Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Beehive Cake Pan

by Nordic Ware

• Generate some buzz of your own with this unique beehive pan
• Heavy cast aluminum for even heating and exceptional durability
• Nonstick coating for easy release and quick cleanup
• Hand wash with mild detergent
• Made in the USA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 7.3 x 3.6 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0017140GQ
• Item model number: 54537
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,878 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #86 in Kitchen & Dining > Bakeware > Cake Pans > Specialty & Novelty Cake Pans

Product Description

Make a buzzingly beautiful cake for your summer parties with the Beehive Cake Pan. This pan has a 10-cup capacity. Nordic Ware's original cast-aluminum bakeware provides fine details and superior baking performance. The heat reflective exteriors allow for uniform browning so as to enhance our unique designs. Nonstick cast aluminum allows for easy clean up. Proudly made in the USA by Nordic Ware.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful Nordic Ware pan! April 11, 2009

By Kyra_Athena

I love Nordic Ware pans and I have several of them.

This is one of the easiest pans from Nordic Ware I have ever used, aside from the Bundt pans. The Platinum series is definitely superior, in my humble opinion, to the lighter weight, predecessor line with Teflon.

Definitely grease and flour the pan thoroughly. It inverted completely and with great detail.

As it is constructed by the "sandwich method", with frosting between the two halves, the glaze is needed to hide this area if viewed from the side.

Recipes for cake, frosting, and glaze are included. I always save the labels for these pans as I will never remember the temperature and cook time otherwise.

I would suggest purchasing the little sugar honey bees as well. King Arthur has the bees and ladybugs as well at present.

21 of 27 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Cake pictured NOT baked from Nordicware pan!.. July 9, 2008

By Scott V

Please let it be known that the cake pictured here is not one baked from the Nordicware pan that this Amazon listing is for. Rather, it appears to be one baked from the highly-sought, out-of-production bee hive cake pan by Martha Stewart. The M. Stewart pan has more of a "rope-like" detail to the hive as pictured here. The Nordicware beehive has smoother ribbing - not as detailed and includes about 3 bees as a part of the cake mold design. The correct photo for the Nordicware beehive pan can be viewed on a number of other Amazon listings for the same product.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cake pan! January 13, 2012

By Betty M.

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I purchased this pan for my daughter's bee themed birthday party. This cake pan is wonderful. It makes it easy to create a cake that looks professional without spending hours on it. The pan is sturdy but not too heavy. The cake inverts very well if you grease and flour the pan properly - a few times I had the bees come out a little flaky if I used too much butter or not enough flour, so I started using Baker's Joy spray with it and have had no problems with the details coming out perfectly. The recipe that comes with the cake tastes like a pound cake and it's very good. It creates more detail on the cake than a box mix does. Although, I found that using the recipe on the label makes 2 halves that do not quite bake up to fill the hives all the way - about 1/2 cup more batter on each half would be good. So I made two batches of the cake batter and filled the pan a little more then used the rest to make small bundt cakes. When I use a box mix I like to use a butter cake mix. I will use two boxes and fill the hive halves and have leftovers for cupcakes. One box mix is not enough to fill both halves! I did not use the recipe on the label for the frosting in the middle, but it is a traditional buttercream that I have since used for other cakes (it's tasty!). I used a canned lemon frosting for convenience and the taste went well with the cake and glaze. The glaze recipe is easy but you have to make it thick so it will not run down the cake and pool too much on the sides. It looks best when it is very thick. I didn't make the royal icing bees with the recipe that came on the label, although it seemed simple enough. Instead I piped candy melt bees onto waxed paper and then attached them with more melts.

The only problem I had was making sure to balance the pan well on the oven rack. Since the bottom of the pan isn't flat, you have to be careful or it will tip. It's easy to get it to stay flat, but you can't just slide it in - you have to pull out the rack and make sure you set it down where the rack supports it in the right places.

Overall I was extremely pleased and my daughter thought it was great. She decided to sprinkle yellow sugar over the glaze and it made the cake look really cute.