What is the best brand of cake pans ? I am trying to find out what are
the best cake pans cost no consideration and what are the best cake
pans for the money. I have heard Magic Line by Parrish are a very well
known high quality pan. But also have heard that the Wilton Decorator
Preferred professional pans are supposed to be good (not to be
confused with the Wilton Performance pans). I read online "The May
1999 Good Housekeeping Institute Report rates the Wilton® Professional
pan #1 out of 31 different 9 in. round pans."

I saw on this website http://cooksdream.com/thestore/B.html that Magic
Line does not have perfectly straight sides and that Ultimate
Bakerware are supposed to be the best pans. It also goes on to say
"Recent research and studies have found that a heavy shiny aluminum
pan will bake faster, more evenly, and give consistent results. The
lower the gauge in metal the heavier the pan is." The Magic Line and
the Ultimate Bakerware are both 16 gauge. The Wilton pans are 18
gauge. But there is another brand I found online that wasn't even
mentioned on the website called American Metalcraft that is 14 gauge
and is supposed to be a "professional" pan.

Help !!! What brands have you guys tried ? Which ones did you like and
not like ?

"Angela" > wrote in message
om...
> What is the best brand of cake pans ? I am trying to find out what are
> the best cake pans cost no consideration and what are the best cake
> pans for the money. I have heard Magic Line by Parrish are a very well
> known high quality pan. But also have heard that the Wilton Decorator
> Preferred professional pans are supposed to be good (not to be
> confused with the Wilton Performance pans). I read online "The May
> 1999 Good Housekeeping Institute Report rates the Wilton® Professional
> pan #1 out of 31 different 9 in. round pans."
>
> I saw on this website http://cooksdream.com/thestore/B.html that Magic
> Line does not have perfectly straight sides and that Ultimate
> Bakerware are supposed to be the best pans. It also goes on to say
> "Recent research and studies have found that a heavy shiny aluminum
> pan will bake faster, more evenly, and give consistent results. The
> lower the gauge in metal the heavier the pan is." The Magic Line and
> the Ultimate Bakerware are both 16 gauge. The Wilton pans are 18
> gauge. But there is another brand I found online that wasn't even
> mentioned on the website called American Metalcraft that is 14 gauge
> and is supposed to be a "professional" pan.
>
> Help !!! What brands have you guys tried ? Which ones did you like and
> not like ?

Personally, I like either the Professional (gray "non stick") or Commercial
series from Chicago Metallic. As a kicker you get a U.S. made product. My
second choice would be Kaiser La Forme (German.) Any of these will withstand
quite a lot of abuse in the kitchen. Cook's Illustrated agrees with me on
the Chicago Metallic Professional series if you like their recommendations.

Fred
The Good Gourmet
http://www.thegoodgourmet.com

"Fred" > wrote in message >...
> "Angela" > wrote in message
> om...
> > What is the best brand of cake pans ? I am trying to find out what are
> > the best cake pans cost no consideration and what are the best cake
> > pans for the money. I have heard Magic Line by Parrish are a very well
> > known high quality pan. But also have heard that the Wilton Decorator
> > Preferred professional pans are supposed to be good (not to be
> > confused with the Wilton Performance pans). I read online "The May
> > 1999 Good Housekeeping Institute Report rates the Wilton® Professional
> > pan #1 out of 31 different 9 in. round pans."
> >
> > I saw on this website http://cooksdream.com/thestore/B.html that Magic
> > Line does not have perfectly straight sides and that Ultimate
> > Bakerware are supposed to be the best pans. It also goes on to say
> > "Recent research and studies have found that a heavy shiny aluminum
> > pan will bake faster, more evenly, and give consistent results. The
> > lower the gauge in metal the heavier the pan is." The Magic Line and
> > the Ultimate Bakerware are both 16 gauge. The Wilton pans are 18
> > gauge. But there is another brand I found online that wasn't even
> > mentioned on the website called American Metalcraft that is 14 gauge
> > and is supposed to be a "professional" pan.
> >
> > Help !!! What brands have you guys tried ? Which ones did you like and
> > not like ?
>
> Personally, I like either the Professional (gray "non stick") or Commercial
> series from Chicago Metallic. As a kicker you get a U.S. made product. My
> second choice would be Kaiser La Forme (German.) Any of these will withstand
> quite a lot of abuse in the kitchen. Cook's Illustrated agrees with me on
> the Chicago Metallic Professional series if you like their recommendations.
>
> Fred
> The Good Gourmet
> http://www.thegoodgourmet.com

I've been using commercial aluminum by Lincoln Weaver, which I buy
through the Next Day Gourmet, here in the Washington, DC area. They
have a website, obviously - nextdaygourmnet.com. I never have a
problem with the pan. I use Kaiser La Forme when I need a springform
pan.

Cheers

Thanks for all the responses, everybody. I am leaning towards the
Perfection Bakeware right now. Even though noone has responded yet
that has used them ! I talked to the guy at the company last week,
and they sound really nice. Please keep your opinions coming,
however. I am checking into all the other brands that have been
recommended as well. Some of them I hadn't even ever heard of before.

Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>What is the best brand of cake pans ?

Well, I'm not sure if you want them for baking or for show, but I use
Chicago Metallic in my bagel shop for muffins and am very happy with
them. I use them every day and they get banged around a lot. Probably
16 or 18 guage. I have some 12's that were far more expensive and very
heavy, but their weight makes them a pain to use, and I can not detect a
difference in my mufins.

If you go to a great bakery and see what they use, you might be
surprized.

"Angela" > wrote in message
om...
> What is the best brand of cake pans ? I am trying to find out what are
> the best cake pans cost no consideration and what are the best cake
> pans for the money. I have heard Magic Line by Parrish are a very well
> known high quality pan. But also have heard that the Wilton Decorator
> Preferred professional pans are supposed to be good (not to be
> confused with the Wilton Performance pans). I read online "The May
> 1999 Good Housekeeping Institute Report rates the Wilton® Professional
> pan #1 out of 31 different 9 in. round pans."
>
> I saw on this website http://cooksdream.com/thestore/B.html that Magic
> Line does not have perfectly straight sides and that Ultimate
> Bakerware are supposed to be the best pans. It also goes on to say
> "Recent research and studies have found that a heavy shiny aluminum
> pan will bake faster, more evenly, and give consistent results. The
> lower the gauge in metal the heavier the pan is." The Magic Line and
> the Ultimate Bakerware are both 16 gauge. The Wilton pans are 18
> gauge. But there is another brand I found online that wasn't even
> mentioned on the website called American Metalcraft that is 14 gauge
> and is supposed to be a "professional" pan.
>
> Help !!! What brands have you guys tried ? Which ones did you like and
> not like ?

I have a combination of Wilton Performance and Magic Line cake pans. I have
used them for years and have no complaints. My Magic Line pans appear to
have perfectly straight sides. Unless you are planning to really bang these
pans around, I don't see any need to get extremely heavy pans. All my pans
eventually become dull but not dark. They bake evenly. A few years ago
Cook's Illustrated reviewed cake pans. They concluded that All-Clad cake
pans were the best. They had better luck with the cake releasing than with
aluminum pans. I don't have problems with cakes sticking and therefore, I
couldn't justify paying $80+ for a cake pan.