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On 12/12/2017 at 1:33 PM, Kerry Beal said:

Interesting - never would have thought of using it for pound cake. How much batter per round ? Shall have to dig mine out.

That was an error.  I baked sponge cakes in it.  I don't know why I typed pound.

I filled them as full as I could, laying down extra batter down the middle, then closing it quickly and straight onto a hot sheet pan in a hot oven to "set" the batter in the bottom half quickly so it would push the batter up into the top half.

I learned this trick from a baker friend who worked at the Huntington hotel.  

The temp preheat was 450 with the sheet pan in place.  The pipe tin was set on the sheet pan and the oven temp lowered to 325 and bake for 55 minutes.

There is room for a probe thermometer to be inserted into the center and I would do so at each end of the second loaf from the hinges.

13 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Interesting - never would have thought of using it for pound cake. How much batter per round ? Shall have to dig mine out.

That was an error.  I baked sponge cakes in it.  I don't know why I typed pound.

I filled them as full as I could, laying down extra batter down the middle, then closing it quickly and straight onto a hot sheet pan in a hot oven to "set" the batter in the bottom half quickly so it would the batter up into the top half.

I learned this trick from a baker friend who worked at the Huntington hotel.  

The temp preheat was 450 with the sheet pan in place.  The pipe tin was set on the sheet pan and the oven temp lowered to 325 and bake for 55 minutes.

There is room for a probe thermometer to be inserted into the center and I would do so at each end of the second loaf from the hinges.