I'm really keen to make an angel food cake, I have the ingredients, but I'm a bit puzzled about the cake tin/pan. I'm living in Central Europe just now and the cooking utensils available are pretty basic, I just don't have a cake tin that would rest over the neck of a bottle, any suggestions or help would be welcomed... thank you :)

What you need is an angel food cak pan with the hole in the middle. I am assuming you don't know that. They are available in Europe as this type of cake pan originated there.

You don't have to use this type of pan. Improvise.

What you need is an angel food cak pan with the hole in the middle. I am assuming you dont know that. They are available in Europe as this type of cake pan originated there.

You dont have to use this type of pan. Improvise.

[Thank you, I didn't know that. I was born and raised in North England and my mum used to buy Angel cake, which was sold in blocks, I rather thought it might be similar to that, very light and delicious. Just now I'm in a small village in Poland, nowhere near a big city, but next time I'm in the city I'll look for one of those pans, meanwhile I will do as you say and improvise, if it doesn't turn out good that's OK, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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I'm really keen to make an angel food cake, I have the ingredients, but I'm a bit puzzled about the cake tin/pan. I'm living in Central Europe just now and the cooking utensils available are pretty basic, I just don't have a cake tin that would rest over the neck of a bottle, any suggestions or help would be welcomed.... thank you :)

Well, I improvised and have just taken the cake... for the want of a better word... from the oven, I used a Duncan Hines Angel Food mix I bought when in America, and followed the instructions, but had to improvised with the pan. Obviously the correct pan must be a very important part of making this, so I will not attempt it again until I can get the right utensil! Thanks to those who tried to help me :)

Well, actually, there was only one who bothered to comment and that was me ! No concerns though and if you want me to I can buy the proper pan (they are quite cheap) here for you and send it over if need be. Let me know by PM if you ever want to do that. The address can be a general delivery box I am sure, so no worries about anything like that.

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Put an empty tin in the center of a deep cake pan. Weight it down by filling it with coins, then pour the batter around it.

The website Amazon.com sells angel food cake pans, and offers international shipping. Here is a link to one, so you may see what they look like and perhaps find one near you. If you click on details (right under the in stock information), you can get information on international shipping rates:

Amazon.com: Chicago Metallic Professional 2-Piece Angel Food Cake Pan with Feet: Home & Garden (http://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Metallic-Professional-2-Piece-Angel/dp/B0009SS9BU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1242564691&sr=8-1)

Also, the feet on this model eliminates the need to rest the pan on the neck of a bottle to cool.