I am just a hobby baker for now and as silly as it sounds I don't own a single square pan! I want to make a gift box cake for a friend next month and it's a great excuse for me to buy a couple of square pans.

So what sizes do you use most? Are your pans 2" or 3" high? I think I want the 3" high, but would like to hear opinions on why or why not.

Thanks,
Kathi

if you are just keeping it a hobby and want economical, use the wilton pan set. I have them and actually have used them alot. Are they the best, no, do they work, yes. I have the 2" high pans. I didnt want the 3" because in my personal experience the corners just droop too much and can give the cake a bowed effect look. kind of like the corners are slouching.

a hint for you. Make sure you add an extra touch of crisco and flour in the corners of you pans. THere is nothing worse then a hunk of corner coming off your cake because there wasnt enough lube to keep it from sticking.

Thanks Tesso. I hope to restart my business at some point so I want to invest in some good pans. I was looking at the Fat Daddio pans since I have heard such good things about them. So is it the Wilton Pans or all 3" pans that seem to give the bowed effect?

Thanks for the tip about the corners, too! I wouldn't have thought about that...until it happened!

Kathi

I have the magic line 2 inch deep pans and I love them. I use homemade pan grease and pay extra attention to the corners as mentioned. To me what you want to think about is size and servings. Are most of your orders for 12 people or more. I have the 6 in square and the 9 inch square. I wish I had bought the 8 instead of the 9 because rarely do I need that much cake but that said one cool trick I learned on here. I can make a 12x12 sq by baking 4 6x6 cakes and icing them as a single layer. I only have 1 3 inch deep pan and I should throw it away. I never use it.

my choice would be 6" 8" 9" 10" 12" & 14" if you want to know sizes. I use 9" the most for individual sq cakes, and 6 9 12 for stacked, sometimes 6,8,10. I would suggest Magic line, i also like 3" pan but 2" would be good too.