How to use your mold

Pick the right size, press crisp patterns, keep the mold in good shape

01Choosing the right size

The size printed on a mold is the weight of the cake, not of the mold. A 150g mold presses a cake of roughly 150g.
A 150g mold fits a No. 9 tray; a 200g mold fits a No. 10 tray. If you already own trays, choose by tray number.
Each size has some room to move — a 150g mold handles cakes from 150 to 180g. Overfill it and the cake gets a tall foot and loses definition.
For gift cakes, pick 150g or 200g. The 75g size suits cakes for children or boxes with many small pieces.

Before the first use, wash the mold in warm water and dry it completely. A damp mold makes dough stick.
Dust the cavity with a very thin layer of flour, then tip it upside down to shed the excess. Too much flour fills in the fine cuts.
Roll the dough into a ball slightly smaller than the cavity before inserting it. Too large and the dough squeezes out at the rim.
Press firmly once, hold for two or three seconds, then release. Repeated pumping blurs the pattern.
Lift the mold straight up, without tilting or twisting.

Wash it right after use with warm water and a soft brush. Dough that dries inside the pattern grooves is very hard to remove.
Do not soak the mold, do not use very hot water, and never put it in a dishwasher.
Dry it completely, especially the spring, before storing. Storing it damp weakens the spring.
Keep it somewhere dry, out of direct sunlight, with nothing heavy resting on the pattern face.

Can I use it for snow-skin mooncakes? Yes. The softer dough often takes the pattern even better than baked dough.
Does it work for sticky rice, pressed cakes or jelly? Yes, many customers use them for exactly that, especially the large 300g sets.
The cake sticks to the mold — what now? Almost always a missing dusting of flour, or a mold that was still damp. A thin dusting and a properly dried mold fixes it.
Can I swap pattern faces between different sets? No. Each face only fits the body it was made for.

Still not sure?

Send us a photo of the cake you just pressed on Zalo and we will tell you what to adjust.