For good quality cake pans, purchase pans that are made of heavy-gauge aluminum. Other materials that are used consist of tinned steel, stainless steel, glass, silicone and stone. Also available is anodized bakeware, which is aluminum bakeware that has gone through a process that hardens the outer surface and makes it scratch resistant and stick resistant. Some steel and aluminum bakeware has had a non-stick coating applied to it, which allows food to release easily from it and makes it easy to clean up.