Question About Sheet Cakes And Also Edible Images
Business By squarepair Updated 25 Apr 2007 , 1:17am by vww104
So my DH volunteered me to make a cake for the Colonel's retirement at his work. I am thrilled (and motivated to get legal by then and send DH with a stack of cards or maybe a sandwich board) but also am nervous and have a couple questions.
First, he needs a cake to feed 100, I have a 12 x 18 pan and wanted to use that but then stack them. I just thought it would like nicer to decorate that than have a 24x 18 cake to try and decorate. Is there any reason why stacking them is not a good idea. DH keeps looking at me like I am stupid when I tell him my plan.
Also, I just got my printer and accessories to do edible images and have tested it and love it. Well I saw another thread where a lady's had clogged, now I am have this fear of what if it clogs since I am not doing the cake until May 25. So, question,,how far ahead can I do the image. I read that you can freeze them. Would it be ok if I made it now and froze it or is that too long.
And finally, any tips on getting a good Army green colored frosting. I was REALLY hoping I could use blue, it's just prettier, but he wants Army green, oh well it is his cake, I guess 
Thanks, Kristin
I, personally, don't think there is anything wrong with stacking the cakes. You do have to be careful that you have them lined up pretty well, first, though. Then after they are stacked, put some wooden dowels in them for support. I'm not savy with the edible image scene 
... As for the army green color, I think I would try adding some brown to green, or you could make light chocolate buttercream and add a little green to that... Hope I helped a little bit 
I have stacked 11x15x2's and it works fine, but the assembled cake is quite heavy.
According to Wilton, a stacked 12x18x2 yields 72 party size servings:
http://www.wilton.com/cake/cakeprep/baking/times/party_2inch.cfm
However, a stacked 14x22x2 would yield 98 party servings.
Thread with other serving size charts:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-609651.html
Sheet Cakes and Serving Sizes:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-81011.html
Here's a color wheel that might be helpful in achieving in your Army green:
http://www.cakecentral.com/article2-How-To-Color-Your-Icing.html
CC Printing & Edible Images Articles:
http://www.cakecentral.com/article59-Edible-Images-Chapter-1---The-Basics.html
http://www.cakecentral.com/article60-Edible-Images-Chapter-2---Edible-Paper-Types--How-To-Apply-Images-to-Your-Cake.html
http://www.cakecentral.com/article61-Edible-Images-Chapter-3---Troubleshooting-Printer-Problems---Print-Quality.html
HTH
OT..........what kind of printer did you buy? I'm thinking about this too!
Serving sizes for sheet cakes is beginning to really frustrate me!! That and what is a full sheet, or half sheet, everyone seems to have a different opinion or even have 2 sizes and call them both full sheets 
So my thinking had been if I had a 12 x 18 single layer cake, I would cut the pieces into 2x2 squares (to quote indydebi, "sheet cakes, just use simple math") so that would be 54 servings, right?? So if I stack 2 wouldn't that be 108 servings but you would cut them smaller. But Wilton says it is only 70+, ahhhh!!!! Getting frustrated and confused here!! I had the round, square, hexagon, petal.....figured out but someone HAS to have a sheet cake!! I hadn't gotten to that yet 
Kristin
I got the Epson c88+ off Ebay. I think with shipping it was close to $100. All the canons were really expensive. Here is my first cake with it, just a practice. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get the image off the paper, I thought it would be this fragile thing wanting to rip but it was really sturdy.
Kristin
Thanks. I was looking at that one too, the C88.
Your cake looks great!
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