A Pan by Another Name

This interesting information came from my most recent email addition of Women of Faith:

‘Tis the season for baking, so we have a sweet tale for you. Back in 1950 the ladies of the Minneapolis Hadassah Society (a Jewish women’s group) wanted to bake the same heavy cakes their mothers used to make in Europe – but they couldn’t find the right pan. One member took an old ceramic pan from her mother’s German kitchen to H. David Dalquist and asked him to recreate it in a modern material. He created a new shape, added regular folds to make it easier to cut the cake – and the Bundt pan was born!
The ladies called them “bund pans” (“bund” is German for “a gathering of people”); Dalquist added a “t” to the end and trademarked the name. They sold sporadically until 1966, when a Texas woman won second place in the Pillsbury Bake-Off for her Tunnel of Fudge cake. By the time H. David Dalquist died in 2005, the Bundt pan had become the top-selling cake pan in the world.
Hungry yet? We have a recipe for a scrumptious and super-easy Coconut-Pecan Coffee Cake. Click here for recipe. And to make sure it comes out just right, we have tips on How to Bake a Perfect Bundt Cake from NordicWare (makers of the pan) Click here for tips.