAN
This is the only way to prepare a cake and get it finished without a lot of fuss.

If you make angel food cakes, don't buy this. You will be disappointed
I make angel food cakes--they are my family's favorite and I make about one a month, so I have a lot of experience with them. I received this pan as a gift. I didn't think it would work well, but I decided to try it out. Well, I can't say I'm surprised at the result.

The first thing you have to know is that when angel food cakes come out of the oven, you have to turn them upside down to cool. If you don't, they will collapse. There is a very good explanation of this and a drawing in the Joy of Cooking. THIS pan is so flimsy you can hardly handle it without crushing the cake, let alone turn it upside down. Let me tell you, the last thing you want when you are handling a 350 degree cake straight out of the oven is a rubber pan with the stiffness of whale blubber. When you turn a METAL pan upside down, you can set its handles on a couple of glasses or cups to allow air to circulate under it. The rim on this silicon pan is too unstable to support itself along with a baked cake, so there is really no way to hold the whole shebang up as it cools. With the no-stick surface you could easily find your cake on the floor.

The tube is not the right shape--it is too narrow at the bottom, so not enough hot air flows through it while baking. The result is that when the outside and bottom of the cake are done, the inside of the cake has not finished baking yet. The metal pan that Kitchenaid sells is about right--so why didn't they refer to that when they were designing this?

It is evident to me that the person who designed this product does not bake--or at least never made an angel food cake, which is, I believe, the primary use for such a pan. It is baffling that a company as established as Kitchenaid would go to the trouble and expense to manufacture and put this piece of junk on the market. It is also evident to me that they could make it work. But, it needs rethinking as to its stiffness and shape.

This pan really works!!!
I have had this pan for several years and it is excellent. Have I ever made a cake in it - no. I use this with my 2 cu ft microwave to cook big pots of chili and veggie soup. I have cooked in it at least once or twice every week. It takes common sense - a stack of maybe 5 paper plates to keep the bottom and sides from bowing in when I move in and out of the microwave. This is a big pan that can do little jobs like brownies as easy as the pots of soup. I often cover top with 3 paper plates fanned out so don't have to use plastic wrap if I run out of microwave kind. Paper plates make for easy cleanup.I've even done corned beef and cabbage/saurkraut. Corned beef can take up to 3 hours for a big one cut in even pieces so all cooks evenly with cabbage, onions, and potatoes added. I hope you all try this for more than cakes or you are wasting a great product.