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Where To Find Cheap Character Cake Pans

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Using character cake pans to bake someone’s birthday cake is one of the easiest ways to make a birthday party as fun as it can be. It will also help hone your skills as a cake decorator. In this post I want to take a quick look at the history and future of character shaped cake pans as well as show you where you can buy them without breaking the bank.

Character cake pans got their start by Wilton in the mid-70’s with characters such as Holly Hobby, Sesame Street, and Strawberry Shortcake. Back then it was extremely easy to find these pans since they were in grocery stores and even corner drug stores. Their popularity continued to surge into the late 80’s with characters like Super Mario, Bart Simpson, and even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’m not really sure what happened after 1989, but it suddenly became en vogue to stop baking and buy gross birthday cakes from the grocery store. After that, these cake pans became very hard to find and many styles were retired.

Now, baking is surging in popularity once again. There are multiple TV shows on Bravo and the Food Network dedicated to baking cakes, and people are once again getting out their mixers and spatulas. Unfortunately, with the “new” popularity of baking stores have yet to catch up. Finding shaped cake pans in your local grocery store is still impossible, so you have to turn to the internet or specialty kitchen store.

I have two favorite places to buy my cake pans from, and I’m sure that if you’ve seen any other pages on this site you already know what they are! Amazon and eBay constantly have the best prices for cake pans of any size, shape, or character. Amazon is the best when you need a pan that is current and need it shipped to your house along with other things (party favors, gifts, etc.). eBay is best when the pan you need is retired or are just looking for the best price.

To see all of the character cake pans that Amazon has to offer, click here.

Here are the current listings for character shaped cake pans on eBay. You can use the arrows on the right to scroll through them, and if you don’t see the character that you’re looking for use the search box on top. I would be extremely surprised if there was a cake pan that you couldn’t find on eBay. If there is, leave a comment below and I’ll help you track it down!

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