I did my first cake 1/2 and 1/2 cake today. WOOHOO. I know this is a silly thing to be excited about but, I get excited easy. It was a piece of cake. ha. I did the aluminum trick down the middle and it worked great. It's in the oven baking. Now, my question.......How do I get that huge cake out onto a cooling rack? It's a 16" sqaure. Here is my guess. I have two of the pampered chef cooling racks. Shall I put both on top and some how flip it over and let it cool on both? I'm just a tad nervous about this one. Someone let me know, withing 20 minutes ...please.

Can't say I've ever flipped a cake onto a cooling rack! I let it cook in the pan like 10-15 mins (sometimes longer) then flip onto a board or cookie sheet lined with parchment.

Ditto for me. I place my ready cake board on top of the cake, make sure it is positioned correctly then flip. Works great for me.

I have a few large cooling racks (they are 20x25, give or take). I place one over the cake while it's still in the pan, (I've already done any leveling while it's still in the pan to assure it's flat), then flip it out onto the cooling rack. Since I want the cake to sit on it's actual bottom, I take another cooling rack, place it on top of the cake and flip it from one rack to the other.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

If you think you can get both racks together and the cake on it, that sounds fine. Cooling racks are the best way to go! Good luck flipping that one out!

what's the aluminum foil trick?

I want to know to. I have always been curious about it too!!

You take aluminum foil and fold it into a strip a little bit longer than the width of your pan. Fold the end at 90 degree angles, this just helps it stand up better for me. Put it in your pan in the middle. Pore half of the one cake batter on the one side while holding the aluminum foil and then quickly poor the other batter on the other side. Pore the rest of the first batter on the first side. Even out both side with your spatula or whatever you use. Then pull out the foil and bake. It just acts as a divider. It was really easy.

Hi Sweetpeeps

For future reference if you should ever have to flip 2 indiviual half sheets at one time onto a cake board.

I have both half sheet cakes sitting on cooling rack or boards, for me it's easier with boards. I push 1 half sheet cake all the way to the right edge of the board and I push the other half sheet cake to the left edge of the board, I put the 2 cakes and boards edge to edge, right edge to left edge so it looks like 1 full sheet cake. Now slide a full sheet cake board underneath the 2 side by side half sheets so you have them both sitting on the full cake board. Now place the cake board you are going to sit your cakes on top. Now take a deep breath put one hand underneath the bottom full sheet cake board and put your other hand on the top full sheet cake board (it's look like a full cake board sandwich), breathe make sure no one is watching so they don't make you nervous. Now flip. Hopefully you didn't lose any cake. I've had to make alot of half and half Full sheet cakes lately...it's easy for me to flip them both this way even when they are double layer half sheets with filling....My mom still panic's when I do this though....

Keep on baking.....

Cindy

Thanks Cindy!!!! I'm glad I have all my forum post saved so I can go back and look when I need it!!!