How Many Cake Mixes???

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sistersinsweets Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 1:10pm
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DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MAY CAKE MIXES A WILTON 12X18 SHEET PAN TAKES??? I WANNA DO HALF CHOCOLATE AND HALF WHITE, BUT AM NOT SUE HOW MANY CAKE MIXES OR HOW MANY CUPS OF BATTER IT WILL HOLD.
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Cakeasyoulikeit Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 1:16pm
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I use 3 mixes for thois pan. To do a half and half, you'd have to use four and have some batter leftover (which you could use for cupcakes or something). I use Duncan Hines mixes and usually get 4.5-5 cups of batter per mix.

Hope that helps,
Angela

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sistersinsweets Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 2:17pm
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icon_smile.gif THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
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KrazyKross Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 2:18pm
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The Wilton 12x18 pan takes 14 cups of cake batter. Here is the reference chart that is very useful from the Wilton site

http://www.wilton.com/cake/cakeprep/baking/times/party_2inch.cfm

So, according to this chart, you will need 3 cake mixes, or to do half and half, 4 cake mixes with some batter left over as Angela indicated.

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PinkPanther Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 4:46pm
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I read somewhere on here that you can use 2 mixes for the 12x18 pan. I tried it and it worked great for me. Also you don't have to worry about the left over batter. Just MHO though. icon_smile.gif

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KrazyKross Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 7:36pm
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I've used two cake mixes in the 12X18 before too. It's acceptable, but it isn't a full 2" high. So, it really depends on how high you want you layers to be. If it's going to be a single layer cake, I would go with the three cake mixes, so the cake rises to the top of the pan.

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kakesbyrobin Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 8:03pm
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How about two cake mixes using the extender recipe?

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