have you gals done the checkerboard cake? will 1 cake mix will be enough batter? Thank you.
have you gals done the checkerboard cake? will 1 cake mix will be enough batter? Thank you.
Are you using cocoa or food colors to make the other color? If not that you will need another box of cake mix for the Contrasting color.
Check the batter amount on the box. One cake mix is about 4 - 5.5 cups of batter.
its 3 1 1/2'' pan by 9'', they dont say the amount of batter on the box. they give a recipe but i'm not about to do it from scratch, its a practice cake. I was planning to use the DH marble cake mix but instead of doing marble design i'll use the chocolate to mix in with 1/2 the batter and do it that way if 1 box would be enough. Thanks gals.
its 3 1 1/2'' pan by 9'', they dont say the amount of batter on the box. they give a recipe but i'm not about to do it from scratch, its a practice cake. I was planning to use the DH marble cake mix but instead of doing marble design i'll use the chocolate to mix in with 1/2 the batter and do it that way if 1 box would be enough. Thanks gals.
I am not sure how much batter that pans takes. But I am going to assume you Will be doing 3 cake pans. So err on the side of caution and make 2 boxes of cake mix. You can always make cupcakes with the left over batter
Debbie, This is based on a mix striaght from the box without any doctoring. Also, based on 2' deep pan. A 9"x2" takes 1-3/4 boxes of mix for 2 pans. There were two sources used here. One said 1-1/2 and the other 1-3/4. I would always go with the larger one. Hope this helps.
If you have the Checkerboard Cake set, it comes with three 8 inch
pans and the plastic divider...I make them all the time using
one box of Vanilla amd one box dark chocolate mix...
Make your white cake with eggwhites only.
I fill mine w/ Fudge frosting and raspberries.
I love making this cake..people who have never seen them always think it's "magic"..Christmas time you can make Green and Pink or Red.. 
I have done a checkerboard cake but did vanilla and strawberry, so I used 2 cake mixes. I made mine totally different from the directions:
I made 2 whole vanilla layers and 2 strawberry layers (had to used another 9" pan that I had), then after the cakes had cooled, I used the metal divider to cut out the cake circles out of each cake.
Started with outer vanilla circle and using a bag with BC frosting and tip #10, ran a line of frosting on the inside of the cut cake. Then I placed a middle strawberry circle--ran a line of frosting on the inside of that and finished up with a small vanilla circle. Spread BC frosting on top of the layer. Made the next layer the same way only started with the large strawberry circle, middle vanilla circle and small strawberry circle. Spread BC frosting on top of that layer (do not push hard when spreading frosting). Last top layer is vanilla outside, middle strawberry and small vanilla.
So each layer has BC frosting in between each color and in between each layer. Let it set (or your can place in refrigerator for 1-2 hours). Then cover the entire cake in frosting. Had everybody talking about how good it was and that they got frosting with every bite. Amazed them that it did not fall apart when cut. A bit more work but the outcome was great.
BTW--had seen this way on the Food Network. A chef made one so I followed his lead.
I have done a checkerboard cake but did vanilla and strawberry, so I used 2 cake mixes. I made mine totally different from the directions:
I made 2 whole vanilla layers and 2 strawberry layers (had to used another 9" pan that I had), then after the cakes had cooled, I used the metal divider to cut out the cake circles out of each cake.
Started with outer vanilla circle and using a bag with BC frosting and tip #10, ran a line of frosting on the inside of the cut cake. Then I placed a middle strawberry circle--ran a line of frosting on the inside of that and finished up with a small vanilla circle. Spread BC frosting on top of the layer. Made the next layer the same way only started with the large strawberry circle, middle vanilla circle and small strawberry circle. Spread BC frosting on top of that layer (do not push hard when spreading frosting). Last top layer is vanilla outside, middle strawberry and small vanilla.
So each layer has BC frosting in between each color and in between each layer. Let it set (or your can place in refrigerator for 1-2 hours). Then cover the entire cake in frosting. Had everybody talking about how good it was and that they got frosting with every bite. Amazed them that it did not fall apart when cut. A bit more work but the outcome was great.
BTW--had seen this way on the Food Network. A chef made one so I followed his lead. You get really sharp edges on the checkerboard look.
LoL Mac you're funny. Thank you for all that info. Sounds like alot of work for sure, but the important part is that it tastes good which it did.
Turns out i really did need 2 boxes and was planning on making 2 but then looked for eggs and only had 4 in the refrigerator. Ended up making the marble and using the chocolate for 1/2 the batter and only got to do 2 layers but hey it was practice.
Thank you all for the responses. I'll be posting it in a few, uncut though. I wont know how it looks, sending it to my hubby's job.
leily your checkerbard cake is great, i love the colors & the fireworks. I definately saved that 1 for future reference. My dad joked about me making him 1 for his friends, maybe he was really serious i'll ask and then i'll get a chance to try something like yours.
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