Deciding which Specialty & Novelty Cake Pans is Best for Your House
If you like designable cakes, one of the key accessories that cannot be missing in your kitchen is a good speciality and novelty cake pan, with good quality materials, with a nonstick finish and easy to remove from the pan.
If you are thinking of starting in the world of home baking or simply want to renew your baking utensils, one of the essentials that you cannot miss is a good cake pan, which allows you to make baked goods such as apple cakes, cakes, brownies, etc., to cold or no-bake cakes like cheesecake. A speciality and novelty cake pan is best for birthday parties, Christmas, weddings, and other occasions.
Size and shape
When choosing the cake pans, the first thing to be clear about is the size we need. In the market, we find from pans for small cakes or individual tartlets to large molds for families and suitable events that require large and heavy cakes. We can also find a wide range of pans with endless designs and special shapes, such as animals, animated characters, everyday objects, Christmas.
The size of the pan is measured in centimeters. If the pan is round, the size will be measured according to the diameter of the lower disk or the pan. If the pan, on the other hand, is square, rectangular, or with another shape, this size is normally expressed by its length and width.
The most popular pans are those that measure between 18 and 24 cm, but if you need a smaller one or, on the contrary, with a greater capacity, you can find the most suitable one with just a little searching.
To know the measure you need to find for your pan, think about how many people you will have at the table or how many servings or portions of cake you want to cook. Depending on this, you will have to choose one type and size of the pan. Another option is to choose individual pans, which allow you to cook "small versions" of your favorite cake to offer to your family or guests.
Materials
One of the main and most important aspects when buying a good cake pan is to take into account its manufacturing materials, as well as its finishes. And it is that, although we can indeed find a cheap and good product, depending mainly on how much it costs, we can see pans of higher or lower quality. Some of them are not very recommended if you want to obtain good results.
Among the most prominent materials currently, we find food-grade silicone, with all the safety guarantees for your health and which has the advantage that you can use it for both cold and baked cakes. You will be able to get more out of the product. Besides, this material is flexible, so that the molds made of this material are very easy to unmold.
Another of the most used materials in confectionery is aluminum. On the one hand, we find disposable aluminum foil pans, fragile, but that will offer us a good use. On the other hand, we have those made of anodized aluminum, which is resistant and durable and distributes the heat well.