Cannelle Molds

Anyone know where I can purchase these?

These are the little rum cakes Tru used to give away after your dinner. I've tried Sur la Table and Williams-Sonoma with no luck for the molds.

Thank you if you can point me where to go!

Snark,

I got mine from http://www.jbprince.com. Do a search on "cannele". I prefer the tin-lined copper ones, but they are expensive and require more care to unmold. Coat the inside with melted beeswax and butter.

I had these in Bordeaux for the first time in my life last year and am totally addicted to them.

Bill/SFNM

Bill,

Have you tried making these in the silicone molds? If so, I was curious whether they give you the same crisp exterior you get with the copper molds?

Jyoti

My experience is silicone is not as crisp as the copper molds, but a lot easier to clean

jygach wrote:Bill,

Have you tried making these in the silicone molds? If so, I was curious whether they give you the same crisp exterior you get with the copper molds?

Jyoti

Jyoti,

Yes, sort of. Before I shelled out for the metal ones, I tried making them in some small silicon molds I have that are the right volume but the wrong shape. The exterior did not have that incredible crisp exterior I was looking for.

I noticed the price on the metal molds has gone way up. Weak dollar, I guess.

Bill/SFNM

I got 6 about a year or two ago at Sur la Table (in Lincoln Park). I asked a salesman if they had them but he didn't know what they were. So, I decided to search thru the various molds on the shelf myself and found them. They were tucked way in the back.

As an aside, does anyone know of any bakery/patisserie in Chicago that sells cannele? I tried Vanille a year or two ago and they obviously knew what I was asking for but don't sell them, unfortunately. In general, I find that very few people know what cannele are--they always think I am asking for cannoli and then direct me to the nearest Italian bakery!