Cakepans make great gifts (and so do the cakes that go in them!)
Bake a cake at an unexpected time. (Birthdays are so passe, you can get more creative than that!)
Then give the cake AND the superawesome cake pan to the person you're trying to make smile.
It's a great gift. I promise.
And it's never more than $20 or so.
If someone baked a cake for you out of the blue...
how would you feel?
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#1: Bake a GIANT cupcake
Wilton Giant Cupcake Pan
Amazon Price: $23.23 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $30.99
Release Date: 09/01/2007
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#2: Castle Cakes!
make a moat to go with it, of course
Nordic Ware Pro Cast Castle Bundt Pan
Amazon Price: $30.00 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $32.00
Release Date: 12/31/1969
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#3: The Open Book Cake Pan
Wilton Aluminum Two Mix Book Pan
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $17.99
Release Date: 03/01/2007
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#4: An Octopus Cake!
Ha. Ha ha. Hahaha!
An OCTOPUS cake.
That's hilarious! Why is no one else laughing?
Save me an arm.
Nordic Ware Pro Cast Octopus Pan
Amazon Price: $28.99 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $32.00
Release Date: 03/13/2008
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#5: WallE Cake Pan
Wilton Disney Pixar WALL-E Cake Pan
Amazon Price: $14.49 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $14.49
Release Date: 12/31/1969
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#6: Checkerboard Cake Pan
Transcend black and white, go nuts with technicolor fused into white cake!
Mix colors that make you feel really uncomfortable. Contrast is king.
WILTON 4 PIECE CHECKERBOARD CAKE BAKEWARE SET
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Release Date: 12/31/1969
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#7: A House Pan
Make a few house cakes and set up a village.
Make a house cake and let your kids decorate them.
Make a house cake and accessorize it with crazy action figures popping out of the windows.
Could be fun.
In fact, it is.
Bonus points to someone who can make a Godzilla cake and terrorize your happy little village.
Wilton Stand Up House Pan
Amazon Price: $15.49 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $15.49
Release Date: 03/01/2007
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#8: A Shamrock Cake Pan
just in time for St. Pat's!
Again: what you write on it, well, good writing takes the cake.
Or so they say.
(I'm here Tuesdays and Thursdays, ladies and gentlemen).
Wilton Shamrock Pan
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 11/29/2009)
List Price: $9.99
Release Date: 12/31/1969
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