Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Beehive Cake Pan

I love Nordic Ware pans and I have several of them.

This is one of the easiest pans from Nordic Ware I have ever used, aside from the Bundt pans. The Platinum series is definitely superior, in my humble opinion, to the lighter weight, predecessor line with Teflon.

Definitely grease and flour the pan thoroughly. It inverted completely and with great detail.

As it is constructed by the "sandwich method", with frosting between the two halves, the glaze is needed to hide this area if viewed from the side.

Recipes for cake, frosting, and glaze are included. I always save the labels for these pans as I will never remember the temperature and cook time otherwise.

I would suggest purchasing the little sugar honey bees as well. King Arthur has the bees and ladybugs as well at present.

Please let it be known that the cake pictured here is not one baked from the Nordicware pan that this Amazon listing is for. Rather, it appears to be one baked from the highly-sought, out-of-production bee hive cake pan by Martha Stewart. The M. Stewart pan has more of a "rope-like" detail to the hive as pictured here. The Nordicware beehive has smoother ribbing - not as detailed and includes about 3 bees as a part of the cake mold design. The correct photo for the Nordicware beehive pan can be viewed on a number of other Amazon listings for the same product.

The pan I received from an Amazon seller is identical to the pan in the photo and it is every bit as wonderful as I had hoped. I got it in 2 days with standard shipping from a local Amazon seller. It is high quality like all Nordicware for Williams Sonoma pans. Both sides baked evenly without sticking and went together with some frosting in the middle. I used a simple sugar glaze and everyone was very impressed. This pan is detailed enough for a tea with the ladies or a Winnie The Pooh birthday party! Personally I bake in my novely pans for no occassion at all and I love serving dessert with this one.