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How Much Does a 10" Tube / Angel Food Pan Hold?

A10" tube / angel food pan holds 16 cups brim-full — fill to two-thirds for batter, about 10¾ cups.

10" tube / angel food pan holds

16 cups

≈ 3785 ml / 3.8 L · batter at ⅔ fill ≈ 10¾ cups

Data & method: Published practical brim capacity from the same tested table as the flagship chart; batter fill is the standard two-thirds convention; metric is the exact US-cup conversion. Every figure is checked by an automated test. How we calculate →

Check any pan's volume

The calculator measures simple pan shapes — rounds, squares and rectangles — so it can't model a 10" tube / angel food pan exactly and starts from its defaults. The published figure above is the one to trust for tube pans.

Total pan volume

6.96 cups

≈ 1647 ml · 1.65 L

Millilitres

1647

Litres

1.65

Batter (⅔)

4.64

Fill level

Brim Fill to ⅔ for batter batter

Where the 10" tube / angel food sits among tube pans

Pan Holds (brim) Batter (⅔) Bake area Depth
9" tube / angel food 12 cups 8 cups 55 sq in 4″
10" tube / angel food 16 cups 10¾ cups 68 sq in 4″

Swapping a recipe into or out of this pan

Nothing in the standard chart lands within 10% of the 10" tube / angel food's 16-cup capacity, so there's no clean straight swap — rescale the recipe to the pan you have instead. The cake pan converter gives the exact multiplier and the bake-time shift for any pair.

Filling guidance: two-thirds is the working rule for butter and oil cakes. Batters with big oven spring — angel food, chiffon, some sponges — want more headroom, and dense batters (brownies, blondies) tolerate fuller pans because they barely rise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups does a 10" tube / angel food pan hold?

16 cups filled to the brim (about 3785 ml / 3.8 liters) — the published practical capacity. For batter, fill to about two-thirds: roughly 10¾ cups, leaving room to rise.

How much batter goes in a 10" tube / angel food pan?

About 10¾ cups — the standard two-thirds fill. Fuller than that and rising batter can overflow; much less and the bake comes out thin and dries. Cakes with big oven spring (angel food, some sponges) want even more headroom.

What can I substitute for a 10" tube / angel food pan?

Nothing in the standard chart lands within 10% of its 16-cup capacity, so a straight swap isn't clean — scale the recipe to the pan you have instead. The cake pan converter gives the exact multiplier for any pair.

Is the pan's stamped size the inside measurement?

It should be — pan sizes refer to interior top dimensions. Measure inside edge to inside edge, and depth from the interior base to the rim. Outside measurements add the metal's thickness and rolled rims, which overstate the pan.