Does anyone else try and bake 2 cakes at the same time, either right next to each other or on different racks in the oven? Does this work or does each bake up different? Cuz I know it doesn't work certain foods.
TIA
It really depends on your oven. I have a convection oven and placing cakes close together, but not touching is fine. In a non-convection oven there might be problems. You'd have to experiment.
As long as the pans will fit on the same rack in the oven together, I always bake my layers together. That way they are both done at the same time. I have never had a problem with either of them baking differently. I always set them right next to each other with as much space between the pans and the sides of the oven as I can get. I'm sure it varies with each oven but it works for me.
HTH,
Heather
I also bake my smaller round cakes side by side with enough room between them and the oven side walls. I also use the wilton bake easy strips and they seem to come out just fine.
HTH
I did just this last nite. I baked a 9x13, an 8" round, and an 8" square all at the same time. The only thing I did was about every 13 minutes, I rotated them so that they baked evenly. I had no problems whatsoever. Oh, btw, I put the round and square both on same rack, and the 9x13 I put on it's own rack. HTH
I have had lots of trouble trying to bake cakes on separate racks even when rotating them... it always seems like one ends up done way before the other (and in one instance, one was crispy and the other soupy, oops)! My oven is pretty ancient though, so that might affect it. If your pans are small enough, baking them side by side but not touching does not seem to affect the bake time or quality.
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