Advertisement
Cake Pan Capacities by Volume
Appears in
By Bo Friberg
Published 2003
The volume listed for pan sizes below takes into consideration that you would not want to fill the pan to the top with batter. So, more accurately speaking, these numbers are not the precise volume of the pan; they are the amount of batter that would be baked in that size pan.
| Pan Volume Size (all pans are 2 inches/5 cm high) | Volume Size (allowing for expansion in oven) | |
| 5 inches (12.5 cm) round | 2½ cups (600 ml) | |
| 6 inches (15 cm) round | 3½ cups (840 ml) | |
| 7 inches (17.5 cm) round | 5 cups (1 L 200 ml) | |
| 8 inches (20 cm) round | 6¾ cups (1 L 620 ml) | |
| 9 inches (22.5 cm) round | 8½ cups (2 L 40 ml) | |
| 10 inches (25 cm) round | 9 cups (2 L 160 ml) | |
| 12 inches (30 cm) round | 13 cups (3 L 120 ml) | |
| 14 inches (35 cm) round | 20 cups (4 L 800 ml) | |
| 16 inches (40 cm) round | 28 cups (6 L 720 ml) | |
| 8 inches (20 cm) square | 7 cups (1 L 680 ml) | |
| 10 inches (25 cm) square | 11 cups (2 L 640 ml) | |
| 12 inches (30 cm) square | 14½ cups (3 L 480 ml) | |
| 14 inches (35 cm) square | 22½ cups (5 L 400 ml) |