Sheet Cake Question?

Decorating By tthardy78 Updated 28 Mar 2007 , 1:17am by kerririchards

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tthardy78 Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:02pm
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How many of you do double layers for your 1/2 and full sheet cakes? And is there an easy way to flip one on top of the other without breaking one? Any help would be great, thanks.

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JanH Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:38pm
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Here's one way to flip cakes:

http://www.countrykitchensa.com/ckideas/ckIdea.aspx?idea=492&occasion=General%20Cake%20Instructions

(Although I always use a frosting dam....)

If this doesn't help, at least you'll get a bump icon_smile.gif

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Chef_Stef Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:43pm
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I don't know about flipping them, but I turn them out of the pans onto a huge cooling rack to cool a bit, then onto a cake board. After they've completely cooled, I jiggle them off the board onto the filling bottom layer. I run a long spatula under the cake to loosen it from the board first so it doesn't stick too much. I've had one crack a bit in the middle where it flexed, but it was fine.

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awolf24 Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:45pm
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Sometimes I do. I bake two thinner layers instead of torting and then I freeze them. If I defrost the layers first, I put them on a cookie sheet that doesn't have any lip on the edge and then sort of slide it on. I also recently did it where I kept the cakes frozen while I filled and stacked, then just let it sit out a while to defrost before I decorated it and that works even better. My layers were still pretty solid so I wasn't worried about them breaking.

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southrnhearts Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:45pm
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freeze your layers
when theyre really frozen you can pick them up most any old way
and get it exactly where you want it on top of the other one icon_biggrin.gif

plus...........makes the layer moister icon_biggrin.gif

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kerririchards Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:46pm
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I always use a cake leveler to split my cakes. I keep some extra cake boards covered in contact paper to slide the cake layer onto and then back off of again. I just hold the cake board over the filled top of the bottom layer and line it up and gently slide it off - but hold your cake board over the filling just enough to clear it or your top layer will crack. Does this help?

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mareg Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 3:49pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by southrnhearts

freeze your layers
when theyre really frozen you can pick them up most any old way
and get it exactly where you want it on top of the other one icon_biggrin.gif

plus...........makes the layer moister icon_biggrin.gif




You don't ice them frozen right? I just was wondering. I think I heard that your not supposed to ice frozen cakes.

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tthardy78 Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 4:47pm
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Thank you everyone for your help!!!

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JulieB Posted 27 Mar 2007 , 5:04pm
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I was just watching a rerun of the Mystery Cake Challenge that Colette won, and to see her handling those sheet cakes was something! She was just picking them up and holding them like big pieces of cardboard! LOL

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kerririchards Posted 28 Mar 2007 , 1:17am
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Yeah, I saw that one too. My first thought was that they HAD to be frozen - or awfully dry!

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