When you bake, you need to be able to find the right pan to pour the batter in quickly. In an ideal kitchen, you'll be able to grab a cake pan without pulling several others onto your head or without having to sift through a pile of miscellaneous cook and bakeware first. Keep your cake pans and other bakeware organized by storing everything together and by making it so you can reach the pans without too much trouble.
Instructions
1. Take all the cake pans you own out of the cabinets or drawers. Sort through the pans. Discard any that are scratched or dented. Donate any pans that you haven't used in over a year, such as an extra Bundt pan or other unusual cake pans. Only keep cake pans that are in good condition and that you actually use.
2. Place a bakeware organizer in your cabinet. The organizer holds pans vertically. It also keeps pans separate so that you can take them out of the cabinet without removing more pans than you need. The vertical organizer will work well with normal-size pans, such as round or square cake pans, but may be too narrow for larger cake pans, such as a Bundt or angel food cake pan.
3. Stack the pans in a deep drawer if you do not have the cabinet space for a bakeware organizer. Layer pieces of wax paper between the pans to prevent them from scratching each other during storage. Store similarly shaped pans together. For example, stack an 8-inch round cake pan inside a 9-inch round pan. Place a square pan inside a larger rectangular pan. If you'd like, label the bottom of the drawer with the shapes of the cake pans so you always return the pans to the right spot.
4. Place cake pans that don't see much use, such as an angel food cake or a springform pan, in an out-of-the-way cabinet. You can use the cabinet above your stove or store these pans in the back of the cabinet or drawer you've put the more common cake pans in.
