Mold (cooking implement)

Container for holding and shaping food
Bundt-style silicone and metal pans (2008)
Late 19th- and early 20th-century food molds

A mould (British English) or mold (American English), is a container used in various techniques of food preparation to shape the finished dish. The term may also refer to a finished dish made in said container (e.g. a jello mold).[1]

Types

Molds can be used for a variety of foods:

  • Cake molds (e.g. muffin tins, Bundt cake, angel food cake pans, and other types of bakeware)
  • Springform pan
  • Gelatin dessert molds (also known as "jelly molds")
  • Ice cream and other frozen desserts
  • Mousse
  • Butter

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Food moulds.

References

  1. ^ "Epicurious – Recipes, Menu Ideas, Videos & Cooking Tips".


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