Household girls always have in their arsenal a variety of adaptations for cooking, including silicone molds. Today they are very diverse in form, size, pattern. Thanks to them, you can bake very beautiful muffins , pies, rings.
Can I use silicone molds in a microwave oven?
If you want to try to use for a batch not an oven, and a microwave, undoubtedly, you will be interested - and whether it is possible to put the silicone form in a microwave. Fortunately, the answer will be positive.
The silicone shape in the microwave feels very good. Moreover, it is the microwave oven that fits them perfectly. If the oven has a function of convection, then your dishes will turn out to be magnificent and baked. And taking them out of silicone molds is a pleasure.
Baking rules in microwave in silicone form
Now that you know that silicone molds can be placed in a microwave oven, you need to familiarize yourself with the basic rules for using these elastic devices.
Before pouring the dough into the mold, pre-lubricate the bottom and walls inside the mold with oil, then install them on the stand. Because of the excessive mobility of the walls of the silicone molds, you risk pouring the contents if you pour the adze first, and then carry it all into the microwave.
Baking in a microwave, you must make the dough more liquid, otherwise the pie can come out dryish. Since in microwave ovens the baking process takes place in a direction from the edge to the center, the middle will be baked longer. The ideal shape for a microwave oven is a circular one. And if you do not have one, you can simply place a glass with water in the middle of the usual shape.
If your silicone mold has a square shape, the corners of the cake can dry out. Note that when baking, the dough has the property of rising, so do not top up it to the very edges of the mold.