Cooling Racks

It would seem that if your even slightly interested in baking a cooling rack is really a very important accessory for your kitchen. There is nothing as horrible as trying to cool a cake or tart by balancing it between two chop sticks balanced across glasses or a couple of can of baby peas.

The standing rack works really well for pies and tarts. It was super cheap at IKEA, I think it cost 50 kronor or 4 dollars.

The flat rack is perfect for two layers of cake, cookies and tarts. It sits off the counter by a couple of centimeters or an inch, so that the air can circulate well. This was also really cheap. Keep an eye open in the second hand shop for one.

If you can only afford or have limited space go for the flat type.

I did make the fatal mistake of thinking that my flat rack was stainless steel and tried washing it in the dishwasher. It took quite a bit of scrubbing to clean it up after that. It now gets washed by hand.