Cut the scrap material into a strips long enough to fit around your cake pan. I only used one strip, but you can use several—more coverage is not a bad thing. Safety pin the ends of the strip together. When you’re ready to bake the cake, run the material under water and squeeze out so that it’s as wet as possible without dripping. Replace the strip around the pan and bake! Do as I say, not as I do. She also has these very cute but boozy Mince Pie Cupcakes with Brandy Buttercream.Luxury mincemeat laced with brandy and port is in the centre of a spiced sponge which is topped with a brandy buttercream. Woooah! Maximum temperature: Oven safe to 180°C | Dishwasher safe: Yes | Material: Heavy gauge steel | Size: 33 x 23cm; 39 x 25cm | Guarantee: 10 years What we like Maximum temperature: Oven safe to 300°C | Dishwasher safe: Yes | Material: Pyrex | Size: 32 x 26 x 2 cm | Guarantee: One year What we like Maximum temperature: Oven safe up to 240°C | Dishwasher safe: No | Material: Aluminium | Size: 41.6 x 30.6 x 1.8 cm | Guarantee: Lifetime What we like

Tin and Thyme start the ball rolling with these wonderful sounding Mincemeat Buns Flavoured With Aromatic Cardamom. An enriched slightly sweet dough flavoured with cardamom which is then rolled up with a mincemeat filling and sliced to form individual buns before baking. French cookware company Le Creuset is renowned for being top of the pots (their casserole dishes and cast iron skillets are particularly raved about), and their flawless design extends to baking trays and sheets, too. To that end I thought I would gather together the best mincemeat recipes (not mince pies) that I could find, so that we could all enjoy the ease and deliciousness that this festive fruity stuff can bring to an oven near you. Let those christmas flavours and juicy sultanas pimp your favourite sweet treats effortlessly. Cakes Let’s talk cake science for a sec: normally when cake layers bake, the outside of the cake bakes faster than the middle. By the time the middle starts to cook through, the batter has nowhere to go but up, which creates the dome. By putting moist material around the outside of the pan, you’re helping cool the outside, allowing the cake to bake more evenly.

3. Best heavy-duty baking tray: Le Creuset Rectangular Baking Sheet

Our final mincemeat slice is from Recipes Made Easy. These easy bake Almond and Mincemeat Ba rs consist of two layers of delicious crumbly biscuit sandwiched together with sweet mincemeat and topped with crunchy flaked almonds. If you choose wisely, baking trays can last for years or even decades – ideally at least five years. Look out for manufacturers’ guarantees, some of which cover the product for life. What is the best baking tray?

Every kitchen host knows About the suitability of the baking sleeves. However, we Often appreciate them when they are missing... And It's a fantastic gadget and an excellent example of the fact that no robe adors the man. This thin, inconible material allows you to prepare a tasty fat-free meat – something that is impossible in the frying pan (probably would end in the best case with scorches, and in the worst bad fire!). But not the meat itself is alive – fish and vegetables can also be prepared in it, each time enjoying not only the perfect taste, but also the feeling that it puts on a much healthier kitchen. Baking Sleeves surprise their ususshome-aluminum Foil ensures the comfort of work in the kitchen

4. Best non-stick baking tray: Circulon Momentum Square Baking Tray

Curlys Cooking has a frangipane version. Cat says, “Mince Pies but without all the fiddly pastry! These Frangipane Mince Pie Slices have all the flavours you’d associate with mince pies but in a tray bake instead of an individual little pie.” Frangipane Mince Pie Slices Watch out** Most plastics begin to soften at around 300-350 degrees, and elastics may well soften/melt at lower temp than this, so I would NOT try this… !!! [it is easy enough to use pieces of old cotton Tee shirt material or towels] Lakeland plastics heavy duty ones – not forever, but [I've] had for a good six years plus (and I do shove them in the dishwasher).” (Brand tried and tested by Mumsnet user Cantchooseaname) With a substantial surface size, this heavy gauge carbon steel baking tray from Mumsnetter-trusted brand ProCook is ideal for those who want to batch cook or cater for larger families at home.