Bundt cake

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A Bundt cake is the name used for a dessert cake cooked in a Bundt pan. The Bundt pan (a registered trademark) was created in 1950 by H. David Dalquist, founder of Nordic Ware, at the request of members of the Hadassah Society's chapter in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[1]They were interested in a pan that could be used to make kugel, a Jewish side dish or dessert. He modified some existing ceramic pan designs by introducing folds in the outer edge, and fashioned the pan out of aluminum.

The pan sold somewhat slowly until a Pillsbury-sponsored baking contest in 1966 saw a Bundt cake win second place. This prompted a scramble for the pans, causing them to become the most-sold pan in the United States soon after. Since introduction, more than 50 million Bundt pans have been sold by the Nordic Ware company.

The name Bundt comes from the German word bund, which means "a gathering of people". Dalquist simply added the letter t to the end and trademarked it. Pillsbury licensed the name in 1970 for a line of cake mixes.

[edit] See also

• Gugelhupf

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[edit] References

• NYTimes: The Way We Eat: Man With a Pan

1. ^ Obituaries: Bundt Pan Creator H. David Dalquist, 86 (HTML). Washington Post. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.