Chef's Classics 24-cup mini muffin pan review

Twenty-four mini cups in one carbon steel tray, so a full batch bakes in a single pass. Excellent for entertaining, and far too wide for most countertop ovens.

What is a 24-cup tray actually for?

Volume in one pass. A mini muffin recipe yields a lot of small cakes, and baking them in two batches means the second one goes into a hot pan and comes out with a different texture from the first.

Twenty-four cups covers a full batch in one go. That is the whole argument, and it holds for more than muffins: bite-sized quiches, mini frittatas, cheese tarts, brownie bites, small savoury pastries. It is a pan for people who cook for gatherings rather than for a household of two.

How does it bake?

Double-layer Xylan on carbon steel, and both parts matter more on this pan than on a plain round one.

The coating matters because small cakes are where sticking ruins the batch. A large sponge that grips slightly can be eased out. A mini muffin that grips tears in half, and doing that twenty-four times is a wasted afternoon. Xylan applied in layers rather than sprayed is the better bet here.

The carbon steel matters because a wide multi-cup tray is the shape most prone to bowing, and a bowed tray tips the batter in every cup toward one edge. Carbon steel has the rigidity to stay flat, so the outer cups finish at the same time as the middle ones.

What is the problem?

Width. This is a large tray, and most Philippine kitchens bake in a countertop oven. It needs air moving around it on every side, and a pan that touches the oven wall browns unevenly there no matter what the recipe says. If your oven is a countertop model, measure honestly before buying, because this is the pan most likely to arrive and not fit.

Washing is a real chore. Twenty-four moulded wells, each with a rim that batter bakes onto, and no scouring pads allowed. A soft brush and patience.

It is mini only. It will not stand in for a standard cupcake pan.

Is it sulit?

Around ₱390 as of August 20, 2026. Check the latest price on Shopee. That is expensive for a muffin pan and it is priced as a specialist tool rather than a general one, which is fair. The record is decent: 662 sold with 208 ratings at 4.9.

Who should buy it

Buy this if you entertain, bake in a full-size oven, and mini formats are a regular part of what you make. If you bake cupcakes for a family in a countertop oven, this is the wrong pan in both size and format.

See how it ranks in our best non-stick bakeware in the Philippines roundup, or check your oven clearance in our non-stick bakeware buying guide.

Alternatives to consider

Want standard cupcakes and brownie squares instead of mini bites? The SLIQUE muffin and cupcake pan is the one to compare. Baking in a countertop oven? The Metro Bakewares MB 5539 six-cup muffin pan is the one to compare.