We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Bakeware Tins & Trays and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. These are the ten with the highest estimated monthly revenue — a mix of carbon steel tins, silicone moulds, a seven-piece stacking set and, oddly, a pack of loaf tin liners.
The revenue leader and the classic first purchase: a deep twelve-cup muffin tin at £7.49, sold by Amazon itself.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader and the classic first purchase: a deep twelve-cup muffin tin at £7.49, sold by Amazon itself.
A starter kit rather than a tin purchase — the 100 pieces are mostly piping bags and nozzles around three springform pans in 4, 7 and 9 inches.
With 29,554 reviews the most reviewed product in this comparison, and at £9.89 for two loaf pans it works out at under £5 a tin.
Three flexible six-cavity doughnut moulds for £8.49 — the pick here if the shape matters more than a crisp base.
The complete-kitchen option at £39.20 and the only set here designed to nest — its price also dropped 19% over the observed period.
Not a tin but the liners that go in one: 24 reusable silicone cases at £5.99, the cheapest entry in the top ten.
A consumable that landed in a tins ranking — 40 parchment liners for a 2lb loaf tin, rated 4.7 stars across 1,575 reviews.
The best rated tin in this comparison at 4.8 stars — a deep rectangular tin in the 13 by 9 inch size most traybake recipes assume.
Two jumbo six-cup silicone trays for £11.87, sold as much for Yorkshire puddings as for cupcakes.
The pair of 8 inch sandwich tins a Victoria sponge actually needs, made in England and with a fixed base rather than a loose one.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Zuvo 12 Cup Deep Muffin Tray, Carbon Steel Best seller Zuvo · Zuvo |
8.7 | 4.5 ★ | 3,031 | 12 cup · deep | Carbon steel | £7.49 | Amazon › |
| 02. RFAQK 100-Piece Springform Cake Tin Kit RFAQK · RFAQK |
9.0 | 4.6 ★ | 6,670 | 3 tins · 100 pcs | Carbon steel | £20.90 | Amazon › |
| 03. Amazon Basics Non-stick Bread Pan, 2-pack Top rated Amazon Basics · Amazon Basics |
9.4 | 4.6 ★ | 29,554 | 2-pack · 27x15 cm | Carbon steel | £9.89 | Amazon › |
| 04. Sinnsally Silicone Donut Moulds, 3-pack Sinnsally · Sinnsally |
8.4 | 4.6 ★ | 475 | silicone · 6 cavity | Silicone | £8.49 | Amazon › |
| 05. MasterClass Smart Space 7-Piece Bakeware Set MasterClass · MasterClass |
9.0 | 4.7 ★ | 3,369 | 7 piece · stacking | Carbon steel | £39.20 | Amazon › |
| 06. NIWWIN Reusable Silicone Cupcake Cases, 24 Lowest price NIWWIN · NIWWIN |
9.2 | 4.6 ★ | 11,733 | 24 cases · reusable | Silicone | £5.99 | Amazon › |
| 07. Lakeland 2lb Loaf Tin Liners, 40-pack lakeland · lakeland |
8.8 | 4.7 ★ | 1,575 | 40 liners · 2lb | Baking parchment | £7.49 | Amazon › |
| 08. Wilton Recipe Right Deep Cake Tin, 33x23 cm Wilton · Wilton |
9.2 | 4.8 ★ | 4,093 | 33x23 cm · deep | Steel | £13.50 | Amazon › |
| 09. Folksy Jumbo Silicone Muffin Tray, 2-pack Folksy Super Kitchen · Folksy Super Kitchen |
8.8 | 4.6 ★ | 3,043 | 2-pack · 6 jumbo | Silicone | £11.87 | Amazon › |
| 10. Great British Bakeware 8in Cake Tin, 2-pack Samuel Groves · Samuel Groves |
8.5 | 4.5 ★ | 1,538 | 2-pack · 8 in deep | Steel | £12.99 | Amazon › |
This decides whether a cake survives the turn-out. A springform ring releases a cheesecake without inverting it, a loose base pushes a sponge up from underneath, and a fixed base like the Great British Bakeware pair never leaks but has to be lined and turned. Two of the tins here are fixed base, one kit is springform.
Steel conducts heat and gives you browned edges and a crisp base; silicone stays cool, releases without greasing and produces a paler, softer crust. Both appear in this top ten, and they are not substitutes — silicone is the better mould, steel is the better tin.
Non-stick claims are everywhere in this category, but only some listings state what the coating is free of. Two entries here name PFAS, PFOA or BPA explicitly. If that matters to you, treat the absence of the wording as an answer in itself.
A muffin tray, a cupcake tin and a Yorkshire pudding tray look alike and are not interchangeable. Deep twelve-cup trays take a full muffin batter, jumbo six-cup trays take about twice the mix per cup, and shallow bun trays overflow with either.
British recipes are written for specific sizes: the 8 inch round for a Victoria sandwich, the 2lb loaf, the 13 by 9 inch traybake. Buying a tin an inch out changes bake times and depth, so check the recipe you actually use before the price.
Three entries here are not single tins — a seven-piece stacking set, a 100-piece kit built around three pans, and a pack of parchment liners. Count the tins, not the pieces, when you compare prices, because a 100-piece kit can contain three.
Because Amazon files the Lakeland loaf tin liners inside the same Bakeware Tins & Trays subcategory, and by revenue they earn their place. It is a genuine oddity of the category rather than an error, and worth knowing if you assumed every entry was a tin.
Metal gives browner, firmer sides and a crisper base; silicone gives easy release and no washing-up battle, but a softer result. If you bake for looks, take steel and use cases. If you bake with children or make egg muffins, silicone is the more forgiving choice.
It depends what you count. The RFAQK listing contains three springform tins in 4, 7 and 9 inches; the remaining pieces are piping bags, nozzles and small tools. As a starter set for someone new to decorating it makes sense, as a way to buy three tins it is expensive.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. Revenue is what shows which tins UK bakers actually buy, rather than which listing has the most reviews.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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