Best bundt pan? Is nordic ware too dark?

[lyntc10]

i'm looking to buy a bundt pan, and was trying to decide between a cheap baker's secret pan or the nordicware one. The nordicware is quite dark (haven't seent he baker's secret one yet) and I am worried it will cause the cakes to brown too much? Is this silly? Is it a good pan to buy, and worth the money?

[kayakado]

Don't use anything with lecithin to grease your non-stick pans. Make a mixture of crisco and flour or crisco and cocoa for chocolate cakes.

Lecithin leaves a residue thet will eventually cause your nostick to stick. Bakers Joy has Lecithin, ie a smaller amount than a regular spray so it will take longer but it will biuld up and is a bugger to remove.

[coney with everything]

IIRC, Cooks Illustrated like the NordicWare pans--browning is flavor, doncha know.

And I like the Crisco spray with flour for prepping this type of pan.

[grnidkjun]

I use bakers joy spray with success as well. :)

[foiegras]

The NordicWare are not too dark in my experience ... however, you do need to be careful with the prep on the fancy shapes.

[ChesterhillGirl]

I have this Bundt pan from Williams-Sonoma:
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/b...

W-S has several baking pans in their own line called Goldtouch--I have a few and like them a lot (round cake layer pan and muffin pan).

[LNG212]

I have a Williams-Sonoma one too -- the Heritage Bundt pan ( http://www.williams-sonoma.com/produc... ). It works really well and I like the different look of it. Oh, and someone mentioned to me they thought my pan would be difficult to a) grease and b) clean; but neither of those is true. I use a pastry brush to grease it and it cleans quite easily.

[grnidkjun]

oh that's a pretty design!

[grnidkjun]

I've always had good luck with my nordicware.. love them.