The Sacramento Public Library lends out kitchenware. See what you can check out

Do you love baking? Do you love your public library? Then if you're in Sacramento, you're in luck. My name is Anne Eubank and I am a journalist for the Sacramento Bee. And did you know the Sacramento Public Library has over 200 different cake pans that you can check out? There's this heart-shaped one, this book-shaped one, and a lot more. I actually checked out this heart-shaped pan and made the recipe that came with it. This recipe is called Sherry Nichelini's favorite vanilla cake and you might be wondering who's Sherry Nichelini, so Sherry Nichelini actually worked at the Sacramento Public Library for over 40 years and when she retired in 2020 she asked that her retirement gifts be cake pans donated so the library could launch the Sherry Nichelini cake pan collection that way if a community member wanted to bake a special cake but didn't want to go out and buy a special pan, then they could just go to the library with their library card and take one home. And if you want to read more about Sherry Nichelini's collection or where to see the pans themselves, you can check out the story at sacbee.com.