Nordic Ware Classic Metal 9x13 Covered Cake Pan

Bought two of these pans. Most of my NordicWare is very sturdy, however these pans don't seem to be made as well. A little on the light and flimsy side not to mention that when cleaning the lid, got cut on the sharp edge of the lip!

Good points:

light weight,

clean way to transport cake.

easily cleaned

Bad points:

Hard to manipulate the lid.

Scratches easily.

I was so excited when I received the Nordic Ware 9X13 inch cake pan with the metal lid for Christmas two years ago. I used often and loved it until recently. It now has black spots and looks horrible. I can live with the appearance, but what is worse than the appearance is that the pan has corroded itself and there are now approximately 20 holes of varying size where the spots are the darkest. If I hold it up to the light it looks like the night sky. I believe this damage may have been caused by the use of the dishwasher (indicated as dishwasher safe), and acid from an upside down strawberry shortcake that was left in the pan too long. I can not cook anything in this thing anymore as any non-solid runs through it onto the bottom of my oven and create a huge mess.

I do need to add that some of my family members have had their Nordic Ware pans for 10-20 years and they still look phenomenal. My 8X8 pan that came with the 9X13 pan still looks great minus a few expected...Read more