How to Make a Heart-Shaped Cake You will need two 8-inch pans to pull this heart cake off: an 8x8 square cake pan and an 8-inch round pan. Once the cakes are baked in each, use a serrated knife to ...

Choose a pan that's nonstick, metal, and not too dark. These features are important in baking a cake that releases cleanly from the pan. Avoid: Glass Bundt pans, as they do not conduct heat as well.

When using these pans, your cakes often bake quicker since the batter is spread out thinner than, say, a Bundt pan or loaf ...

This is part six of the “Twelve Posts of Christmas,” a series exploring twelve traditions of the Christmas season. The familiar, fluted shape of the cast-aluminum pan — with its trademark ...