Baking – How to bake Cannelés more evenely with a big silicon pan

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I purchased this cannelés pan which lets me cooks a whopping 77 mini cannelés at once.

Picture of the pan in its packaging

I have tried it multiple times, with multiple recipes but no matter what I try, I have this result:

Picture of the result of baking

The outer ones are overcooked (often on one side only) an the inner ones are undercooked. This is clearly because the pan is too large and the heat isn't being distributed equally, but I'm not sure how I can solve this?

I do not have a convection oven, so this is not an option. I put the pan on a cookie sheet as the molds are too small and become unstable if put on my oven's grid.

Is there a better way to distribute the heat, place it in the oven, or change the baking time/temp to make it more even? I'm willing to buy additional tools to make it work.

Thanks!

Best Answer

It's the cookie sheet that's the problem as it impedes air circulation to the middle of the form. The hot air circulates around the outside but it can't get to the middle, so the outer ones get over-baked and the inner ones under-baked. Changing the baking time or temperature isn't going to help.

As for the solution you have 2 choices (other than a fan oven):

  1. Get a supporting pan below that allows air circulation, you can buy mesh sheets instead of cookie sheets
  2. Cut the form into pieces. Air can't circulate well to the center of that large sheet, so cut it in half and place them apart. They seem to be made of silicone, so a box cutter will go through it no problem. If you cut carefully you won't lose any of the forms, or you could cut through the middle of a line of them
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