cheerful_deviant
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Tommorow I'm bakeing a cake in David Dalquis's memory. 
Bundt Pan Inventor Dies
POSTED: 10:44 am EST January 6, 2005
UPDATED: 10:53 am EST January 6, 2005
EDINA, Minn. -- The creator of the world's top-selling cake pan has died.
H. David Dalquist created the Bundt pan.
Dalquist died of heart failure Sunday at his home in Edina. He was 86.
After serving in the Navy in World War II, Dalquist founded the kitchen equipment company Nordic Ware.
He designed the pan in 1950 at the request of the Minneapolis Hadassah Society. Members had old ceramic cake pans of somewhat similar designs but wanted an aluminum pan.
Dalquist created a new shape and added regular folds to make it easier to cut the cake.
The Hadassah members called the pans "bund pans" from the German word for a gathering. Dalquist added a "t" and trademarked the name.
Since then, Nordic Ware has sold more than 50 million Bundt pans.
Bundt Pan Inventor Dies
POSTED: 10:44 am EST January 6, 2005
UPDATED: 10:53 am EST January 6, 2005
EDINA, Minn. -- The creator of the world's top-selling cake pan has died.
H. David Dalquist created the Bundt pan.
Dalquist died of heart failure Sunday at his home in Edina. He was 86.
After serving in the Navy in World War II, Dalquist founded the kitchen equipment company Nordic Ware.
He designed the pan in 1950 at the request of the Minneapolis Hadassah Society. Members had old ceramic cake pans of somewhat similar designs but wanted an aluminum pan.
Dalquist created a new shape and added regular folds to make it easier to cut the cake.
The Hadassah members called the pans "bund pans" from the German word for a gathering. Dalquist added a "t" and trademarked the name.
Since then, Nordic Ware has sold more than 50 million Bundt pans.
This is the saddest day. Sing out loud: Bundt! Bundt! Bundt!
