Ironically, just as we begin Week #2 of the Kitchen Cure and tell you to clean out extra unused pans and tools from your cupboards, I go to IKEA and buy a new cake pan. (Although, keeping the Cure in the back of my mind did stop me from many other unnecessary purchases, I assure you.) I was rather wanting this DROMMAR cake pan ever since this post, and now that I have it, I'm curious: what kind of cake do you think I should bake?
IKEA DROMMAR: What Kind of Cake Should I Bake?
I have a yen towards cake pans of many shapes and sizes, and although I have enough space for a modest collection, I do try to curb the inclination. But I do think that bundts or shaped pans like this one are some of the best cake pans to keep around. In fact, if you have just one cake pan, make it a bundt. Why? Well, it is usually a substantial size, so you don't need to fuss with baking two layers or making frosting. Also, its pretty shape means you can serve it with nothing more than a dusting of powdered sugar.
Back to my pan. This is a rather small cake pan: it holds 8 cups, instead of the 12 cups in a more normal-sized bundt pan. This is nice, though; I like smaller, more moderately-sized desserts. The average cake recipe will make about 5-6 cups of batter, so multiplying by one and a half would be plenty to fill this pan. Or you could use just one batch of a regular cake recipe, which wouldn't overfill this, and perhaps you wouldn't have a bump to slice off after baking.
What is your favorite kind of cake to make in a molded pan like this? Any favorite recipes?
Related: Five Essential Baking Tools: Pans
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If I could make a bundt cake right now, it would probably be a coconut almond cake. Mostly because I'm on a coconut craving spree right now and, well, what goes better with coconut than almonds? (And then maybe a drizzle of melted chocolate over the top?! YUM!)
view laetitiae's profile
that pan is dying to make you the most delicious RUM CAKE ever. too bad my recipe is at home but it's something like this:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Moms-Rum-Cake/Detail.aspx
and don't hate on the boxed mix. i've tried to make rum cakes from scratch and they never stand up to the boxed-mix-plus-pudding combo.
view nenasadije's profile
Chocolate kaluah cake. It starts with a cake mix, adds sour cream and kaluah (yes, I'm pretty sure I'm spelling that wrong) and then chocolate chips. It is to die for.
view Tiamat_the_Red's profile
That pan looks old-fashioned to me, which makes me think of marble cake, which I don't think I've eaten since I was a kid. Also, for some reason, marble cake was rarely frosted in my house. Maybe your "dusting of powdered sugar" comment made me think of it.
view cmcinnyc's profile
This would be a great pan for testing out that gorgeous double-ginger sour cream cake w/strawberries featured in bon appetit the other month... http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Double-Ginger-Sour-Cream-and-Bundt-Cake-with-Ginger-Infused-Strawberries-352071
Let us know how it turns out!
view karenenen's profile
I had this pan in my cart at Ikea, but it ended up having no bar code. I was already struggling with the self-checkout and it was going to be a whole thing, so it got left behind.
BUT, if I had it, I would make this chocolate peanut butter bundt cake: http://whippedtheblog.com/2008/11/16/chocolate-peanut-butter-bundt-cake/.
view Joanna's profile
spring calls for lemon cake!
view foodefafa's profile
yes, I agree with foodefafa, it's spring! this cake should be light and a happy butter yellow; I'm thinking on the lines of a delicious grenadilla (passion fruit pulp, the pips strained out) cream cheese swirl in the batter, which of course, should be a delicate lemon flavour :) decorated with a dust of icing snow and little yellow violas ... sigh
view Merrypetal's profile
this looks exactly like Mom's jello mold! she makes a wonderful orange jello with applesauce, mandarine oranges and gingerale. i'd rather have the jello than cake anyday.
view lona's profile
i love this recipe from the label of solo almond filling:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Solo-Almond-Cake-78771
the filling is lovely, different from almond paste, butter or marzipan.
a lemon glaze or whipped cream and strawberries would be perfect right now.
i think i'm going to pick up one of those pans tomorrow at the ikea earth day sale!
view saltyc's profile
I recently made an Orange Vanilla Bundt Cake. The original recipe was for a 6cup pan, and I doubled it. It doesn't begin with a box mix, and it was divine!
view UptownGirl's profile
I'm with foodefafa here, I would probably make lemon cake of some sort. With peel zest in it. Yes.
The name of the pan, "DRÖMMAR" (yes, with those pesky dots, it's not a regular "o"), means simply "DREAMS" - so I suggest making something light and dreamy ;)
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