4Pcs Mini Canele Molds 2.8 Inch, Carbon Steel Individual Cannele Cake Pan, Nonstick Caneles Mould Muffin Baking Cupcake, Gold

I was able to obtain 4 molds through the vine program, but purchased 3 more sets when I saw how intimidating it was going to be to make caneles. My recipe called for 16 molds. I've never done this before, so I'm going to follow the rules, especially since it's a gluten-free recipe. So in terms of rule following, I really did coat these with food grade beeswax (photo attached) and I really did do the first 20 minutes at 450 F. These are designed to only withstand 446 degrees, but I made that connection in my brain about half way through the first 20 minutes, so I'm crossing my fingers that my very old oven is off by four degrees. Next time though, I will set my oven for 446 degrees to be safe about the non-stick coating. I suspect I will have similar results. So if you haven't made caneles before and choose to use beeswax, it has a smoke point of 400 degrees, so just go ahead and close the doors to any rooms with smoke alarms that are near your kitchen, turn on your kitchen vents/fans and open your windows and doors, because it's going to smoke up your kitchen, for sure, for like an hour. Since these are non-stick, you may not need the beeswax and can save yourself the smoke-fest, but I can say that I've never had a pastry with a hard beeswax shell and it's kind of neat. If you can get away with it, you might want to. So if you can't smoke up your kitchen without everyone in the building being evacuated, these might still work because of the non-stick coating, but I haven't tried it that way. When everything was done though, my caneles just slid right out. I was so impressed! Effortless! Also impressive, I managed to splatter beeswax all over my work area and it was a bear to clean up. The non-stick on these is so nice that I just washed with the hottest water I could tolerate and a dishcloth with soap and managed to get any lingering wax free. They washed up just fine. Much easier than my stove top!!!!So I've attached pictures of my caneles. I've never had them before, but they're pretty awesome to eat and they look like pictures of "good" ones in my cookbook and on the internet, so I'm going to call this a success. For four sets of these, you'll spend about the same amount you would spend on a fancy non-stick bundt by a famous maker, so maybe you want to comparison shop for copper molds and compare prices, but I'm feeling pretty good about my investment here, because my caneles are pretty darn delicious AND they're gluten free, and that's not the easiest way to bake. I'm very pleased! To give credit to the author of the GF recipe that worked so well in these molds, it is the canele recipe in the cake chapter in "Patisserie Gluten Free: The Art of French Pastry: Cookies, Tarts, Cakes, and Puff Pastries" by Patricia Austin.

I always purchase Caneles when I'm in Paris, and these molds make it possible to make them at home. The only problem is that there are only four, so you have to make them in batches. Making them is very time consuming and challenging, and I recommend purchasing four sets to eliminate some of the time it takes to make them because most recipes make 16. These are very nice, non-stick, and bake evenly because they are made of heavy steel.