Nordic Ware Bundt Fancy Springform Pan with 2 Bottoms, 9 Inch

This pan is a high-quality, convenient addition to my kitchen, which is precisely why I bought it. The interchangable bottoms are easy to use and easy to clean. It's made of a strong, durable, substantial matierial--not a flimsy, easy-to-dent piece! As an apartment dweller with a small kitchen, this pan is ideal: it is easy to store and has multiple purposes. However, it has one small (potential) drawback: when used as a bundt pan, it's a little small--your standard bundt cake recipe will slightly overfill the pan.

Yes, this pan WOULD be a good value if you could use both parts of the pan, BUT! This pan leaks. It's perfectly fine for the springform pan part (for cheesecakes), but don't even try to use it for a bundt pan. The pan leaks horribly, and doesn't brown correctly. Imagine this....a perfectly baked pound cake in the oven, and when you're ready to pop out the cake, you turn it over just to find a pale unattractive cake. This occurs even when baked on the lowest rack in the oven. I tried it multiple times with multiple recipes (and yes, I'm a very experienced baker), and on almost all occasions, it leaked and came out incredibly pale (And pale means it doesn't have that yummy caramelization!). Yes, you could probably use this pan for Angel Food cakes (because you don't really want it brown anyways), but you probably wouldn't want to because angel food cakes need a NON-nonstick surface in order to rise extremely high. Also, the material is very flimsy - it has the same feel of the...Read more

I don't bake much, and I have only used this pan a few times to make a banana cake. It has worked really great for me. It has not rusted or warped. The clasp (?) that is used to open and close the pan is easy to use and has never given me trouble. I just wait for my cake to cool down, open the clasp, and ease my cake out of the mold.
The other great thing about this pan is that it is lightweight and the price can't be beat.