If I want a full sheet cake half and half but only have a half sheet cake pan. Can I bake chocolate and bake vanilla and put them together. If I do put them together how do I get them to look lilke one without the seem in the middle. Doing a full sheet babyshower next week and want to get the heads up right now instead of the week I do it.

Thanks

I would think that as long as the cakes are the same height, you can just put icing between the
two, just like a stacked cake and that would work.
If there is a gap or something, you could always make some spackle paste to level them out and no one would be the wiser....

spackel paste would be some cake and icing mixture?

Yes, it is in Toba Garrett's book....Here it is:

3 to 4 cups of cake crumbs
1/2 to 3/4 cup of buttercream
1/4 cup of filling (she says citrus curd or preserves,
but you can probably use whatever you have on hand)

Mix together to for a thick paste. If the spackled paste is too stiff to ice with, add more buttercream to soften...Says it will keep for 3 days in the refrigerator. Makes 2 1/2 cups...

I think if you are doing a full sheet...you should put the cakes side by side. I think if you put icing in between and a good layer on top you should be fine. If you are nervous about that...you could do a 12x18 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 vanilla....and have a dozen or 2 cupcakes to go with it. Good luck!
Traci

Sorry, about that...Maybe I wasn't being specific enough. That is what I meant also....to put the cakes side by side and use the spackling if you needed to fill in between them....not to stack them...

Hello, Tilisha

I've done a half sheet and a quarter sheet cake what I do is mix the batters if you have 2 mixers or one do one flavor first set aside then mix the next batch. Have someone help you to pour one batch at the same time you are pouring they will meet in the middle. I did'nt have any problems at all. Do you use any type of heating core for such a large cake?
Hope this helps.


Lupe

cakefanatic said

I have done this too, with no problems. I have also done it by baking two cakes and placing them side by side. As long as they are the same height, you can seam them and you can't see it. Actually now that I think about it, when I do lay them side by side, I don't put anything between them. I just make sure I get enough icing over the middle so it won't show.

Sorry, I missed the part that said but only have a half sheet .

I would do each one separately. Make sure they are level with each other and the two seams that will meet, trim off crust, ice just enough to hold seams together and crumb coat the seam. After crumb coat is set, crumb coat the whole cake.

When you ice, go from edge to center so that you don't pull the cakes apart.

This is how I did my full sheet Batman cake.

Good luck and don't forget to post pics.

I agree with all the suggestions above, but want to add to be very sure to use an extra strong board under your cake...if it flexes at all it will let the cakes separate and mess up your icing! Janice