Volume of cake batter for one cake?

[pengyou]

I will be buying a new stand mixer soon. I want to know the volume of batter it takes to make at least 2 cakes, preferably 3 or ideally 4 (each to be 13x9"). For reference, the choco cake that I usually make requires 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup of oil, 2 cups of water, half cup of cocoa powder and a few teaspoons of this and that.

I don't have my mixer now (am in transit) or else I would whip up a cake quickly - there is always a need for good, moist chocolate cake - and just measure the volume myself.

Can someone give me a ball park figure here?

 

[kylie_oo]

know idea

 

[bakechef]

That recipe looks like it would fill one 9x13 pan with a nice generous, thick cake.

 

[pengyou]

Yes, but if you poured it into a large measuring cup, how much volume would it measure out to?

 

[bakechef]

I guess that you'll never know until you try it!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

9 cups?

 

[Hoot]

For a single batch...the ingredient measure is about 9 cups. Whether it will yield 9 cups after mixing depends on the amount of air that is incorporated during the mixing process.
It may end up a bit more than that.
'Course, I am not any kind of expert of this type of thing.

 

[justplainbill]

Max. Capacity (assuming rectangular pans):
4" x 9" x 13" = 468 cu. in. = 8.1 quarts = 32 cups
6" x 9" x 13" = 702 cu. in. = 12.16 quarts = 48.6 cups
In the unlikely event your batter doubles in size when baked, you can halve the above (to 4 & 6+ quarts)