Don’t Cry Over Costco Sheet Cake – This Reader Made Her Own!

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   Tina Tina July 10, 2020 at 4:27 pm MST

   8 months pregnant over here and now I want some cake! Looks delicious

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  Lori July 10, 2020 at 4:37 pm MST

  Ha! I’m not pregnant but I want cake too

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  tiredday July 10, 2020 at 5:31 pm MST

  Now I want cake too!!!

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   bigmamajo July 10, 2020 at 4:30 pm MST

   The cheesecake type middle filling is the reason I love the Costco cakes! If I could figure out how to make that I would make my own!

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  dottie2000 July 11, 2020 at 7:37 am MST

  I make mock filling out of jello brand vanilla(or any flavor) pudding mix with heavy whipping cream, mixed very well, then thin it down with milk to the consistency you like…very rich but can make thick layers. I think I used the bigger box 3 cup box last time, 16 Oz heavy cream, 1 cup milk.

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  dottie2000 July 11, 2020 at 7:41 am MST

  …and jello does have a cheesecake flavored pudding mix that is great too.

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  dottie2000 July 11, 2020 at 7:42 am MST

  ….there is a cheesecake flavored pudding mix that works as well

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   Jess July 10, 2020 at 4:31 pm MST

   How many boxes of cake mix would it take to make a cake this size?

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  FosterMomsNeverHaveEmptyNestSyndrome July 10, 2020 at 4:51 pm MST

  I have a half sheet that I make cakes with for all of my kids~ 3 boxes will be about inch and a half thick, 4 boxes will be about 2 inches thick.

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   Donna Enriquez July 10, 2020 at 4:40 pm MST

   Great job and thanks for sharing 😉

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   Melody July 10, 2020 at 5:13 pm MST

   Our Costco announced we can special order the sheer cakes again starting next week!! 🎉🎉🎉

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  Jennifer (Hip Sidekick) July 10, 2020 at 5:38 pm MST

  Thanks, Melody! I hope so!

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  Lexy July 10, 2020 at 11:20 pm MST

  Oh I hope so my birthday is July 24 FingersCrossed

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   CJ July 10, 2020 at 5:47 pm MST

   As exciting as this is (and they turned out great)…please be careful having large gatherings when they is still no cure for COVID. We know six members of the same family (all adults living in different homes) all contracted COVID died after a huge family party. Six others were hospitalized and now in rehab. Please be careful still. 🙁

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  M July 10, 2020 at 6:02 pm MST

  It’s heartbreaking we will have to spend the rest of our lives away from loved ones…

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  Coupon Keating July 10, 2020 at 7:55 pm MST

  We live in the greatest county….I am thinking positive!

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  yess July 10, 2020 at 6:13 pm MST

  I’m so sorry! Sending love your way.

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  Kate G. July 10, 2020 at 7:40 pm MST

  I was afraid I was the only one concerned about any gathering right now that required 4 sheet cakes

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  Coupon Keating July 10, 2020 at 7:54 pm MST

  It is such an interesting virus. We had some friends who attended a Vow renewal a few weeks ago and about 10 people tested positive after the event. Eight out of the 10 didn’t have ANY syptoms….i they only tested after they found out someone tested positive. Two of them experienced very mild symptoms and one was even diabetic with many health issues.

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  Ellen July 10, 2020 at 9:26 pm MST

  I am sorry about your friends. We had my parent’s 40th anniversary party was last year.

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   Maggie July 10, 2020 at 6:41 pm MST

   There’s no way I’m making a cake that size! And, even if I did, with my baking skills it would be nowhere near as yummy as Costco LOL!

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   Roro82 July 10, 2020 at 9:44 pm MST

   Does the icing taste the same?

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  Roro82 July 10, 2020 at 9:46 pm MST

  Never mind, I just saw that frosting they reonlinemend costs $21!!! More than the cake, I’m just going to have to wait for Costco 🙁

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  Ellen July 10, 2020 at 9:53 pm MST

  I bought a bucket of Sam’s Club whipped icing directly from their bakery last year for my parents anniversary party and it was the same icing that they used on their sheet cakes so it was super good. For smaller parties when I only make 1 sheet cake (I use 4 boxes of cake mix) I just buy the small 16 oz containers of icing from the grocery store and use 2-4 containers depending on if I am doing the sides or just the top. I hadn’t even thought about putting a filling in the inside that is an awesome idea!

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  MommySpendsLess July 10, 2020 at 10:24 pm MST

  I don’t know what Costco’s frosting tastes like but homemade frosting is pretty simple.
  My favorite recipe is for chocolate cream cheese buttercream. The cream cheese cuts a bit of the super sugary sweetness and everything’s better with chocolate! 🙂
  But I’ve even made gluten and casien free icing using a butter substitute, almond milk, powdered sugar and gluten free vanilla extract that came out pretty well and I’m definitely not an expert in the kitchen.

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   jat54979 July 10, 2020 at 10:03 pm MST

   I have one of those pans. They also work great for dinners when a 9×13 pan just isn’t big enough.

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    ella July 11, 2020 at 9:15 am MST

    I have one of those cake pans. When not being used for baking, my kids use it for building legos. It great to contain all the little pieces of legos especially for a big set that they don’t finish in one sitting. It’s used far more for legos than baking because we don’t often need a cake pan that big! 🙂

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    Slswift July 11, 2020 at 3:18 pm MST

    Sams icing is so good! I am wanting a tub now to just eat with a spoon 😆

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    Marylynn July 14, 2020 at 5:36 pm MST

    Are box cake mixes as good as the Costco sheet cakes? What was used? There’s no info here about the cake (flavor, variety, recipe).

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  Debra July 14, 2020 at 6:15 pm MST

  You can use whatever you like!

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