I just bought a 12X18 sheet cake pan and I was wondering what that translates to, is it a full sheet or half sheet?

And I'm making a scratch carrot cake, how many batches do I need? My recipe would be enough for a 9 in round.

Thanks!!

Alex

A 12x18 is considered a half sheet by most people.
Wilton has charts on their site that say how many cups of batter you need for the different pan sizes.

Alex, I use the 12x18 as a half sheet and the recipe I use for it come from this site. The white almond sour cream cake. It's delicious.

I don't know how to do a link for the recipe, otherwise I would.

Deedee44

Here is the link for the recipe deedee mentioned. YUM!

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2322-0-White-Almond-Sour-Cream-Cake.html

I'm repeating myself, I know, but I refuse to use the terms "half" or "full" sheet cakes. when someone asks how much is my 1/2 sheet cake, I ask them "how many do you need it to serve?" I get answers from 15 to 70, so the consumer has no idea EITHER how big a half sheet cake is ... they are just using "the lingo" without knowing what they are talking about.

Heck, people in bakeries don't know! I called some bakeries to get price comparisons and asked them prices. I was told "A half sheet is blah blah". I asked how big that is? The moron said, "well it's a sheet cake cut in half." I said, "I'm betting that my cake pans in my cabinet are no where near the size of yours, so trying to visualize cutting MY "sheet cake" in half isn't going to work. So I need to know the size of the cake so I know how big the cake is so I can determine how many people it will feed." He kept going on how he didn't know how big it was. I finally asked, "Can you get a ruler and MEASURE IT????"

Indydebi,

That is exactly the trouble I'm running into. I want to have the reference for my own knowledge so when a client asks for a half sheet or full sheet, I can better assess what they want.

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm doing a sculpted cake which is for about 30 people, but people who definitely eat bigger pieces than you'll find in any serving chart The clients don't care whether it's 1/2 or full, they just ordered based on design and left the rest up to me.

Thanks again,
Alex

The sellers of cake pans seem to have less problems deciding on sizing.

Full Sheet pan:

http://cooksdream.com/store/llpob16242.html

http://bakerstools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=POB16242&Category_Code=BAKESHPANS&Product_Count=9

Half Sheet pan:

http://cooksdream.com/store/llpob12182.html

http://bakerstools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=POB12182&Category_Code=BAKESHPANS&Product_Count=5

http://www.bakingshop.com/bc/item/rcpa-12.htm

Quarter Sheet pan:

http://cooksdream.com/store/llpob9132.html

http://bakerstools.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=POB9132&Category_Code=BAKESHPANS&Product_Count=0

http://www.bakingshop.com/bc/item/rcpa-9.htm

HTH

If your original recipe makes one 9x2" round (127.23 cu in) then you will need 3.4 recipes to make a 12x18x2" sheet (432 cu in).

Yes, the pan you have would be called a half sheet but many people have deviations from that.

If a 1/4 sheet cake is 9X13, why isn't a 1/2 sheet 18X26???