baking in a pyrex | Imamother

Chaya4

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 7:32 am

Does anyone have experience baking cakes in a Pyrex pan? Whenever I bake cakes in my pyrex pan I always get a thick crust sort of thing-it doesn't usually happen in other pans.
Are there some modifications to the baking temperature in Pyrex?

boruchhashem

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 7:46 am

IF I remember correctly, the pan gets way hotter than aluminum. So you have to drop the temperature when baking.

chocolate moose

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 7:58 am

Right, I think you're supposed to drop the temp by 25 degrees

I use pyrex but don't really notice any crust

louche

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 9:28 am

chocolate moose wrote:

Right, I think you're supposed to drop the temp by 25 degrees

Right. Ditto for Corningware or any ceramic.

greenfire

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 10:52 am

I've done it - thick glass stay very hot and cooks the crust a bit much ... yeah I would lower the temp ...

babula

Fri, Feb 29 2008, 4:13 pm

Think you are supposed to lower the temp from 350 to 325 and bake it 10 minutes less than usual because the glass retains heat so the cake continues to cook after you take it from the oven.