Mary Ann Cake Pan

I%26#39;ve been searching for a Mary Ann Cake Pan and have not been able to find one. Lockwood makes them, but they will not sell outside of Canada. Sometimes the name is used for a shallow tart pan, but mine were approximately 2 inches deep with 8 1/2 inch diameter. The depression was about a little more than an inch deep and held 2 cups of filling. One store clerk told me she remembered that Ecco sold them as under the name of Tiara Cake Pan many years ago. Thank you for any help you can give me. Sincerely, Daria Carraro
Hello, A glossary of cooking terms gives obsttortenform as an alternative name: http://www.foodsubs.com/EqBake.html I have found a web site that advertises obsttortenform at http://www.delicatessenmeyer.com/kitchenware.htm This is Delicatessen Meyer in Chicago. I am in the UK, so unable to telephone to enquire further.
Thanks for your e-mail. The Cook%26#39;s Thesaurus does have an accurate picture of a Mary Ann cake pan, but the obsttortenform pan is not an acceptable alternative. It%26#39;s too shallow. Daria.
Daria, Are either/any of these what you%26#39;re looking for? (They don%26#39;t detail depth, but I get the sense that you%26#39;ll know by looking...) http://www.cakedeco.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=3050%26amp;p_catid=39%26amp;sid=9ZPAaE0WN0UK4jl http://www.cookswares.com/individual.asp?n=659 There are links to other, similar pans with slightly different measurements...) Determined, Rebecca
(It seems that last link may take you to an error page. If that happens, enter %26#39;flan pan%26#39; in the Cookware Search box, and look at the Kaiser pans. Sorry about that!)
Thank you to everyone who has responded. I%26#39;m following up on your advice. Rebecca, the cakedeco.com picture looks pretty good except it only has a 6 1/2%26quot; diameter and it%26#39;s fluted. I could live with fluting if the proportions were right. Like so many sites, they don%26#39;t mention the depth. The picture at cookswares.com looks like an obsttortenform pan, too shallow. Traci, I sent Food Equipment an e-mail asking about their reglazed Mary Ann pans, but they have not responded. Seedy, I sure wish we had a store like your McDonald%26#39;s--sounds like fun. Pinkfreud, I had never heard of a culinique pan before. I checked it out. I might like that for something else, but it won%26#39;t substitute for the Mary Ann pan because the proportion of cake to filling is way off. With the Mary Ann pan the proportion of cake to filling is about 3 : 2. When 3/4 full, the pan holds about 3 cups of batter. The finished cake holds 2+ cups of filling. Pinky-ga, I checked out the tiara pan at e-bay. I think the picture they show is fluted. I%26#39;ve never seen what is called a tiara pan. Someone just told me that was another name for the Mary Ann pan. Since one pan isn%26#39;t going to be too helpful, I think I%26#39;ll keep looking. All the women in my extensive family are looking for these pans. I%26#39;ve added the other sites you gave to my list of possibilities. Who mentioned the Good Will Store? I gave my old pans to Goodwill or Salvation Army when my sister told me she had found a store that sold them. Unfortunately, I had misunderstood her and have been trying to replace the pans since then. Thank you again for responding. Actually, I%26#39;m enjoying the search, and I%26#39;m finding interesting sites I didn%26#39;t know about. Also, I%26#39;ve discovered that I%26#39;m not the only one looking for these pans. Some people don%26#39;t know what they are called, but they seem to be describing the Mary Ann pan. You can see a picture of it at http://www.foodsubs.com/EqBake.html. Also, the 1975 edition of The Cook%26#39;s Cataloue published by Avon talks about it on page 337. The New Cook%26#39;s Catalogue published by Knopf in 2000 doesn%26#39;t mention it.