Baking pans by volume. © CooksInfo / 2013
It’s often important to know the capacity in volume of a baking pan, so you can know if a recipe you are making will fit into it for cooking, or not. In planning, you also have to allow for spare volume, so the ingredients don’t rise or spill over the edge during cooking.
Some, but not all, baking pans will list their capacity in volume on their undersides. If they don’t, to know how much volume your baking pans hold, use a measuring cup and pour water in (keeping track as you go, of course, and not letting your mind wander.)
Or if you’re lucky, it’ll be one of the ones listed in this table below.
Baking pan volume equivalents
This is a chart comparing volume of baking pans to their typical, manufactured dimensions.
| Volume | Dimension |
|---|---|
| 4 cups (1 L) | 6 x 2 inch (15 x 5) Round Cake Pan |
| 4 cups (1 L) | 8 x 1 1/4 inch Round Pie Pan |
| 4 cups (1 L) | 8 x 4 x 2.5 inch (20 x 10 x 6 cm) Loaf Pan |
| 5 cups (1.2 L) | 8 x 1.5 inch (20 x 4 cm) Round Cake Pan |
| 5 cups (1.2 L) | 9 x 1/2 inch (23 x 4 cm) Round Pie Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5L) | 10 inch x 1.5 inch Round Pie Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5L) | 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inch (21 x 11 x 6 cm) Loaf Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5L) | 7.5 x 3 inch (19 x 8 cm) Bundt Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5 L) | 8 x 2 inch (20 x 5 cm) Round Cake Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5 L) | 9 x 1.5 inch (23 x 4 cm) Round Cake Pan |
| 6 cups (1.5 L) | 8 x 8 x 1.5 inch (20 x 20 x 4 cm) Square Cake Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | 9 x 2 inch (23 x 5 cm) Round Cake Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | 8 x 8 x 2 inch (20 x 20 x 5 cm) Square Cake Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | 9 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches (23 x 23 x 4 cm) Square Cake Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | 11 x 7 x 1.5 inch (28 x 18 x 4 cm ) Rectangular Cake Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan (23 x 13 x 7cm) Loaf Pan |
| 8 cups (2 L) | Heart shaped cake pan 8 x 2.5 inch (20 x 6 cm) |
| 9 cups (2.1 L) | 9 x 3 inch (23 x 8 cm) Bundt Pan |
| 9 cups (2.1 L) | 8 x 3 inches (20 x 8 cm) Tube Pan (Angel Food Cake Pan) |
| 10 cups (2.5 L) | 9 x 2.5 inch (23 x 6 cm) Round Cake Pan (Springform) |
| 10 cups (2.5 L) | 9 x 9 x 2 inch (23 x 23 x 5) Square Cake Pan |
| 10 cups (2.5 L) | 15.5 x 10.5 x 1 inch (39cm x 27cm x 2.5cm) Jelly Roll (Swiss Roll) Pan |
| 11 cups (2.6 L) | 10 x 2 inch Round Cake Pan |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 9 x 3 inch (23 x 8 cm) Round Cake Pan (Springform) |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 10 x 2.5 inch (25 x 6 cm) Round Cake Pan (Springform) |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 10 x 10 x 2 inches (25 x 25 x 5 cm) Square Cake Pan |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 17.5 x 12.5 x 1 inch (44 x 32 x 2.5 cm) Jelly Roll (Swiss Roll) Pan |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 10 x 3.5 inch (25 x 9 cm) Bundt Pan |
| 12 cups (3 L) | 9 x 3 inches (23 x 8 cm) Tube Pan (Angel Food Cake Pan) |
| 15 cups (3.5 L) | 13 x 9 x 2 inch (30 x 20 x 3 cm) Rectangular Cake Pan |
| 16 cups (4 L) | 10 x 4 inches (25 x 10 cm) Tube Pan (Angel Food Cake Pan) |
Other pan size conversions
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