title: Mold (cooking implement)
text: # Mold (cooking implement)
  
  A mold (American English), or mould (British and Commonwealth English), is a container used in various techniques of food preparation to shape the finished dish. The term may also refer to a finished dish made in said container (e.g. a jello mold).
  
  ## Types
  
  Molds can be used for a variety of foods:
  
  * Cake molds (e.g. muffin tins, Bundt cake, angel food cake pans, and other types of bakeware)
  * Springform pan
  * Gelatin dessert molds (also known as "jelly molds")
  * Ice cream and other frozen desserts
  * Mousse
  * Butter
  