Looking For Tips On Putting 2 Half Sheets Together!!
Decorating By pamela0588 Updated 2 Dec 2006 , 1:10am by LittleLinda
Hi Everyone! Todays question is how to put 2 half sheet cakes together seemlessly and without a dip in the center! (Thus making one big beautiful sheetcake!) I just know there is a solution... 
We have the 2 cakes baked & are standing by for a great tip to try! We Love Ya'll! Pam & Pam @ The Island Grill
I would level both cakes and then cut off the edge of each cake where the two will be put together. This should help make each cake fit flush. Then ice and decorate.
Hope this helps...
Patrice
I always just set them side by side and ice as one big sheet cake.Of course they need to be the same height so one isn't higher than the other but I always level my cakes as soon as they come out of the oven with a baking sheet pressing down on top .Hope that helps!!
Thanks so much for all your great ideas. We had talked about trying the cut edge to cut edge, so thanks Patrice for giving us the guts to try it! On to the cake! Have A Great Day Everyone!
If you do notice that it is dips in the middle despite all the things you have done to prevent it, just build up that area with more icing. It's really easy to do.
You should also put icing between the cakes to act as a glue to keep anything from sliding on you.
I'm for trimming the edges. If you put them together without trimming, the people who get the slices from that area get really ugly cake. If they're the same height at the edges, and if you trim, when you put unfrosted edges together, it should be almost invisible when sliced. The two sections will probably not STAY together on the plate, but at least the recipient of those pieces won't have mostly "crust" as their serving.
If you do notice that it is dips in the middle despite all the things you have done to prevent it, just build up that area with more icing. It's really easy to do.
You should also put icing between the cakes to act as a glue to keep anything from sliding on you.
I ditto that!!! Just trim off the edges that will meet. Glue them with together with icing and once I get them together I take my icing bag and just run a thick line of icing down the join of the cakes! This will help keep it flush and prevent a dip!
Amy
Another tip I do is that I put the first 12x18 cake in the freezer while baking and cooling the other. With the cooled (not the frozen) cake, I put my cakeboard over the top of the pan and flip it (as I suspect we all do) (only this cake board is twice the size! Then I take the frozen cake and can place it onto the board close and tight to the other cake. The stiff cake is easy to move around.
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