Baking Pan Substitutions for any recipe - Crazy for Crust (2024)

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What can I use to bake instead of baking pan? ›

Make a cake pan out of aluminium foil

The trick's to draw the outline of any shape that you want by folding foil to create the walls of the pan. You'll then need some more foil to cover the outline and the bottom of the pan.

Two deep-dish pie plates, 9-inch cake pans or 8×4-inch loaf pans would all work well. If you would like to remove the cheesecake from the pan, be sure to line the base and sides with parchment paper first. You could also bake the cheesecake in an aluminum foil pan and cut it away to reveal the cake.

Loaf and Bundt pans, for example, are about half the area of 8-inch and 9-inch square pans, but the sides are taller so usually you can substitute one for another.

Any cake pan or pie plate of similar size will do just fine as a substitute for a springform pan. And lining the pan with foil or parchment paper first will make it easy to gently lift the cake out when it's done.

9×2.5 inch springform pan holds 10 cups of batter, the same as a 10×2 inch round pan, 9×2 inch square pan, 11×7 inch pan, a 10×15 inch jelly roll pan.

Springform pans are designed primarily for use with delicate dishes that cannot be easily removed or flipped from the pan. Below are some baked goods and savory meals to create with your springform pan: Cheesecake.

Quick Conversions: The 8x8” Baking Dish can substitute as a 9” round cake pan, a 9x5 loaf pan, or a deep-dish Pie Dish. Halved recipes intended for 9x13 rectangular baking dishes are also compatible.

What can I use instead of a 2lb loaf tin? ›

Using a 1lb tin in place of a 2lb tin

As its name suggests, a 1lb loaf tin takes half the amount of dough of a 2lb loaf tin. If you only have a 1lb loaf tin, we recommend either halving the quantities in the recipe or making all the mixture and baking two 1lb cakes one after the other.

Cast iron skillets have been one of my preferred pie plate substitutes for many years. In addition to being handy and naturally nonstick, cast iron retains and evenly distributes heat—two important features for achieving a crisp, evenly baked crust.

The easiest pan substitution you can make is a 9-inch round and an 8-inch square.

The solution? A 9×13 baking dish. The batter that fills two loaf pans is perfect for one baking dish. We didn't even need to adjust the cooking time that much; since the baking dish is more shallow, it bakes in about the same time as a loaf pan, even though it's bigger.

So converting a recipe from 8″ round pan to a standard loaf pan, multiplying factor would be 112.5/100.5 = 1.1, which means the recipes can be easily swapped between these two pans (the time to bake in a loaf pan is more than a round pan). 1.

How to bake without an oven ^Get a pot that will suit the size of your cake pan ^Make sure the pot is dry and clean light the gas and put on medium heat ^ Get a stainless plate or microwave rack place it in the pot and cover.do not open until after 30 minutes at least ^ Preheat for 10 minutes ^Make sure the gas is on ...

If you need to cook in less quantity and have a longer time to cook, you may use a high-quality baking dish instead of a baking pan for some recipes. However, you may use a Leche Flan Llanera or an empty food can, or even create one out of aluminum foil altogether if you don't have a baking pan.

Yes, aluminum foil is ideal for oven use. Aluminum foil is safe and convenient and helps reflect heat to enable your food to cook evenly. It also withstands the highest temperatures in most home ovens, making it an excellent choice for baking and cooking. See more tips on how to use aluminum foil in the oven.

In fact, using glass or even ceramic baking pans for certain recipes, such as brownies or banana bread, may create adverse results! This is because they take LONGER to conduct heat. Often times the edges become overcooked before the heat has transferred enough to cook through the center.