Tart/Quiche vs Torte Pans: Perfect for the Tropics Theme!

[Kathytnt]

What is the difference between the Tart/Quiche Pans and the new Torte Pans? I found some recipes in the S/S 2005 Season's Best that would go well with the Tropics Theme show like the Coconut & Mango Tart and the Mango Salsa Sundaes Was wondering if the Torte Pan could replace the Tarte Quiche Pan in recipes

 

[mbh06]

I was wondering the difference too!

 

[letscook04]

I have the Tart/Quiche Pan but not the Torte pan, I think that the difference is that the Torte pan has the unique design create wells on top of the cake.

 

[ChefNic]

I have both...
Both have the wells... The New Torte pans have straight sides, the old ones are slanted...so I think the New ones are better for creating the layered cakes. I don't remember any talk of layering with the old ones... I could be wrong, I just don't remember.

Also, the old ones were just made of stainless steel (?) like the bread tubes. So they could rust easier. The new ones are like the cake pan set.

 

[letscook04]

I have both...
Both have the wells... The New Torte pans have straight sides, the old ones are slanted...so I think the New ones are better for creating the layered cakes. I don't remember any talk of layering with the old ones... I could be wrong, I just don't remember.

Also, the old ones were just made of stainless steel (?) like the bread tubes. So they could rust easier. The new ones are like the cake pan set.

The Tart/quiche pan I have is the current one that is now in a set pg. 45. It is not stainless steel.

 

[chefann]

The Tart/Quiche Pan has a removable bottom, so you need to be careful about things leaking out to bottom. It is designed for (esentially) thin pies.The Torte Pans make cakes with wells in them. They are very similar to the old-style Flan Pans (the stainless ones mentioned above). Something in a crust wouldn't work well in the Torte Pan because of the shape of the pan- you'd get something with a funny hollow in the bottom.

 

[letscook04]

The Tart/Quiche Pan has a removable bottom, so you need to be careful about things leaking out to bottom. It is designed for (esentially) thin pies.

The Torte Pans make cakes with wells in them. They are very similar to the old-style Flan Pans (the stainless ones mentioned above). Something in a crust wouldn't work well in the Torte Pan because of the shape of the pan- you'd get something with a funny hollow in the bottom.

So the new Torte pans don't have the removable bottom? From looking at the picture it looks like it does.

 

[chefann]

Nope - no removable bottom. They're essentially a round cake pan with a fancy edge and the bottom shaped so it makes a well. If you have the Spring DVD (it'll come in your 1st supply order), watch the section on the Torte Pan set. (Ironically, that's what's on right now on my TV.)

 

[ChefNic]

OH Sorry! I was thinking the OLD "Flan Cake Pans"
My mistake!