Chicago Metallic Professional Non-Stick Mary Ann Cake Pan / Sponge Flan Tin, 27 cm (10.5")

This is the flan tin I have been looking for all my baking life. It is large and fancy, great for a summer party. Good and deep for lots of fruit filling and glaze. Good solid construction, heavy gauge. Admittedly, the fancy design of this tin is prone to sticking and 'non-stick' coatings are never reliable. I used a heavy coating of fat and flour mixture together with a baking paper circle in the centre. Mine came out in one piece with a little encouragement. Never use fat containing milk or vegetable proteins (butter or marg.) as these will cook and stick when baked. I avoid oil, pure 100% animal or vegetable fat give the best release for my baking.

I was a little concerned when I read the reviews as quite a few were saying that the tin wasn't non-stick. However, with a disc of baking parchment on the base and some release a cake spread with a pastry brush in all the nooks and crannies plus on the baking parchment, it released from the pan with no problems. Just turned it upside down and out it came. It is also a wonderful sturdy tin and really good quality Very pleased with it. Recommend to make Mary Berry's Victoria sponge recipe but weigh the four eggs and, whatever they weigh, add the same weight in butter, flour and sugar. Cook at 155 degrees (fan) and check after 30 minutes. Cool for at least 15 minutes before turning out but, if you let it cool in the tin, it will be lovely and moist (as controversial as this sounds)!

Product looks good. Unfortunately, it was not the size I need. But the material seems to be very good.

Whoa much bigger than I anticipated but would feed a crowd at least. Super happy with this tin. I hope to use it real soon before the summer is OVER over. Good value for money. It is a very deep pan but I don't intend to fill it all the way with cake batter. Tin seems to be durable but only time will tell.

Its advertised as "non stick". Used for the first time for a sponge fruit flan. Rose beautifully and looked lovely, left it to cool before turning it out. The sponge would not BUDGE !!! I loosened the edges, tapped the bottom but it still would not move. I eventually found it was welded to the flat part of the tin after removing most of the sponge in pieces with a spoon. Have used it since and it came out as it should, intact, but went back to normal by greasing the tin and flouring it instead as you would with a normal tin. If you expect this will just turn out, forget it!

Perfect tin for your tart bases.Nice and sturdy and definitely non stick and easy to clean.I definitely need to recommend these.

Excellent results the flan turned out perfectly. I was a little dubious after reading the reviews about the tin sticking, so used the same method I use to grease a Bundt Cake Tin (The Bundt tin has never given me problems sticking) I used a light cooking oil sparingly to grease the whole of the Flan Tin. I then sprinkled the Flan Tin with flour and shook it around thoroughly until the whole tin was evenly coated with flour. Finally I placed a greased circle of grease proof paper on the base of the flan tin. After baking I left the sponge in the tin for a few minutes to cool then turned it out. The tin did not stick at all. I would recommend using light vegetable oil as opposed to butter as the butter will burn more quickly and may cause over browning which may lead to sticking.The results of the flan baking looked very professional and got very good feedback. Great for summer desserts .

I only ordered this cake tin last night as I wanted a larger raised flan tin than the small one I currently have. It arrived this afternoon so I put it to use straight away. I used Mary Berry’s 4 egg Victoria sponge recipe and cooked it for 8 minutes longer than the recipe as the mix was all in the one tin. I let it cool for 5 minutes and then turned it out and it literally just fell out of the pan. No sticking at all. All I used was a light mist of cake tin release spray and an 8 inch parchment cake liner fitted the middle bit perfectly. Hope this helps anyone else looking for a perfect tin. I for one am well chuffed with my purchase.