I made two 1/4 sheet vanilla cakes for a two layer birthday cake.But one of my cakes got a huge crack while flipping.I don't know whether to make a new one or use the existing cracked one.I am afraid that after frosting the cake the crack might start showing.Please help me as i still have a day to repair the damage.
can you strategically place the crack where it will require less patching, like on the bottom, or does it go all the way through?
I would try to patch it with buttercream myself. If you can put two cakes next to each other and ice that, then why not a similar method to fix a crack?
Good luck! 
I would definitely put it on the bottom and if the crack is not all the way through but it that side down. Make sure your layers are level or you might get more cracks....good luck!!
Toba Garrett uses a mixture of cake crumbs,icing and filling to make a thick paste which she calls spackling uses it after crumb coating to fill in any imperfections in cake. spreads all over cake then refrigerates till firm. (covers cake in plastic wrap) preferable to let sit overnight or at least 2-4 hours. "Spackled paste is great to use if you damage the cake or parts of its sides or top". Hope this helps. (from her book THE WELL DECORATED CAKE).
I made two 1/4 sheet vanilla cakes for a two layer birthday cake.But one of my cakes got a huge crack while flipping.I don't know whether to make a new one or use the existing cracked one.I am afraid that after frosting the cake the crack might start showing.Please help me as i still have a day to repair the damage.
I had this happen and I cut the cake in two, leveled the edges to match and made a higher cake, rather than wide. It worked out wonderful. Wish I had a pix.
We all know this will sometimes happen, I found some cake lifters and they are really great to prevent the larger cakes from cracking. I have been so pleased with them, its makes handling those cake layers without/with icing so much easier.
I know this doesn't help you this time, but when I make a flavor of cake that I've had problems with cracking, I put a piece of parchment in my sheet pan the long way so it comes out over the edges and then you have handles to lift it out without having to flip and worry about cracking.
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