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Home » Kitchenware » Pans » Baking Pans » Cake Pans » Mary Ann Pans

Mary Ann Pans

A Mary Ann pan is a cake pan with a raised flat centre area. Its purpose is to create a light cake shell. A cake baked in one, when turned out, has a raised edge all around it.

The pan will usually be 20 cm wide by 10 cm tall (8 inches by 4 inches). The raised “mould” area rises up about 5 cm (2 inches) into the pan, leaving a leaving a 5 cm (2 inch) deep moat all around it.

You turn the cake out of the pan in such a way that the bottom of the cake becomes the top. This reveals a large cavity in the middle of the cake about 5 cm (2 inches ) deep where the mould was. This area is designed to hold a lot of filling, which can be fruit, American-style puddings, lemon curd, whipped cream, ice cream or custards.

The pan will hold about 750 ml (3 cups) of batter; when baked, the cavity will hold about 500 ml (2 cups) of filling, giving you a 3 to 2 ratio to work with.

Mary Ann pans are very similar to a German “Obsttortenform” (aka Flan Pan), except Obsttortenforms tend to be shallower, and whereas Obsttortenform edges are always fluted, Mary Ann pans may have fluted or flat edges.

Tiara cake pans are also similar, but have a shallower depression, are wider, and don’t hold as much filling.

You can also buy miniature Mary Ann pans, which are 9 cm (3 ½ inches) wide.

Cooking Tips

If you are making a Mary Ann from a cake mix, divide the mix package contents in half and use only half (and add only half of any ingredients the directions call for.) The cake will probably be done 5 to 10 minutes sooner than the directions for the cake mix indicate.

History Notes

Mary Ann pans seem to have first been advertised in 1921 in America.

Other names

AKA: Marianne Pans

This page first published: Jun 4, 2005 · Updated: Oct 26, 2020.

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