This is the Nordic Ware Classic Cast pound cake pan — a 10-inch, 18-cup cast aluminum pan designed specifically for pound cakes. The heavier gauge cast aluminum is what separates this from a standard bundt: it holds the dense, butter-heavy pound cake batter steady through a long bake so the cake rises evenly instead of collapsing in the middle.
The 18-cup capacity is the traditional pound cake size — takes a full pound of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs the way the classic recipes were written. The nonstick interior releases the cake cleanly, which matters for a tall cake with this much surface area in contact with the pan. Cast aluminum also conducts heat through the thickest part of the batter so the center actually bakes through without the outside overbrowning.
Nordic Ware has been manufacturing bakeware in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1946. The company invented the Bundt pan in 1950 and still casts, spins, and coats every piece in its Naturals, Bundt, and cast aluminum lines at that same Minnesota factory — one of the last family-owned American bakeware makers still building its core products at home.
