A method for the continuous production of sandwich baked goods having a
high volume of filler includes conveying a bottom base cake, detecting
the position of the base cake, and extruding a filler through a die
aperture to form a ribbon in response to the detection of the position of
the bottom base cake. In response to detection of the base cake, a signal
or timing mechanism may activate a guillotine knife or blade to open the
die aperture to allow filler to be deposited on the bottom base cake and
to close the die aperture to sever or cut the ribbon to a predetermined
dimension. The severing prevents further flow of the filler through the
die aperture until the next bottom base cake is detected and the die
aperture is again opened to allow filler to be deposited on the next
bottom base cake.