Tube Tin

This is a deep, round tin with a hollow tube in the centre to conduct heat to the middle of thick cakes for even cooking; often used for baking dry cakes that will be saturated with syrup or liqueur, or sweet, rich yeast-risen cakes. They may be shallow with a curved base (for baking savarins) or with a fluted base, or deep with a decoratively etched base and sides (for baking kugelhopfs). An even deeper tube tin with a flat plain base is used for baking feather-light, American-style angel cakes.