ART EXHIBITION round cake pan review

A removable base at the bottom of the price range, in three sizes, with the deepest owner record in this roundup. The cheapest honest way to get a chiffon out of a pan intact.

Stand it on a can and the ring slides down

The problem every fixed-base pan has: getting a soft cake out means turning it upside down and hoping.

With a removable base the wall and the base are separate parts. After baking you stand the pan on a can, and the ring slides down under its own weight, leaving the cake sitting upright on the base disc. Nothing is inverted. A chiffon, an ube cake or a soft sponge keeps its shape and its top surface.

This is the same benefit a springform gives, achieved with no clasp, no hinge and nothing mechanical to fail, at roughly a fifth of the price of the springforms in this roundup.

The 6-inch makes a household cake in any countertop oven

Three: 4, 6 and 8 inch. They are genuinely different purchases rather than a size ladder for its own sake.

• 6 inch is the useful single size for a household cake and fits any countertop oven with room to spare.
• 4 inch is a small bake or a single tall layer, and it is the one that suits a two-person household.
• 8 inch is a family cake, and it is where you should check your oven clearance.

Buying two sizes here still costs less than one mid-range springform.

Wrap the loose base in foil before pouring runny batter

A loose base leaks thin batter. This is inherent to the design, not a defect. Ordinary cake batter is thick enough that it never matters; a runny batter or a water-bath cheesecake needs the outside of the base wrapped in foil first. Everyone who owns a springform already does this.

Aluminium alloy is soft. It heats fast, which is genuinely useful in a countertop oven, and it dents if heavy pans are stacked on top of it. A dent creases the coating, and the coating is what makes the pan worth owning.

The walls are shallower than a springform’s, so a tall layer cake will crest the rim.

The budget way into removable-base baking

Around ₱79 as of August 20, 2026. Check the latest price on Shopee. That is the lowest price in this roundup and it comes with the deepest record in it: 7K+ sold with 908 ratings at 4.9. Nothing else here has that many owners behind its score, which for a budget pan is the reassurance that matters most.

Chiffon that comes out of the pan in one piece

Buy this if you bake chiffon or soft sponge cakes and want them out intact without spending on a springform. If you bake cheesecake regularly, or you want a pan to keep for a decade, buy carbon steel.

See how it ranks in our best non-stick bakeware in the Philippines roundup.

Cheesecake bakers need the clasped Chef’s Gallery springform

Want a proper clasped springform for cheesecake? The Chef’s Gallery CG-RCS26 springform is the cheapest real one here. Want a carbon steel pan that will outlast aluminium? The Chef’s Classics 10.2-inch round pan is the one to compare.