Gift Guide: Vintage Cake Pans

I wrote about these pans last summer, here, but I think they'd make really cool gifts.  You can find them pretty easily - here's one Ebay source. Every baker is eager for new and different pans - and this is one they're unlikely to own. The pans date back to the middle of the last century, and they're so sturdy they make really good pudding molds (when you tie a secure layer of foil on the top).

Another vintage tool you might consider is a pie server: These are serious pie times, and every cook can use a new server.  Here's mine; I found it in a thrift store about forty years ago, and I've cherished it ever since.