National Bundt Cake Day Nov 15th

[left-of-center2012]

With a nod to: https://www.democraticunderground.com/115797169

A bundt cake can be any cake baked in a Bundt pan, forming it into a distinctive ring shape. The mold of the Bundt pan was initially inspired by the traditional European fruit cake known as Gugelhupf. It was in the 1950s and 1960s that cookware Nordic Ware popularized the style for the mold design and trademarked the name Bundt. Nordic Ware started producing Bundt pans made from cast aluminum. Similar pans are sold as “fluted tube pans” or other similar names.

Due to the difficulty of frosting a ring-shaped cake, bundt cakes are typically served undecorated, glazed or dusted with powdered sugar.

In the beginning, the Bundt pan did not sell well, and Nordic Ware considered discontinuing the product. Then in the 1963 New Good Housekeeping Cookbook, the Bundt pan was mentioned, and sales increased. In 1966, sales increased dramatically when a Bundt cake called the “Tunnel of Fudge,” baked by Ella Helfrich, took second place at the annual Pillsbury Bake-Off and winning a $5,000.00 prize. The publicity from the Bake-Off resulted in more than 200,000 Bundt pan requests.

Nordic Ware has sold more than 60 million Bundt pans across North America.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-bundt-day-november-15/

[Laelth]

1. It cooks so evenly that it's hard to mess up a bundt cake.

In my family, the cinnamon streusel with a water/confectioners’ sugar glaze is traditional, and traditionally loved.

-Laelth

[Sherman A1]

2. Celebrate this auspicious holiday safely

[MagickMuffin]

3. Tunnel of Fudge

My mom would make these all the time, but Pillsbury stopped making the fudgey frosting mix.