Sheet Cake Help.....

Decorating By Theav Updated 23 Aug 2006 , 8:50pm by Theav

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Theav Posted 23 Aug 2006 , 8:29pm
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I am baking my first sheet cake for an event. 12 x 18 wilton pan, it's baking right now and I just noticed that the sides of the pan are a little fanned out. They're not perpendicular like my 8 x 3 inch pan. How does this work when you are having 2 layers? Will I need to cut around the edges or will it mysteriously line up when I go to frost them?

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cakerunner Posted 23 Aug 2006 , 8:35pm
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don't know! bump

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cowdex Posted 23 Aug 2006 , 8:36pm
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Wilton does that (Magic Line doesn't!)
You will have to trim it a bit or ice and re-ice and re-ice again to cover that spot.

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Kelrak Posted 23 Aug 2006 , 8:37pm
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Are you baking 2 12x18 cakes, or just torting it?

In the future, you might want to invest in magic line pans if you want a really nice square/rectangle with straight sides. The same thing happened to me with one of my cakes. In my photos of the Polly Pocket cake, you can see that the bottom tier was made in a cake w/straight sides, and the top tier was made in a Wilton pan that didn't have perfectly straight sides. The top tier is a little bit angled. I was very disappointed, but now I know not to use that pan.

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Theav Posted 23 Aug 2006 , 8:50pm
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I would love to just torte it but it has to feed 100 people although they won't all be eating cake. That's why I had to go with 2 layers. I guess if I have to trim it along the edges I will. Wish I would have noticed this before.

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