Silicone baking moulds making cakes "sweaty"?

[FrinkadelicA12]

I have just made a butterfly cake in a silicone pan for the first time and it feels really wet and almost slimy. I use this recipe a lot in metal bakeware and it is never like this. I wonder is it something I have done wrong or has anyone else ever had this problem? The cake tastes fine and looks like a butterfly, it just feels wetter and heavier than normal...?

I agree. Metal cake tins toast up the edges of your cakes as they let out more heat, and cakes go golden as the butter fries against the metal. None of that happens with silicone, they just swim in their own moisture!

The moulds I got were cheapie supermarket giveaways so I didn't feel bad when I went back to metal with a circle of baking paper under the cake. They are good for filo pastry though!

Phew, I thought it was just me and the new-fangled silicone not getting on! Will have to focus on sculpting a butterfly by hand now.

I find silicon moulds make the bake take longer and can impart a silicon flavour of left in the mould for any length of time, so I rarely use them.
I do use them for muffins etc cos I use paper cases too.