Cake Stands
Cake stands are the best way to display your baked goods. They work to add another level of elegance you your cake, as well as make it a bit easier to cut and serve. The best thing about having a few cake stands is that there are so many other uses for them, aside from cakes. In this post, we’ll take a look at some traditional and creative uses for cake stands.
The most common use for a cake stand is at a wedding. A wedding cake stand is the best way to display a great wedding cake. When you have a tiered wedding cake the narrow foot of the cake stand creates an added dimension to your cake that makes it look much taller and more elegant. A single cake stand isn’t always big enough to hold an entire wedding cake, but it does work perfectly for the bride and groom cake to set it apart.
Don’t think that you’re only going to get a single use out of a cake stand. There are tons of things that you can use it for around the house. Sure, you’ll use if for other cakes, but with all of the different options that you have it might make sense to have a few on hand!
My favorite use for cake stands in my house is as a center serving place for the dinner table. Most cake stands are short enough that you can reach it while sitting down at the dinner table, so it’s perfect when people need to serve themselves.
You can also use a cake stand for fruit, cupcakes, and cookies at home. If you have a fancy enough stand you can use it as a display in your home for statuettes, figures, or other knick-knacks. A friend of mine even uses a cake stand by the door of her house for everyone to put their keys into when they walk in!
Cake stands are the perfect cake display, and they are also a very versatile tool to have around the home. You can buy one thing and get ten or fifteen different uses out of it!
Football Cake Pan
The football cake pan will help you get ready for the big game! Super Bowl, Bowl games, BCS Championship, homecoming, and Pop Warner are all perfect times for this simple cake. With so many football games each year you’re bound to get a ton of use out of this cake pan. In this post I want to share some decorating tips as well as show you where to get football cake pans at excellent prices.
Football cakes are easy to decorate which will leave you some room to be creative. If you plan on baking a football you can use edible gold leaf to replicate the logos that are on real footballs, but with your own message. If you’re baking the helmet cake pan you can get a logo of the team that you’re routing for and have a baker create the edible paper (from cornstarch) to put the perfect design right on to the helmet. If you’re baking the jersey cake pan you can add grass stains or your favorite player’s name on it. I love simple cakes simply for their ease of customization.
You can get these cake pans inexpensively from Amazon and eBay. Amazon is the best choice when you have to get other things (decorations, gifts, something special for you, etc.) and eBay is the best for getting the pan as cheap as possible.
Here are eBay’s current listings for football cake pans. You’ll see the big difference in price from eBay to Amazon. That’s awesome when all you need is the pan, but ordering multiple things from eBay at the same time is a bit tedious. If you don’t see the pan that you’re looking for use the search bar at the top to track it down.
Elmo Cake Pans
Elmo cake pans are easy to decorate and fairly easy to find. There aren’t many things that can bring a smile to someone’s face as fast as an Elmo shaped cake so this cake is always a hit at birthday parties, school events, or any sort of get together. In this post I want to offer a few tips for decorating the Elmo cake pan as well as show you where to get it at a fantastic price.
If you’ve ever decorated shaped cakes before you know how to work with food coloring. I’m sure that after looking at the pictures of the decorated Elmo cake you’re wondering how in the world did they ever get the icing for his face so red?! The Elmo cake pan instructions say that it’s a small amount of red and orange coloring mixed into 1 1/2 cups of buttercream icing. I’ve decorated this cake a few times and have never been able to get close to the color without the frosting tasting toxic from adding too much red food coloring! I’m convinced that the picture is either doctored to look more red or the cake is inedible. If you can get the color right, please leave a comment below (I’d love to know!). If not, expect to have a medium reddish-orange colored Elmo!
You can get the Elmo cake pan from either Amazon or eBay. Use Amazon if you have other shopping to do (party favors, decorations, gifts, etc.) and use eBay if all you need is a cheap cake pan.
Here are the current listings for Elmo cake pans on eBay. Use the scroll bar to go down and see the prices on all of the pans that are currently available.
Dog Cake Pan
You can use a dog cake pan to bake a cake for your dog or for the dog lover in your life. Either way, it’s a great way to celebrate a special day.
There are cake pans shaped like dogs, bones, fire hydrants, and tons of other designs that are bound to fit your party’s needs. I’m guilty of baking a cake for my dog’s birthday, I used the banana carob recipe from this page and it worked out great, that recipe would work great in the Dog Muffin Cake Pan you’ll see below. I’ve been meaning to come up with a cake mix that will fit into a shaped cake pan and as soon as I do I’ll update this page with it.
If you aren’t here to make a cake for your dog, there are tons of cake pans that will work for you. I’ll show you the most popular pans from Amazon and eBay so you can decide what you want. If you’re planning on buying more than just dog cake pans, I recommend using Amazon so you can get everything you need shipped right to your house for cheap. If all you want is the dog cake pan, use eBay so you can get the best price possible.
eBay has a larger selection of dog cake pans because they also include many retired and out of print pans. Scroll through their current listings below, and if you don’t see the pan that you’re looking for you can search for it with the box on the top.
Baby Shower Cake Pans
Finding the perfect baby shower cake pans is the perfect way to kick off the special day. There are tons of different pans to choose from, and since there isn’t a generic symbol for baby showers you can let your creativity soar. In this post I’ll give you some ideas to get you started as well as show you where you can get a great deal on a baby shower cake pan.
With so many different pans that you can use it can be hard to narrow it down enough to make a decision. Some of the most popular themes are ladybugs, baby carriages, storks, or even just a simple tiered cake that has been decorated. One thing is for sure, it has to be decorated by you or your friends for the occasion. Store bought cakes do not carry the same feeling as a hand crafted cake does!
Since the baby (probably) hasn’t been born yet don’t get too hung up on the gender-style of the cake. The baby isn’t there yet to eat any cake and wouldn’t care anyway. Get a cake pan that fits the party, not the baby! I’ve seen a lot of cakes that were decorated for the baby rather than the shower (Transformers?!).
Below I’ll offer some baby shower cake pans from Amazon and eBay. Shop with Amazon if you need to get decorations, gifts, or something for yourself. They’ll ship everything to your front door for a great price. If the only thing you need is the cake pan, or are looking for a retired pan (the original Wilton Stork cake pan), use eBay. That will help you be sure that you get exactly what you want at an awesome price.
Below you’ll see the current listings on eBay for baby shower cake pans. This is a pretty vague category, so if you don’t see the pan that you want use the search box to find it quickly.
3D Cake Pans
3D cake pans are not only really cool they’re functional. If you’re having a party that requires a lot of cake and it doesn’t make sense to bake two separate cakes, a 3D cake pan will provide enough to feed everyone. They’re essentially two cakes that are baked and stuck together with icing. In this post I want to offer some tips for decorating these cakes since it can be pretty tricky, as well as offer some great deals on the 3D cake pans that you want.
With a flat shaped cake you have the advantage of being able to lean over it to do the decorating. With 3D cakes you don’t get to do that. Instead you end up working around the edges of the cake, building it up from the bottom. Starting from the bottom is important because your work surface gives you a point of reference for building straight lines with icing. Also, you’ll need a lazy susan to get a 3D cake done, unless you have an island in your home that allows you to walk all the way around with and still reach the cake with ease.
Shopping for 3D cake pans is very simple online. There are two places where you can be assured a great deal, Amazon and eBay. Amazon is the best place to buy cake pans when you need to get other things as well. If you’re planning a party and need the pan, decorations, and favors Amazon will help you get all of those and ship them to your home at a great price. If the only thing you need is the pan, use eBay to get the best price.
First, I’ll show you the most popular 3D pans from Amazon, then offer a link for you to browse their entire collection. After that you’ll see all of eBay’s current listings. Compare the prices between the both to see what’s best for you.
To see all of the 3D cake pans that Amazon has to offer click here
Here are the current listings from eBay. If you compare the prices between both stores you’ll see that eBay is almost always cheaper. That’s a great thing if the pan is all you need, but eBay can get pretty complex if you need to order multiple things. If you don’t see the pan that you’re looking for use the search bar at the top.
Pound Cake Pan
A quality pound cake pan is something that will be with you for a very long time and passed on to the next generations of bakers in your life. Pound cakes will never go out of style and will always be delicious so you can expect that your cake pan will get lots of use in its life. In this post I want to show you the different options in pound cake pans as well as where to buy them at great prices.
The most common pound cake pan is the normal bundt pan. These have worked great for years, but even the nonstick type still relentlessly stick. In order to prevent this, you have to liberally use a good cooking spray. Butter will never get into all of the details and designs that are on a pound cake pan. If you have intricate design on your pan it’s a good idea to follow the cooking spray with a thin layer of flour to help make the pattern stand out better.
Springform pound cake pans are sweet, plain and simple! After I got on of these I gave all of my old pound cake pans to my kids! There are even springform pans that have interchangeable designs on the top so you can get multiple cake designs from a single pan (picture below).
You can also use these cake pans for coffee cake and crumb cake.
Shopping for a pound cake baking pan online is easy. The two best places to do it are Amazon and eBay. Shop at Amazon if you want to buy more than just the pan. If there are other things that you need and want them all shipped to your door at a great price, Amazon is the way to go. If you only need the pan, you’ll find the best deal on eBay.
Here are the pound cake pans that are currently on sale at Amazon.
To browse through all of Amazon’s bundt/pound cake pans, click here
eBay is the place to get the best deals on cake pans. Most of them are new, some are used, but they’re all going to be a great price. Below you’ll see real-time listings for pound cake pans. If you don’t see the one that you’re looking for use the search box at the top to track it down.
Cinderella Cake Pan
Like most Disney things that have gone out of print or have been retired, the Cinderella cake pan is hard to find and fairly expensive. Demand for this pan, like the Star Wars cake pan, has never slowed so the secondary market is ripe with options. Just because it’s been retired doesn’t meant that you can’t get it anymore. The pan is out there at a few different distributors. I’ve found Cinderella cake pans on Amazon and on eBay. In this post I want to share those with you, as well as offer up some other options in the case that you don’t want to fork over the cash for the cake pan.
If you do end up with the cake pan it’s actually much more versatile than you might think. Most of Disney’s female characters look exactly the same. So with this single cake pan you could make Snow White, Ariel, Pocahontas, Jasmine, or even a princess that looks a lot like your little girl. So even though you’re spending a little more for this pan you’re getting a lot of different options and uses along with it.
Here are the current Amazon listings for Cinderella cake pans, as well as some other options. Below that you’ll see the current eBay listings.
Here are the real time eBay listings for the Cinderella shaped cake pan. Scroll through the listings to find the pan that you’re looking for. If you’re going to find a great deal on this cake pan, it will probably be on eBay. If you don’t want to spend the money on the pan, there are also some other great options in the listings below.
Heart Shaped Cake Pans
Heart shaped cake pans have many more possibilities than just the generic Valentine’s Day cake. They are an excellent way to show anyone that you care for how you feel, or even just an easy to decorate and delicious cake. I get a lot of use out of the set of heart cake pans that I have, and I’m sure you will as well. In this post I want to show you how to decide which pan you need and give you some great deals on buying the pan.
There are three common styles of heart shaped cake pans; aluminum, nonstick, and silicone. Each has its benefits and downsides, but whichever you choose you should know what you’re getting into. Aluminum heart shape cake pans are going to be the cheapest and most common. The unfortunate side effect of using aluminum is that it sticks like crazy. You’ll have to be diligent when greasing the pan to make sure that it comes out freely. Nonstick cake pans will still need a bit of fat to make sure that there’s zero sticking, but the problem is that when nonstick is scratched it becomes toxic. So what do you do when something does stick in your nonstick pan? A plastic spatula is the safest, and resist the temptation to use anything metal or you’ll risk scratching the pan. Silicone is great because it doesn’t stick and is easy to work with, but it’s a bit more expensive than the other two.
Below I’ll show you current prices for heart shaped cake pans from both Amazon and eBay. Both are great places to buy cake pans from, but if you’re planning on getting multiple things use Amazon so you can get it all shipped to you at a great price. If the pan is the only thing that you need, use eBay and you’ll get the best price around.
To see all of the heart cake pans that Amazon has to offer, click here
eBay will almost always have the cheapest price if you’re only getting a pan. Below you’ll find the most current listings for heart cake pans from eBay. If you don’t see the pan that you’re looking for, use the search box at the top.
Finding The Best Deals on Wilton’s Cake Pans
Wilton’s cake pans are known for their uncompromising quality at the best prices around. There was a time a decade or so ago when you could find a Wilton cake pan in every grocery store and big box retailer, but unfortunately baking seemed to have fallen from popularity and these cake pans are hard to find locally. Now that baking is becoming very popular once again and the pans are still tough to find you have to turn to the internet.
There are lots of places to get Wilton pans from, but Amazon and eBay are going to have the best deals for separate reasons. Amazon is the best place to get cake pans from if you need to get other things as well. If, for example, you’re planning a birthday party and need decorations, favors, and a gift Amazon will help you get all of those and have it shipped to your door at a great price. If all you need is the cake pan, eBay will consistently be the cheapest. It’s hard to order lots of things from eBay at once since you’re essentially dealing with multiple vendors, so for a single pan you’ll always find the best deal there.
Below I’ll show some of the most popular Wilton cake pans on Amazon, as well as a link to help you browse their entire collection. After that you’ll see all of the current and real-time listings for the pans on eBay.
To see all of the Wilton cake pans that Amazon has to offer, click here
Like I said above, eBay will have the best prices if all you need is the pan. Here are the most current listings for Wiltons cake pans. If you don't see the pan that you're looking for, use the search box at the top to track it down fast.
Spongebob Cake Pan
Spongebob is one of the few things that adults appreciate as much as kids do. Using a Spongebob cake pan at your next birthday party or get together is going to get smiles and giggles from all crowds! In this post, we’ll take a look at the pan and a few creative uses as well as where to find it at an excellent price.
The Spongebob cake pan is perfect for the person who has decorated a cake or two before and is looking for something a little bit more challenging. That doesn’t mean that you can’t make this your first cake, just be sure to spend some time practicing first and thoroughly read the instructions. There is a bit more detail in this cake than in most shaped cake pans, so be ready with your steady hand and some relaxing music before you get started!
I baked this cake once for a Spongebob themed party and after the cake was finished, I used the pan to hold a bunch of tiny drink umbrellas for people to use. It fit the theme perfect and worked very well. You can also use the pan for chips, dip, candy, favors, or even as a jello mold.
You can find Spongebob cake pans on both Amazon and eBay at great prices. I recommend using Amazon if you also need to get gifts, party favors, or anything else so you can do all of your shopping at one time and get a great deal on shipping. If all you need is the pan, cheap cake pans are always available on eBay which you’ll be able to see live results below.
Here you’ll find all of the current listing for Spongebob Squarepants cake pans on eBay. You’ll see the big difference in price from Amazon, but if you’re doing more shopping than just the pan eBay can be more expensive.
Cheap Cake Pans
Baking can be an expensive hobby when you need lots of tools to get the job done so being able to find cheap cake pan is extremely important. The good news is that there are a few places where you can consistently find cake pans for cheap. This entire site is dedicated to doing just that, but in this post I want to take a closer look at the two places that I recommend, Amazon and eBay, to help you decide which site you should shop from. Both of them are great choices, but different situations and occasions will make one a better choice than the other.
Amazon has built their marketplace to allow you to buy just about anything under the sun and have all of it shipped to your door at a great price. If you’re planning an entire party and need all of the favors or gifts to go along with it, you can take care of everything right on Amazon. This makes it the place to take care of all of your shopping at once. Retired cake pans are a bit more expensive on Amazon than on eBay, but they are more consistently available.
To browse through Amazon’s cake pan collection click here
eBay is the best place to get cheap cake pans, flat out. Pans that are ten or fifteen bucks elsewhere can usually be found on eBay for less than five bucks! Some of them are used, but most of the time they are in excellent condition. Use eBay if all you need is the pan. I usually don’t buy more than one thing at a time on the site since it requires working with different vendors and shipping charges, not to mention that you can’t lump everything into one shopping cart and pay for it at once. If all you need is a cheap cake pan, use eBay!
To see all of eBay’s current listings for cheap cake pans, click .
There certainly are other places to find cheap cake pans, but none of them are as consistently affordable as the two listed above are. Other ideas are scouring garage sales or post-holiday sales at big box retailers.
Castle Cake Pan
Make your next celebration a little medieval with a castle cake pan! There are a few options to choose from when shopping and the level of skill required to decorate the cake you want will probably determine which cake pan you choose. In this post we’ll take a look at a few different castle cake pans and give you the option to buy them from Amazon and eBay.
The Nordic Ware Castle Cake Pan
The Wilton Enchanted Castle Pan
The Wilton Romantic Castle Cake Set
Also, here are all of the current listings on eBay for you to check out. eBay is the best choice when all you need is the pan at the best price. If you don’t see what you’re looking for use the search box at the top.
Kids Cake Pans
Kids cake pans are easy to find, but the hard part is deciding which is the best one for your little one. There are so many options to choose from! It’s really easy when your kid is really into something that has a cake pan that matches (Dora, Elmo, Dinosaurs, Transformers, etc.). If not, you can choose from hundreds of different options.
For the most part, cake pans for kids are easy to decorate. It takes a bit of practice to get used to the icing bags and tips, but an hour of practice along with the detailed instructions that they come with should get you ready to do some great decorating!
Below I’ll show you some of the most popular kid’s cake pans that are out right now and make them available for purchase. First, you’ll see cake pans from Amazon. Amazon is an excellent choice if you also want to take care of some other shopping. They have great prices on everything and very low shipping fees so you can knock out an entire party from favors to gifts! After Amazon, you’ll see current eBay listings for kid’s cake pans. eBay is the place to get cheap cake pans, so if all you need is the pan that’s the place to get it from.
Here are the current listings for kids birthday cake pans from eBay. Like I said above, if all you need is the pan eBay is the place to get it at the best price. Use the search box at the top to find the exact pan that you want.
Butterfly Cake Pan
Using a butterfly cake pan for a birthday cake is a perfect way to show your little angel how special she really is. The cake is fairly easy to decorate (more on that below) so you can create something really special without having to worry about spending a lot of money on a cake from a fancy bakery. Butterfly cake pans are also great for baby showers and Easter. This is one of the few shaped cake pans that is going to get lots of different uses, so it’s smart to have on hand. There is also a mini butterfly cake pan that allows you to create personalized cakes.
You can decorate the butterfly cake however you want. The instructions that come with the Wilton Butterfly Cake Pan offers tons of ideas that will work even if you use a different pan. Those instructions are available here (PDF). The appearance of butterflies in nature is random, so your cake can look however you want it to!
Shopping for butterfly cake pans is easy as well. Amazon has lots to choose from and you can also knock out the rest of the party’s shopping, or you can find the best deals at eBay. I’ll show you both below so you can make the choice that’s best for you.
If all you need is the pan, eBay will probably have the best price. Below you’ll be able to see all of the current listings for butterfly shaped cake pans where you’ll either be able to buy it now or bid on it. If you don’t see the one that you’re looking for, use the search box to track it down.
Heart Cake Pans
Heart cake pans aren’t just for Valentine’s day, they’re an excellent way to show someone that you love them year round. Heart shaped cake pans also work great for your special someone’s birthday or your anniversary. In this post I want to share some decorating tips for heart shaped cakes as well as show you some great deals on the pans themselves.
Obviously, there are infinite ways that you can decorate a heart shaped cake. You can go with simple pink frosting to make a beautiful cake, or even go as far as to create a full tiered cake with the works on it. Either way, be sure to practice any new techniques before decorating the final cake. You don’t want to past the point of no return on the final cake and realize that you messed up!
I recommend using pink fondant with a heart cake pan. The smooth pink surface looks very elegant and professional, and allows you the perfect canvas for a message to your sweetheart. If you’ve never used fondant before or haven’t used it with the awkward angles that are at the top of the heart, practice with it beforehand. If you don’t get it right the first time just pull it off, roll it, and try again.
Shopping for heart cake pans is easy as well. There are two places to get great deals on them. Amazon always has excellent prices and allows you to use the rest of their marketplace to get all of the other stuff that you need to make your occasion special. eBay is the place for cheap cake pans, and is a smarter choice when all you need is the pan and nothing else. Below I’ll show you some of the most popular heart pans as well as some mini heart cake pans, and after that you’ll see all of eBay’s current listings to buy what you need.
To see all of Amazon’s heart shaped cake pans, click here
Like I said above, eBay is the place to get cheap cake pans. If you only need the pan and have everything else covered, here is where you’ll find the best deal. Scroll through their current listings or use the search box at the top to track down the exact pan you’re looking for.
Cake Baking Pans
The perfect desserts start with the perfect cake baking pans. Baking isn’t difficult, but it gets even easier when you have the proper tools from the start. There are probably as many different cake baking pans as there are cake recipes, so choosing the best one for your occasion can be tough. In this post, I want to show you which cake pans you must have, pans for special occasions, and where to buy them all cheap!
There are only a few cake baking pans that you have to have. These are the ones that are going to get the most use because they’re versatile and easy to care for. The most important set of cake baking pans that you need are round ones. I always recommend that each kitchen have three sizes; 9″, 11″, and 13″. Having all of these will cover most recipes. Having roughly the same size set of square pans is important as well, especially since square pans have tons of different uses. A 9″X13″ rectangular cake pan is also a must have.
It’s possible to run out and buy a cake pan for every special occasion, but it’s not necessary. Instead, you should have a star cake pan, a heart cake pan, and a few character cake pans to cover any need that might come up. You can get away with using any of those cake pans for birthdays, baby showers, or any function that calls for you to bake something. From there you can buy cake pans as you need them, but it will be much less often.
Shopping for a cake baking pan is easy. It used to be that you could find them anywhere, but now they mostly reside on the internet. The two best places to shop for shaped cake pans are Amazon and eBay. Amazon is great because you can knock out all sorts of other shopping while getting the cake pans that you need, and have it all shipped to your house at a great price. eBay is the place to get vintage and cheap cake pans. If you’re only buying one pan and want the best price around, use eBay.
To see all of the cake baking pans that are available on Amazon, click here
Below, you’ll see the most current listings for cake baking pans on eBay. To find the specific one that you’re looking for, use the search box at the top to find it fast.
Star Cake Pans
Star cake pans are the start to a very special occasion. Something as simple as a star can really make someone feel special when you have it for their birthday, graduation, baby shower, or any other occasion. The best thing about them is that you can decorate it however you like! You can cover it with icing and add your special message, or finish it with fondant and cut out some decorations. However you do it, it will turn out great! Also, star pans are great to have on hand because there are tons of occasions and uses for them.
If you’re planning on using fondant with your star shaped cake pan, I recommend baking a practice cake first if you’re new to using fondant. It takes a little bit of practice to get the fondant smooth around the awkward angles of the star’s points. It’s not difficult at all, but I don’t want you stressed out and stuck figuring it out on the final cake!
There are lots of places that you can buy a star cake pan from, but I’ve found that two places are the best. Amazon and eBay both have great prices as well as some other benefits. Amazon is the best when you need to buy some other things (decorations, fondant, favors, etc.) and want to get a great shipping price on everything. eBay is the best place for cheap cake pans, so if the pan is all you need you’ll find it there. Below, I’ll show you the star cake pans that are for sale on Amazon, as well as current listings for the pans on eBay so you can choose which is best for you.
Below you’ll see all of eBay’s listings. Clicking on one will allow you to bid on it or buy it now. If you don’t see the pan that you’re looking for use the search box at the top to find it fast.
Square Wedding Cake Pans
It’s incredible the amount of money that you can save by either baking your wedding cake yourself or having a friend or family member do it. Square wedding cake pans aren’t expensive, and when you combine that expense with the ingredients and decorations you can easily create a beautiful wedding cake for under $100! Compare that to what your local cake shop can do it for and you’ll see why this is becoming such a surging trend, even when people don’t have the kind of money they used to they still get married! In this post I want to share some tricks that I’ve learned with square wedding cake pans and where you can buy them from to save even more money.
When you’re building a cake of the magnitude that wedding cakes are, you’re going to need a lot of cake! It might make sense at first for you to just jump into a 4″ deep square cake pan, but using layers of 2″ deep cake will be more flavorful and easier to work with. Creating three layers of 2″ thick cake is the technique that I’ve normally used and it works great!
When choosing the dimensions of the tiers you want them to be proportional to one another. That means that each tier should have the same amount of size difference between them. A few common examples are 9″-11″-13″ or 10″-12″-14″. Each of those cake pan sizes has two inches between the next size up. This creates a balanced cake, which is extremely important if you’re adding tiers.
Most cake companies will have tier stands and supports for each size of square wedding cake pans that they have. Wilton makes huge kits as well as separators that give your cake some serious elegance! There’s no need to worry about having to fabricate your own tiers or finding the perfect size, since it all already exists.
If you’re planning tiers and want to buy everything at once, Amazon is the place to do so. You can get all of your pans, separator plates, and separators and have them shipped to you at an awesome price. If you want to piece together everything, eBay is a great idea since you’ll be able to find the best prices. First, I’ll show you what Amazon has, then we’ll go into current listings on eBay.
Clicking on the cake pan or separator links below will allow you to see what sizes they offer.
eBay is also an excellent place to get wedding cake pans from. If there are only a few pieces that you need, I recommend buying here so that you can save more money. Below are the current listings for square wedding cake pans and if you don’t see what you want use the search box to quickly track it down.
Rectangular Cake Pan
Choosing a rectangular cake pan can be tough. There are so many different choices and sizes so knowing that you’re getting the right one is difficult. Many rectangle cake pans do nearly the same thing, but have different benefits and uses. In this post we’ll go through different sizes and types and show you where to buy them from so that you can save some cash.
Many times, it’s best to buy a set of rectangular cake pans so that you can get all of the sizes that you need. The most common sizes that you’ll need are 9″, 11″, and 13″. There are every size you can imagine in between those, but in most cases you can get away with using one of the common sizes. If I were starting over my cake pan collection, I would get a set of plain aluminum pans in those sizes in both circular and rectangular.
Do you need springform? Probably not. Those pans have pretty specific uses. I have a few rectangular springform pans and they only get used for cheesecakes and brownies. Although, I prefer springform over nonstick so that I never have to cut anything inside the pan and risk scratching the nonstick, which is toxic. Nearly all baking recipes and techniques can be accomplished with simple aluminum cake pans, but if you need something different I’ll show you some options below.
These are the most popular rectangular cake pans from Amazon, and below you’ll be able to browse through current eBay listings.
To browse through all of Amazon’s rectangular cake pans, click here
You can also browse through all of eBay’s current listings for rectangular cake pans. If you don’t see what you’re looking for use the search box to track it down fast.
Mirro Cake Pans
Mirro is a company that has created all sorts of pans, but none have been as successful or created as many imitators as traditional Mirro cake pans. The idea was so simple; make a long lasting cake pan that has a lid that doubles as a cookie sheet! It’s the perfect baking trifecta!
I have a hunch that when this style of pan came out it was passed off as a gimmick (like the brownie separator thing) but it really has stood the test of time. Now, they are still popular but hard to find. Most of the originals are still in commission because of their incredibly high quality, so finding them used is a big possibility. I want to show you a few places where you can get them from at great prices, without having to trod from garage sale to garage sale!
Amazon has a few of these pans that they keep in stock. Some of them are made by Mirro, and others are imitators, but they should all be quality cake pans.
There is a much larger selection of Mirro cake pans on eBay. Browse through the current listings below to find the cake pan that you need.
Dora Cake Pans
Dora cake pans are the perfect way to celebrate your little ones birthday party. Dora The Explorer is very popular with the kindergarten crew, so the cake is bound to be a hit at your party. Another great thing about the cake is that it isn’t too difficult to decorate so you can also show off your baking skills with a perfectly decorated cake. Towards the end of this post I’ll show you where to buy a Dora cake pan at a great price.
The cake pan is made by Wilton, so you know that you’re going to get the highest quality at the most affordable price. Each new cake pan will come with instructions, a list of necessary stuff, and tips for getting the best results. If the cake pan that you get doesn’t come with the instructions, they are always available on Wilton’s website for free download.
If you need to bake a second cake, a Diego (Dora’s BFF) is also available. That pan is as easy as the Dora cake is, so you won’t need to learn any extra skills to get both of them decorated well.
There are two places on the web to find Dora cake pans at great prices without having to be an explorer, Amazon and eBay. If all you need is the pan, eBay is the place to find the best prices. If you still have some birthday shopping to take care of, Amazon will have everything that you need along with excellent shipping prices. Either one is a great choice, but your situation will determine which is for you.
Shopping on eBay is easy as well. You’ll find Dora cake pans as well as other goodies that are perfect for a Dora birthday in the box below and you can either bid on them or purchase them.
Custom Cake Pans
Custom cake pans are hard to come by but in this post I’ll show you where to find them and some alternatives. The reason that custom made cake pans are so rare is because it’s neither cheap nor easy to make a one off pan. Most pans are made from molds that can easily repeat the process, making their bulk production profitable.
In order to get a completely custom cake pan you’re going to need to know someone who can work with aluminum. You can either go through the work of creating a mold and casting it as such, or you can work it out from a solid sheet of aluminum. The latter takes more skill, but it’s much more affordable. This is how custom, one-off car and motorcycle parts are usually made. It’s tough work, but you can use a mallet to form any shape out of aluminum you wish. Just remember, no seams and no angles that won’t allow the cake to come back out.
Now, if you don’t want to go to all that work to make a cake pan there’s an alternative (I don’t know many folks who would!). Get a cake pan that’s a similar shape to the final product that you’re looking for and carve it down from there. All you need to do the carving is a few different sizes of serrated knives.
A perfect example of this is that whale cake pans are hard to come by, but with the Airplane Pantastic Cake Pan
Custom cake pans are certainly rare, but with some creativity and carving you may not need one at all!
Tube Cake Pans
Tube cake pans are a necessity for baking things like angel’s food cake. The tube (or flute as it’s also called) is what allows the heat of the oven to evenly bake a cake of that height. Not to mention the fact that it looks great and fills nicely with fruit! In this post I want to share a few tricks to successfully baking tube cakes as well as some of the best places to buy them from.
I remember when you could only get the standard aluminum tube cake pan. There was one kind and we all baked the same cake! Now, things have changed a lot and there are hundreds of different styles and options.
The problem that most people run into is removing cake from tube pan. Unfortunately, once it’s stuck there aren’t many things that you can do to help. The solution is at the beginning and being sure that you’ve thoroughly greased the pan. Most tube cake pans aren’t smooth on the inside which makes butter not work very well, it doesn’t take a very big missed area to make a cake stick. Instead use baking spray or spray oil to make sure that the cake never sticks. You can also opt for a nonstick or springform tube cake pan, which are available below.
If you’ve been on this site before, you’ll know that I get all of my cake pans from either eBay or Amazon. I really believe that when you use both sites together you’ll always find the exact pan that you need at the price that you want. First, I’ll show you some of the most popular tube pans on Amazon, then you’ll see real time listings for them on eBay.
To see all of the tube cake pans that Amazon offers, click here
As I said above, I also use eBay when price is the main thing that I’m looking for. Below, you’ll find real-time eBay listings that will allow you to either bid or purchase the tube cake pan that you need. If you can’t find the one you’re looking for, use the search bar at the top to scan through all of their auctions.
Hexagon Cake Pans
Hexagon cake pans are an excellent choice for creating professional looking cakes. In this post I want to share some decorating tips that I’ve gained through the years as well as show you where to buy affordable hexagon cake pans on the internet.
The most stunning cakes that I’ve seen done with hexagonal cake pans are simple three tier cakes that are finished with fondant and simple piping along the corners of each point of the hexagon. It’s really simple and very easy to pull off. It takes a little bit of practice to get the hang of using the fondant around the odd corners, but if you screw it up you can just peel it off and do it again!
Another thing you can do with the tiers is stack the second tier 30° or 45° to one direction from the tier below, and the third tier the same as the first. It creates a sort of optical illusion that makes the cake look like it’s rotating. Very cool and very easy!
Finding a hexagon cake pan on the internet is fairly easy. The trick is finding the best price. I’ve put together some of the best prices on them from both Amazon and eBay so you can decide for yourself which fits your budget the best. On both sets of the hexagonal cake pans from Amazon clicking on the picture will allow you to choose the size that you want and see the price.
There are a few other hexagon cake pans out there, but they usually reside in restaurant supply stores. Many times you can track them down on eBay, so below you’ll find the most current listings for all hexagon cake pans that they have going. If you can’t find what you need, use the search bar to narrow the results.
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