On Sun 25 May 2008 09:52:34p, Linda told us...

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>> An airbake sheet is two aluminum sheets attached together with a space
>> of air between them. I don't know if they're what you need or not?
>> I like restaurant quality jelly roll pans for my cookie sheets.
>> A "half sheet" is half the size of a restaurant cookie/jelly roll pan.
>> More "home sized" I guess? Haven't you ever ordered a sheet cake from
>> a baker and they ask you "full sheet, half sheet or quarter sheet?"
>> Those are sizes.
>
> I think sheet sizes must be an American thing. Probably expert bakers
> in Australia have come across it, but I don't think it's a common thing
> for your everyday person here.
> (And I've never ordered a cake - always made my own, or bought a cheap
> ready made one from the supermarket)

"Sheet" sizes probably are an American thing. A full sheet pan usually
fits only in a commercial baker's oven. Half-sheet pans will fit in a home
oven.

It's common in American bakeries to order cakes by the full sheet, half-
sheet, and quarter-sheet sizes.

Most home bakers in the US probably bake a "sheet cake" in a 9" x 13" x 2"
baking pan. Many recipes and virtually all cake mixes from the supermarket
are geared to producing a cake of that size, or alternately, 2 9-inch round
layers.

HTH

>> As for the stone you put the item to be baked directly on it. It
>> provides extra heat to the bottom to give it a nice crust. Doesn't
>> sound like you need one, eh?
>
> Haha, probably not.
>
>



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