Potato Torte Cake Pan

This is a handmade Torte Pan made for creating triangular cakes. The original was brought to this county from Austria.

Each pan is individually handmade out of food grade tinplate equipped with a ring to display on the wall if desired. They are ready to season and bake Potato Torte Cakes or Fruit Breads with. The pan measures 12 inches long by 9 1/4 inches wide and is 3 1/2 inches high. They come with a little cook book with instructions for seasoning and caring for your Torte Pan as well as some original recipes to get you started.

PLEASE HAND WASH AND DRY ONLY. DO NOT PUT IN THE DISHWASHER

Here is a little History behind this pan.

In 1954 a neighbor lady of Frank Schamell brought her cake pan that had been passed to her from her mother who had brought it here from Austria. The original was well worn and had developed a hole and
she hoped Frank could make her a new pan.
Frank was intrigued by it's shape and agreed to make a new pan. It took him over a year to develop the tooling and perfect the construction.

In 1955 his neighbor received the first pan and his wife the second one.
Frank began making these pans and sending them across the US with a recipe book. In the summer of 1997 Bob Schamell, Frank's son, approached Keith Johnson, a Tinsmith in Wisconsin, about purchasing his Father's equipment.

Keith purchased all the original equipment plus the recipes and continued to make the Potato Torte Pan over the years.

Then in October of 2020 Keith decided to retire and sold his tin shop and all the original Potato Torte Pan equipment to Allen and Colleen Schroll.

Colleen began making the Potato Torte Pans in November of 2020.

These cake pans come with their own recipe book

Keep in mind tin items are tin plated steel. They will develop a patina and get a bit of rust or oxidation especially along seams. Just clean with a soft cloth and some non-scratch soft cleanser.