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From: Tami Smith
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Okay, keep in mind that many home ovens willnot fit a 16 or 18-inch round cake pan. Before you buy, measure. Those size cakes serve a LOT of people, and in my opinion, any round cake over 14-inches is a royal pain in the ...........You are better off making two 12-inch round cakes or tier a 14 and 10 and 6 for the same servings as ONE 18-inch round cake. Then. If you prep up two batches of double cake batter, make the first, then make the second immediatley you will not have much of a problem. You don't want to wander away etc, but IMMediately make the second batch you will be fine. Also, if you are making the classic two layer cakes, make a double batch of cake batter, bake a layer, then cool, remove, clean the pan and quickly make another layer. This way you only need to invest in one 12 and 14 inch size pan. My oven can only bake one of these at a time, so I only have one of each, so I can only bake one layer at a time. Many large cakes take up more time to make and bake than they do to ice and decorate. You could pick up a Wilton yearbook to use their charts for pans and batter as well as servings and cake construction as well. It's good to have around. Tami