Guide Note

A bundt cake is simply the name used for a dessert cake baked in a ring-shaped pan with decorated sides. The first bundt pan was created in 1950 to help making a type of coffee cake easier, since traditional cast iron pans were heavy to use. The first bundt pan was made from aluminum. Bundt cakes tend to be buttery and dense, but almost any kind of cake can be made in this pan, provided it is well greased, as some cakes will stick to the fluted sides of the pan.

Fast Facts

1. Pronounced: "Bunt" cake
2. Bundts are usually dense cakes, such as a butter or pound cake
3. The bundt pan was created in 1950
4. Invented by H. David Dalquist
5. Also used to make kugel
6. Bundt pan usually made from aluminum
7. Bundt pans must be non stick or well greased to allow easy transfer of cake out of pan
8. November 15: National Bundt Pan Day
9. Bundt pans come in a traditional fluted shape, or more decorative shapes like flowers
10. Mini bundt pans are popular
11. A thin drippy glaze can brighten plain cakes