Mold (cooking implement)

late 19th and early 20th century food molds

A mold or mould is a container used in various techniques of food preparation to shape the finished dish. The term mold may also refer to a finished dish made in such a container (e.g. a jello mold).[1]

Types of molds

Molds are used for a variety of foods:

• Cake molds (e.g. muffin tins, bundt cake and angel food cake pans, and other types of bakeware)
• Gelatin dessert molds (or jelly moulds)
• Ice cream and other frozen desserts
• Mousse
• Butter
• Springform pan