10 Inch Cake Pan

Having a few 10 inch cake pans is necessary to stocking your kitchen. There are so many different types and styles of this size pan that it’s difficult to know what you really need and what you don’t. In this post I’ll give you a quick run down of the different styles of
10 inch cake pan and why you would need each one, as well as where to find the best deal on the cake pan that you need.

10 Inch Round Cake Pans – A plain aluminum 10 inch pan is an absolute necessity in any kitchen. You’ll frequently use this for baking simple cakes and deep dish pizza. Having a nonstick pan isn’t necessary since these pans are very easy to grease to make sure that your cake comes out cleanly.

10 Inch Round Springform Pan – The 10 inch springform pan is the key to successful cheesecake. You have to be able to get the pan separated from the cake to prevent the cheesecake from getting torn up. If cheesecakes are your thing, you need springform pans. You can usually find these in sets at a deep discount.

10 Inch Square Cake Pan – When baking brownies, blondies, and bars you’ll usually use a 9 or 10 inch square cake pan. Most of these pans are 2-3 inches deep, which accommodates both cakes and brownies. This is also the common cake pan for baking cornbread. Most square cake pans are going to be nonstick, which really isn’t a good idea. When nonstick gets scratched it releases toxic chemicals, so using that butter knife to cut the brownies is definitely not a good idea! Go with aluminum and grease it well.

Those are the three most common types of 10 inch cake pans, but there are also hearts, stars, teardrops, and ovals. I recommend only buying the odd shapes as you need them, I made the mistake of stocking up and figuring that I’ll come up with a use and never did!