Making My First Sheet Cake - Any Advice?
Decorating By KeltoKel Updated 17 May 2007 , 8:00pm by 2sdae
I am making a full sheet cake next week. One half vanilla and the other chocolate. Seems like I just take the two and ice them together, but I am sure there are probably some things I am not thinking of so that it doesn't turn into a disaster. Any advice?
Also, do I make my own cake board when doing a sheet cake? I haven't seen boards big enough in the stores.
THanks!
i run a small amount of bc between the cakes so there is no crack. No they sell full sheet boards- they are hard to order online because of their size. If your cake supply store doesn't carry them try a sams club if you belong-or my local grocery lets me buy the board and box from them for $1.00 each which is a huge savings over my cake supply store. I think you would for sure want to track down a full sheet pan though because IMHO you dont want a split in the board where you have a split in the cake 
-good luck
You can buy full sheet cake cardboards at a cake supply store. I can also buy them at a party supply store called Party America. The ones they sell are a double thickness and then I buy two of them because you want to support the weight of the cake.
As for the cake itself, you will want to make sure that both halves are the exact same height so that you don't have a lop-sided cake. I also ice between the two halves, not only to stick them together, but whoever eats the piece on the seem will have the harder edges of the cake, and the icing softens them up.
Hope that makes sense.
It's really easy...but it is a large cake.
I do recommend using at least 2 flower nails in your pans to help with the middle cooking at same speed at edges.
Just grease them well and put them head down in your pans before you put in the batter.
Also, measure out the amount of batter in your first pan and duplicate it for 2nd to ensure same amount of cake baking in each cake.
Just a thought....
Instead of making the cake so large and having two halves. Could you try stacking the layers? Chocolate on top of the vanilla. It would be the same amount of cake and your wouldn't need as big of a cake board. Just an idea..
Also about the cake board. I have been known to get a large paper towel box from a grocery store and cut my own board and them cover it. Another thing I have invested in is a very large mirror. I bought it from a glass and mirror shop in town. They beveled the edges and it makes a very nice looking cake board. It is great for those really large cakes and it looks very pretty. It will only work if you are able to get the mirror back after the event.
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