Hi Elsa,
Welcome to CC you are going to love it here! I always use 2 cake mixes and just level the top to get a nice full 9X13. Best of luck to you!
Use a cake mix extender. There are 3 recipes on here that will work just fine. Also, bake your cake at 325 degrees and use the bake even strips on the pan. Granted you'll have you bake the cake longer, but this will help make your cake taller, develop less of a hump (and in many cases no hump), and will make your cake taste more like a scratch cake. Also after the cake has cooled in the pan for 10 minutes, turn cake out onto a cooling rack and immediately wrap it in plastic wrap; this will help seal in the moister of the cake.
I was just about to post a similar post. When you bake a single layer 9X13 and level it you place it bottom up, right? So would you then crumb coat the bottom edge? I've only ever done a two-layer round but I decided to go different because we had the choice for our next class.
Yes that makes sense. And I am correct in that there is no need to crumb coat as there is no torting or layering involved, right?
It depends on your cake. If you cake isn't crumby, then you can get away without. However, if it is, then you will want to crumb coat. What you can do is start frosting your cake and if it gets crumby, then you can consider that your crumb coat and just do another layer.
No. If you fill your pan to the top it will overflow and you will end up with a mess! I fill mine anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 full depending on how tall I want it. I also use a flower nail in the middle to help with "dome tops" and the make sure it bakes even. I have never tried the bake even strips. Good luck to you!
By the way, I always crumb coat, just to be safe! And remember, we were all in you shoes before, your questions are not silly, we are all here to help!
Thanks for your great support Can you eplain "crumb coat" how can I do it? Thank you
Hi, I bake lots of 9x13 cakes. I found a 9x13 cake pan that was in my mother-in-laws cupboard when she passed away and for some reason I took it. I have used that pan for all my 9x13 cakes. For some reason it has tall sides and they are straight up. I use 2 cake mixes in mine, use the strips and a upside down flower nail in the cake so the heat will get to the middle of the cake. I put parchment on the bottom of the pan and spray ONLY the sides with the grease/flour spray. I have found if I spray the bottom of the pans, the parchment wants to stick to the bottom so if I don't spay it they just pop out. Find what works for you and do it. Sandy
Yes I agree, I always do a crumb coat too. Sandy
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