Can I cook a cake in a pyrex dish?

[ChirpyGrinch]

I am making a car birthday cake for DH and if I cook it in my glass pyrex dish then it will be nice and curvy to start with, will it work?

[IlanaK]

I did this on holiday as the cottage had no cake tins. It worked, but it certainly affected the cooking time.

[Anna8888]

Difficult. It tends to make an awful lot of crust as the pyrex gets hotter than a metal tin.

[TheNewsMongersGeansaiNollag]

I think so, if you grease it and line it.

How would it affect cooking time? does it need longer :?

[Olihan]

You can, I've made a few cakes that need bowl shaped cakes as a base and it's fine. Like the others have said, it takes ages and you need to make absolutely sure the middle is cooked - a skewer put into the centre should come clean and you shouldn't be able to hear any bubbling if you listen to it.

You also need to grease the bowl really well and put a disc of greased baking paper in the bottom to make sure it comes out okay.

[TheVirginGoober]

May be tricky to turn it out as the dish is heavier.

[ChirpyGrinch]

okay, so it takes longer..cool.
Shall give it a go and report back

[MadamDeathstarOverBethlehem]

It should work for a fruit cake or one that takes a while to cook. I am not sure if a sponge would do well because the pyrex walls are thicker and don't conduct heat as well as metal.

[ChirpyGrinch]

Oh. Bugger. I wanted to do a chocolate aponge.

If I buy a cheapo roasting dish with curvy bottom that would work wouldn't it?

[MadamDeathstarOverBethlehem]

If it's metal it should be fine.

I mentioned about the sponge, because DH and I tried to make a swiss roll in a shallow stoneware dish. It was cooked on top but was raw on the bottom for the first attempt. The second attempt we preheated the dish and the bottom burnt.

The longer cooking time gives a chance for the temperature through the glass to even out and reach the cake.

[Olihan]

Sponge is fine, all mine have been madeira sponges and have turned out perfectly.

[dandycandyjellybean]

did a princess cake (skirt) in a ceramic cereal dish, worked fine...!

[Wildebeest]

you SO need to change your name.

[ChirpyGrinch]

I chickened and bought a cheap roasting dish! it worked fine then..might try out a pyrex with a cake that doesn't matter so much to check times.

Wildebeest - who do you mean?