can I use a ceramic bowl to bake?

we have used pottery bowls, stainless steel bowls, etc for years for baking cakes, as ramekins, etc.

set the bowl in a larger pan of hot water to make sure it doesn't explode while baking. Will take longer to bake!! Do you have a turkey nail? do you have a piece of copper tubing? you can stand either in center of bowl so the center of the cake cooks a bit faster then the outside of the cake won't burn while waiting for the center to bake!!

I splurged and bought one of the Wilton Wonder Molds several years ago to use for this sort of cake!! Think I gave it to one of my daughters when I quit baking fancy cakes!

Check the bottom of the bowl to see if it is marked as ovensafe. If it is , you're good to go.

If it's Pyrex, it should be OK.

If it doesn't say "oven safe"....don't try it.