I baked a cake in a Bundt pan for a dinner party. For lack of that particular tube pan, I could have divvied up the recipe’s same batter into two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans. If dessert were required ...

Q. How do you adjust a cake recipe if you want to use a different size pan, such as using a 13-by-9-inch pan or cupcakes instead of two or three round cake pans? A. You don’t need to change the recipe ...