Can I used a lined can to bake with?

Question

I want to make quickbread in an empty yam can. I saw it in Martha Stewart Dec 2004 issue -- I remember it saying something about lined cans. But I can't remember whether it said to use a lined can or NOT to use a lined can. Does anyone know, or do you have the issue to check? THANKS!

Answer 1

A Tuna Fish can can be used for baking as Tuna Fish is baked in the can that it comes in. Other cans now have a white liner, don't know what that is so I wouldn't bake in it.

Answer 2

Don't know if this'll help, but these are instructions to the recipe I have for Boston Brown Bread - which is cooked in a coffee can:

Grease 1-pound coffee can; line bottom with waxed paper. Pour batter into prepared can; cover with foil and tie with string. Place can on rack in deep saucepan; add boiling water to reach halfway up side of can. Cover saucepan. Over low heat, simmer 1 1/2 to 2 hours until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from can immediately; cool on wire rack.
(TIP: Release bread from can by opening bottom of can. Cut bread while warm with thread.)

Answer 3

tuna fish is not baked but put through a pressure cooker. If you lined the can it would not hurt, if its not the metal lining may bleed into the bread. I would line.

Answer 4

You know, I just don't believe everything Martha Stewart says.
The only one who believes she is omnipotent is herself.

I would not cook in a tin can--lined or unlined.

Answer 5

Unlined. I have often used coffee cans to bake bread.

You spray them with butter flavor Crisco spray and then flour them.

Answer 6

no you do not have to line your can.Another good bread is boston baked bread and this is also baked in cans.