Labelling cake tins or cutlery you have loaned.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be!
I can’t think of any way to label a cake tin that unfortunately, I have sticky labelled crockery and trays but nothing that goes into an oven or cutlery.
Tell your friend that 50% of your cutlery is missing.

I write on the base of my tins with black permanent marker - it lasts ages. I sometimes write the size on too.
I don't think I would loan cutlery unless it was some I didn't mind losing.

The best solution would be to turn the cake or loaf out of the tin, then wrap it up in greaseproof paper.

Or am I missing something here?

eddiecat78

I write on the base of my tins with black permanent marker - it lasts ages. I sometimes write the size on too.
I don't think I would loan cutlery unless it was some I didn't mind losing.

My cake tins are all black, so that wouldn’t work, but wonder if there’s a white marker?

I don’t know about labels but can you bake the cakes in paper tin liners and just take that to the cafe?

Would typex work on black tins?

Why do people do this? I lent the vicar's wife a stairgate 'for the weekend'. They have since moved - along with my stairgate.

That’s a good idea Kitty Typex😃
Tut tut and her a Vicar’s wife too!

Keep a note, stick a label on loaf or cake tins or tupperwares and ask fir them back

For !

I loaned someone a dog playpen (cage) for their new puppy.
They proudly showed me how they had repurposed it into a garden compost bin!
(I still have extra playpen extension segments here in storage 🙄)

Grammaretto

I had to buy a new loaf tin today because all 3 of the ones I own are either lost forever or not returned.
I bake a cake/ loaf each week for our community café but I am not always around at clearing up time.

Is there a way of clearly marking the tins whilst keeping them hygienic and oven proof?

Cutlery too can be a problem. I lent 15 of everything to a friend for her party recently but only got half back.

"Hi Emily, Could I have the rest of my cutlery back please? I lent you 15 of everything . Need it for the weekend when the kids come.

Take cakes to cafe in a plastic freezer bag.

I will take it in a bag in future. Trouble is it's often still hot so I leave it in the tin.
.I don't think tippex would work. It has solvents in it so shouldn't go in the oven.

I will try to get the rest of my cutlery back although it's a second "set " not all matching.
So perhaps it wasn't obvious. My friend is coming for supper tonight so I will mention it.
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