I’m getting just that teensy weensy bit obsessed with collecting Nordicware Bundt pans now. I think it needs to stop or else I will need a kitchen extension! I just love the interesting shapes that the pans come in and how you can make a cake into a showstopper bake by using one of the pans. I still see pans I want and the wish list is getting longer and longer by the day!
This post is to share some of the more recent bakes I have made so far this year using my bundt pans. For recipe inspiration I can recommend the fabulous website by Rachel McGrath the Bundt Queen herself. She has lots of ideas and fantastic flavour combinations to try out. I would recommend looking at her Bundt recipe page and also adapting and creating your own ideas from her Build a Bundt recipe.
Rachel’s feature on her blog called Bundts on The Brain is a great insight into the history of the Bundt:
Here are my new bundt pans I have been getting excited about!
The Heritage Bundt pan. I’ve been after this for ages, such a pretty design.My two loaf bundt pans: a lemon loaf one and a gingerbread man one.A pretty rose bundt pan. I haven’t had much success with this, tried to bake a white chocolate and raspberry bundt in it a few weeks back and it just wouldn’t come out of the tin. When I finally got it out, the top part fell out leaving half of it welded to the bottom! Try and try again I suppose!For Valentine’s Day I baked a chocolate and chocolate themed bundt heart cake. It featured Sugar and Crumbs‘s chocolate and coconut icing sugar which worked really well in both the mixture and the chocolate glaze. To top the cake I added miniature sugarpaste hearts.Connected with a previous blog post written in conjunction with Sugar and Crumbs, I baked this Jaffa Orange Bundt cake. This recipe was adapted from one in the latest Hummingbird Bakery recipe book and looked fab baked in my Heritage bundt pan.Bundt cakes are those baked in pans manufactured by Nordicware and not necessarily a cake with a hole in the middle. This sticky lemon loaf cake baked from one of my Nana’s old recipe books went along to a Clandestine Cake Club event in February.I spotted the Nordicware Pineapple Upside down cake pan on Ebay in March and just had to have it. Luckily it was a Buy It Now option but I did have to send for it from the USA. It was worth it to bake one of my family’s favourite desserts in such a pretty way. The recipe itself I used from an American website but I am not sure if I got the quantities right having to use baking cups!Back in January I wanted to experiment with some Monin coffee syrups I was given just before Christmas. So I used one of Dollybakes’ recipes to bake this Cinnamon and Apple Bundt Cake with apple flavour glace icing.For my hubby’s birthday in January I baked my usual carrot cake recipe in a traditional bundt pan and decorated it with cream cheese frosting, chopped nuts and some ready made carrot decorations.My heart shaped bundt pan gets used at all times of the year, not just for Valentine’s Day! I baked Jamie Oliver’s Sticky Toffee Pudding from his latest book Comfort Food in my pan instead of in a traybake tin.My piece of sticky toffee pudding with some sauce drizzled over. Perfect for a cold February dessert.
Keep watching this space, there will be more bundts to come in the future!
SmartCookieSam 