Best cake tins to buy in 2024, tested and reviewed

KitchenAid non-stick loaf tin

Best loaf tin

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Star rating: 5/5

KitchenAid are well-known for their iconic and colourful stand mixers, so it’s no real surprise the brand have branched out to bakeware. The long, thin design of this tin caught our eye. It produces professional-quality results with clean, smooth, straight edges.

Nordic Ware Bavaria bundt tin

Best bundt tin

Star rating: 4.5/5

This bundt tin from Nordic Ware features a unique pleated design that produces modern-looking cakes with minimal decoration, or you can add drizzles and icing to jazz it up. Made from cast aluminium, this pan is weighty and incredibly sturdy. We’d have liked to have seen a little advice from Nordic Ware on how to best prepare the pan, but found that a generous layer of butter and tapping it on the counter when full helped to achieve a clean release and a well-defined pattern.

Our bundt cake was well cooked and evenly browned all over. This pan isn’t dishwasher-safe, so it does require some attentive cleaning to get into all the nooks and crannies.

Nordic Ware Heritage bundt tin

Best swirled bundt tin

Nordic Ware’s sturdy tins come in a variety of beautiful shapes, creating architectural cakes that require no additional decoration for that wow factor. We love this 2.4-litre classic design. The non-stick finish ensures the shape holds perfectly on release. Available in 2.4 litres and 1.4 litres in different designs.

MasterClass fluted cake tin

Best budget bundt tin

Star rating: 4.5/5

Although this Masterclass bundt tin doesn’t achieve as defined results as the two Nordic Ware tins above, the cake it produced was no less impressive. It comes at a fraction of the price of the others and produces bakes with a subtle ridged design.

It’s a lot thinner than the Nordic Ware tins, but still bakes exceptionally well. We removed our cake with absolute ease and nothing stuck to the pan. It was evenly baked and moist and fluffy on the inside.

Pyrex Magic springform cake tin

Best non-stick springform cake tin

Star rating: 5/5

This Pyrex springform cake tin has an impressive non-stick coating – nothing sticks to it. The clasp is easy to secure and release, though we did notice the tin popped open quite forcefully when undone, implying the seal was very tight. On the plus side, this tight seal did stop any raw cake batter seeping through the gaps.

Our cake was well risen and evenly baked, though there was a crack in the centre. Despite this, the cake was spongy and moist. The tin is dishwasher safe and was the easiest to use and cook with.

MasterClass springform cake tin

Best springform tin available in different sizes

Star rating: 5/5

MasterClass’s springform cake tin is available in six sizes: 15cm, 18cm, 20cm, 23cm, 25cm and 30cm. Ideal if the recipe you’re using is calling for an obscure size or you just want a range of sizes on hand. Plus, all these tins are dishwasher-safe.

This pan produced a super moist cake that was well risen and evenly baked. Usefully, the size of the pan is embossed onto the tin too. The mechanism is straightforward to secure and undo, it’s also ergonomically shaped for added ease of use.

KitchenAid 26cm non-stick springform cake tin

Best large springform cake tin

Star rating: 4.5/5

This 26cm springform cake tin from KitchenAid impressed us thanks to its super secure walls and easy-to-release springform mechanism. It features a long lip that makes securing and releasing the pan a breeze.

It produced a beautifully baked cake. None of our batter seeped through the tin and we enjoyed a perfectly risen, moist cake. It’s dishwasher-safe, too.

Le Creuset non-stick springform cake tin

Best easy-to-secure springform cake tin

Not all springform cake tins are created equal – some have hard-to-align bases, while others have a clunky mechanism. Not so for this Le Creuset tin, which has a heat-resistant silicone clasp to make unclipping that bit easier. Worth spending the money for a tin you’ll be able to use over and over again. Available in 20cm, 24cm and 26cm.

Pyrex Magic 20cm cake tin

Best 20cm cake tin

Star rating: 5/5

Another from Pyrex’s Magic range, this 20cm cake tin is ideal for sandwich cakes. It features a small lip for easy removal from the oven and our cake released cleanly from the non-stick surface with ease. The cake itself was well risen and evenly baked. There were no rips or tears anywhere.

Although the pan is thin, it’s sturdy and robust. The tin is oven-safe to 230C and dishwasher-safe.

MasterClass deep 20cm cake tin

Best 20cm cake tin for tall sides

Star rating: 4.5/5

MasterClass’ 20cm tin is the deepest we’ve tested. Featuring high sides, it’s ideal for taller cakes. If you’re into cakes with lots of layers, the pop-up base means you could use it as a mould to build a layer cake, then simply pop it out. The silicone seal is very secure, so you do need a bit of force to release it – just as we’d expect.

Although it was soft and moist inside, we did think the cake looked a little lopsided and wasn’t quite as dark in the centre as we’d have liked. We solved this by another five minutes in the oven. This tin is dishwasher-safe.

Lakeland 18cm deep square loose-based non-stick cake tin

Best tin for square cakes and brownies

It seems obvious, but one of the first questions you need to ask yourself before you buy a cake tin is ‘what am I going to bake in it’? All of our cake recipes will outline the size and type of cake tin you need for the bake, so you’ll know exactly what you need to buy. Whilst we favour versatile tins, like loaf tins, springform cake tins and simple 20cm tins, we’re also big fans of those used to produce showstopping desserts, like bundts.

What can a cake tin be used for?

Like most bakeware, cake tins are pretty versatile. They come in a range of shapes and sizes, but we’ve picked our most popular five to focus on.