AboutElyse Grau Expertise I can answer any questions about baking. The only thing I'm not too good at is baking pies, nor do I know much about high altitude baking.
Experience I have been baking for over 30 years. One of my hobbies is creating recipes, most of those for baked goods. I made my own wedding cake. Currently I prefer to bake healthier things. I use a lot of whole wheat and other whole grain flours, and prefer to use less sugar or sugar substitutes in my baking. I do a lot with fruit.
I'm planning to bake Red Velvet Cake this Saturday. The recipe calls for two 9-inch sandwich tins. The mixture would be divided into these tins. My question is: Would it be okay if I substitute those two sandwich tins with just one 9-inch round tin, then using a knife or a leveler to cut the cake in half? Would the baking time be the same and the cake still rises as it should be? (Here it says bake 2 tins for 25-30 mins)
Thank you so much in advance :)
Glady
Answer Glady:
I'm not sure what a sandwich tin is. Is that a loaf pan? Since I'm unfamiliar with it, I don't know the capacity, but I think it is probably more than a 9" round pan. The way to determine what you could substitute would be to fill the sandwich tin (assuming you have one) with water and then pour it into your other pan. If it takes two or three pours to fill the round pan, you would need that many pans for each loaf pan. You would probably need to use a tube pan as a substitute, and increase the baking time. You don't need to cut it in half, unless you want to fill it.
