This is the Nordic Ware Original Bundt pan — a 12-cup cast aluminum Bundt with the fluted ring shape Nordic Ware invented in 1950 and still makes in Minneapolis. The 12-cup capacity is the standard Bundt size that every Bundt cake recipe is written for, from a classic lemon pound cake to a chocolate Bundt to a cream cheese Bundt for a Sunday brunch.
Cast aluminum is what makes this pan work — the metal conducts heat evenly through every ridge in the fluted shape, so the cake releases with the full design intact instead of leaving pieces stuck in the deeper folds. The nonstick coating seals that release, and the straight handles on either side make it easy to invert onto a cooling rack. A piece of American bakeware history that still gets used every week in home kitchens.
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.
