I have a recipe for carrot cake with chocolate chips that calls for baking in a 9x13 inch cake pan. I would like to use tnis recipe for Easter because Ive made it before and loved it. Tjis time, however, I would like to make it into a decorated layer cake. Can this recipe, or any cake recipe for that matter, stipulating a 9x13 pan, be made into a layer cake?
I did this with my 9x13" carrot cake recipe also, and while it works beautifully, I found that I had to scale my original recipe down. Using the original proportions made three incredibly tall 9" layers, and while my nephews loved the monster cake, it was a bit too much for mere mortals. So I scaled it down by weight for both an 8" and a 6" size. I make 10-11 ounce (each) 6-inch layers, and 16-20 ounce (each) 8-inch layers - I bake three pans, one layer per pan, and level the tops; as opposed to baking one super tall round and splitting it into thirds.
You do have to watch the baking time - I start with 12-15 minutes for 6" cakes, and 15-20 minutes for 8" cakes, and bake 'til they're done.
It may take a bit of trial & error, but I scale recipes up and down all the time. Good luck!
Sure one can 'stack' two layers of a 9x13 cake. OR if you don't want that much cake just cut one 9x13 in half and stack the two resulting pieces - one of top of the other - usually with filling of some kind between them.
For carrot cake I usually used pineapple filling:)
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