Use a 16 cm springform pan for baking

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There are springform pans in a wide variety of sizes, e. B. with a diameter of 16 cm for mini cakes, but also 28 cm for an extended coffee table. Here's how to use the small springform pans properly.

With a mini mold, the amount of dough is reduced.
With a mini mold, the amount of dough is reduced.

What you need:

  • actually nothing, except a great cake recipe
  • and of course a mini springform pan

Different dough volume depending on the springform pan

Small springform pans are popular because you can make one with them cake bake for two. They are also ideal for giving away a really nice small cake. But how can you convert your favorite recipe?

  • When converting the ingredients for a cake, it is not the diameter that counts - as one might think at first - but the volume of the shape.
  • A springform pan is a cylinder. Its volume is V = Pi x r2 x h; Pi is the well-known circle number 3.14; r is the radius of the shape (half the diameter) and h is the height of the shape.
  • The height of the form need not be of further interest to us, because the small forms have (roughly) the same heights as the large forms. In addition, you will want to almost maintain the height of a cake.
  • The radii of the springform pans are important for converting the ingredients. They come in as a square and this results in completely different conversion ratios for the ingredients.
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Conversion of the ingredients for 16 cm - an example

You have a favorite recipe for a 26 cm diameter springform pan. You now want to convert this recipe to a small shape with a diameter of 16 cm.

  1. The conversion factor is the ratio of the radii to the square. You can also calculate with the diameters without errors.
  2. The example gives: (16/26)2 = 0.38 (rounded). Roughly speaking, you can just divide the amount of ingredients into thirds.
  3. Instead of 350 g of flour, you simply use 120 g; instead of 3 Eggs just 1 egg. However, you have to round generously here and there when converting, unless you want to use half eggs.

And of course there is one more thing to keep in mind when baking: The form is smaller, the cake bakes through faster. You also reduce the baking times, albeit not as drastically as the volumes.

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