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Guide to Le Creuset's Bakeware Essentials

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Mastering any art, let alone baking, requires time, patience, and the right tools at your disposal. Le Creuset’s bakeware is a great place to start your journey, equipping your kitchen for success for years to come.

Our bakeware will not only help you prepare delicious desserts and classic baked favourites for the whole family but will also help you experiment with recipes and cooking techniques you may not already be familiar with.

From our versatile set of covered casseroles and baking dishes, to our vast catalogue of metal bakeware, these essentials are durable and designed with the baker in mind to produce the best results for years to come. Le Creuset’s bakeware is carefully constructed with durable stoneware and metal to deliver superior results and consistency when baking.

Here is a complete guide on Le Creuset’s bakeware essentials you need in your kitchen.

Le Creuset’s Bakeware Essentials

Our list of essentials has been carefully curated to provide you with the ultimate selection of Le Creuset bakeware, helping you prepare delicious recipes for years to come in style.

Mini Oval Au Gratin Dishes

Mini Oval Au Gratin Dishes

Our Mini Oval Au Gratin Dishes serve a variety of purposes around the kitchen, making for a great addition to your bakeware collection. These dishes can be used to bake gratins, or any other recipes that feature a crispy topping.

Equally durable as they are versatile, our Mini Oval Au Gratin dishes are built with stoneware, offering home bakers and chefs alike superior heat retention. These dishes can be used for both hot and cold desserts and are fridge and freezer safe.

Our Set of Mini Oval Au Gratin Dishes comes equipped with four 0.18 L dishes, ensuring you can tackle your favourite recipes simultaneously, including creme brulées, mini fruit crumbles, and individual chocolate mousses. This set is also especially convenient for serving up individual portions of food.

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Springform Round Cake Tin

Springform Round Cake Tin

Our Springform Round Cake Tin is the only piece of bakeware you’ll need to prepare a variety of cheesecakes, quiches, and frozen desserts. This versatile cake tin can be used for all your favourite dessert recipes and cakes of all sizes.

Featuring removable sides, our Springform Round Cake Tin makes it easier to unveil an elegant cake, simplifying baking and dessert preparation. This piece of bakeware is designed to prevent hot spots and scorching, maintaining even heat throughout. Crafted with heavy-gauge carbon steel, our Springform Round Cake Tin is built to last.

Whether you are a beginner or experienced baker, this cake tin is a great place to start your Le Creuset bakeware collection, helping you prepare layered cakes and other desserts of all sizes. Available in 20 cm, 24 cm, and 26 cm, our Springform Round Cake Tin has you covered.

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Large Sheet Pan

Large Sheet Pan

No bakeware collection is complete without a few Large Sheet Pans. Equally convenient as they are durable, this piece of bakeware serves a variety of purposes in the kitchen. From baking cookies and sheet cakes, to oven roasting vegetables, our Large Sheet Pan is beloved for its versatility.

Its PFOA-free nonstick coating makes it ideal for baking, ensuring no ingredients stick to the surface. Our Large Sheet Pan also comes equipped with a heat-resistant silicone rim helping you transfer cakes from the oven to the cooling rack with the minimum of fuss with a safe and secure grip.

Our Large Sheet Pan is perfectly suited for tackling both sweet and savoury treats, making for a versatile addition to your kitchen setup. Built to last and dishwasher-safe, this piece of bakeware is a must-have.

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Rectangular Dish

Rectangular Dish

Our Heritage Rectangular Dish has established itself as a staple in any kitchen, serving as a convenient piece of cookware for baking, roasting, and more. Perfectly suited for marinating meats, roasting vegetables, or preparing layered dishes and desserts, our Rectangular Dish is extremely versatile. It also serves as an excellent piece of serveware, helping you serve your meal or dessert in style straight out of its baking dish.

Crafted with durable stoneware, this piece of bakeware exposes ingredients to a consistent heat source, cooking food evenly while preventing scorching and hot spots. An excellent retainer of heat, our Rectangular Dish creates the ideal environment for casserole dishes, desserts, or when performing common kitchen tasks such as breading or marinating.

Featuring deep sidewalls, this dish is yet another Le Creuset bakeware essential, accommodating a variety of new recipes and cooking techniques. Whether you are preparing a deep-dish lasagna, or a more complex tiramisu, our Heritage Rectangular dish simplifies meal preparation.

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Insulated Cookie Sheet

Insulated Cookie Sheet

Are you looking to prepare a delicious batch of cookies, but do not have the right bakeware at your disposal? Look no further than our Insulated Cookie Sheet. Featuring a PFOA-free nonstick coating and a heat-resistant silicone rim, this cookie sheet simplifies baking, ensuring no food gets stuck to the surface.

Constructed with two layers of heavy gauge carbon steel, our Insulated Cookie Sheet offers even heat distribution, avoiding hot spots and scorching. These two layers are carefully crafted to surround a pocket of air, lowering the temperature of the metal that touches the cookies.

Our Insulated Cookie Sheet is yet another versatile piece of bakeware, helping you tackle new baking recipes with the minimum of fuss. It can even be used to prepare homemade pizza, offering ample surface area for dough to steadily rise.

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Set of 2 Covered Casseroles

Set of 2 Covered Casseroles

Our Set of 2 Covered Casseroles is a great place to start your Le Creuset bakeware collection, equipping your kitchen for success for a variety of everyday tasks. From baking desserts to roasting meats and vegetables, this set can help you elevate traditional meal preparation.

Our Set of Covered Casseroles provide even heat distribution and superior heat retention and comes equipped with a tight-fitting lid, ensuring heat and moisture is locked inside. It also makes it perfect for bringing to a dinner party, keeping ingredients safe and warm. Inspired by the early Le Creuset designs, our set of casseroles add a bold splash of colour and timeless elegance to any dinner table.

Their stoneware construction exposes ingredients to a consistent heat source and keeps food warm well after dinner has been served. Our Set of 2 Covered Casseroles includes the 2.3 L Oval Casserole and 3.8 L Rectangular Casserole, accommodating all your baking needs. From oven baked chicken to brownies and bread pudding, this set has you covered.

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12-Cup Muffin Tray

12-Cup Muffin Tray

There is nothing more welcoming than the aroma of freshly baked muffins in a kitchen. Our 12-Cup Muffin Tray is the perfect piece of bakeware to experiment with muffin recipes as well as other savoury treats, including brioches and cupcakes.

The key to preparing a delightfully fluffy batch of muffins is to ensure even heat distribution. Our 12-Cup Muffin Tray does exactly this thanks to its heavy gauge metal construction, preventing hot spots and scorching, all-while exposing ingredients to a consistent heat source. Its PFOA-free nonstick coating offers beginner and experienced bakers alike an easy-release, helping you serve muffins with ease.

When it is not being used to bake muffins, our 12-Cup Muffin Tray serves a variety of purposes and is a great fit for smaller pastries and desserts, such as mini quiches and a host of sweet and savoury dishes.

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Bundt Form

Bundt Form

Our Bundt Form is carefully designed to accommodate for a number of baking recipes, making for a versatile addition to your Le Creuset bakeware collection. This specialized tin can be used to prepare Bundt cakes, banana breads, or any similar-sized cakes!

Featuring a centre tube, our Bundt Form distributes heat evenly, exposing more of the batter to heat without burning your ingredients. Its heavy gauge carbon steel construction ensures its durability and performance for years to come, helping you deliver bakery-worthy desserts in style.

Whether you are preparing a banana bread for a loved one, or simply want to whip together a quick cake over the weekend, our Bundt Form will quickly emerge as your go-to piece of bakeware.

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7-Piece Metal Bakeware Set

7-Piece Metal Bakeware Set

Our 7-Piece Metal Bakeware Set is arguably our most comprehensive collection of bakeware essentials, featuring many of our best-selling pieces. This complete set is designed to tackle baking recipes of all sizes and help you step up your baking game.

Each piece in this 7-piece set is crafted with heavy gauge carbon steel, providing superior heat retention and even heat distribution for years to come. Its dense construction ensures ingredients can bake without burning, while its PFOA-free nonstick coating offers an easy-release surface.

This 7-Piece Metal Bakeware Set will equip your kitchen for any situation and comes with the following pieces of bakeware: a 28 x 21 cm Rectangular Cake Tin, Loaf Tin, 20 cm Springform Round Cake Tin, Muffin Tray, 23 cm Square Cake Tin, Large Sheet Pan and an Insulated Cookie Sheet.

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Equipping Your Kitchen with Le Creuset’s Bakeware Essentials

Baking all-year round has never been easier thanks to Le Creuset’s bakeware essentials. Whether you want to prepare a cake for a special occasion, or simply want to bring freshly baked muffins to your next get-together, we have you covered.

Le Creuset’s bakeware essentials will help you take your baking skills to the next level, preparing delicious desserts for the whole family. Crafted with premium materials, including durable stoneware and metal, our bakeware offers home cooks and chefs alike superior heat retention for consistent results. From our Springform Tin to our 12-Cup Muffin Tray, these pieces of bakeware are extremely versatile and built to last regular use.

These were just nine of our favourite bakeware pieces and sets to help you get started, but for more inspiration, visit our complete bakeware catalogue or blog for more tips, and fun recipes to experiment with.

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