It may not seem necessary to try to find the very best cake pan. Cake pans are probably one of those tools you don’t actually remember buying—suddenly you just have one or two that you trot out a few times a year for birthday cakes online. And it may seem like these randomly acquired pans are just fine. After all, many standard metal cake pans look and feel pretty much the same—and you might think that they perform similarly, too. But in testing the same classic yellow cake recipe six times in six similar-but-different cake pans, I found the opposite to be true: A cake pan is not a cake pan is not a cake pan. Luckily, I found one pan that really is the best—the one that, ahem, takes the cake online order. Read about the winners below; for more information about testing methods and what I looked for in a cake pan, scroll to the bottom of the page.
The Best Cake Pan Overall
Fat Daddio’s sturdy but lightweight anodized aluminum pan browns every cake’s exterior beautifully. If you're looking for the best nonstick cake pan, it fits that description as well: It releases order cakes online easily, turning out golden-brown, perfectly-even, and straight-sided cakes. And the best news is that this pan is extremely easy to wash.
Fat Daddio’s cake pan has a satiny finish thanks to a nontoxic anodizing process, which seals the metal’s natural pores and makes for a more durable material. (As a result, the pan is easier to clean and won’t react with acidic ingredients like citrus or tomatoes.)
This pan has a rolled edge that sticks out slightly from the side of the pan; at first I was afraid this would make for harder-to-clean nooks and crannies. Actually, it made it much easier to hold the pan securely with bulky oven mitts. As a bonus, Fat Daddio also makes anodized aluminum pans in multiple depths (up to 4 inches) and diameters (up to 18 inches!), offering more size and variety than other brands. This is great for avid cake-bakers who want more versatility and consistency. The only downside? The pans don’t stack well (thanks to those same super-straight sides).
Fat Daddio's Round Cake Pan
$11.00, Amazon
The Best Cake Pan for Small Kitchens
The Williams Sonoma Cleartouch Nonstick Round Pan is sturdy and well made. The Cleartouch browned the cake online order deeply and beautifully—perhaps thanks to the chevron pattern on its base, which the company says “increases airflow for even baking and browning.” Its silicone coating—which makes the pan nonstick without the potentially-harmful components found in many nonstick treatments—easily released the online cake to India . The Cleartouch stacks easily with other pans due to sides that are slightly sloped, which also make the pan very easy to hold and remove from the oven; however, that design means your cake won’t have perfectly straight sides. Though the stacking capability is a major pro for many short-on-space bakers, the sloped sides that allow for it are an equally major con (especially for those hoping to make towering—and even-sided—layer cakes to India online. Ultimately, the Cleartouch takes second place due to its sloped sides and the same silicone coating that makes it so nonstick: It can scratch easily, dinging the coating and diminishing its lifespan.
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