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Questions about 6" diameter cake pans and 3" deep cake pans

Eileen
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

I'm trying to select 6" cake pans and I'm undecided between 6x2 and 6x3 pans.

According to the reading I've done, a 6x2 pan holds 2 cups of batter, so three pans hold 6 cups of batter. It's recommended you fill the pans halfway.

A 6x3 pan holds either 3 or 4 cups of batter. I think the lower amount is for filling it halfway and the higher amount is for filling it 2/3 of the way. Fat Daddios says to fill 3" deep pans 2/3 of the way. So two 6x3 pans would hold anywhere from 6-8 cups of batter.

I'd rather bake a two-layer cake than a three-layer cake but most recipes for 6" cakes are for a three-layer cake baked in 6x2 pans.

If you've baked in 3" deep pans, have you been happy with the results? Do you fill it 2/3 of the way? Do you use the same recipes available online for three 2" layers but divide the batter among the two 3" pans?

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