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I am doing a wedding cake to feed 250 people. How many servings does a third layer add to a tier as opposed to a two layer tier? The reason I am asking is because I have an 18 in. cake stand that the bride is using. The board is going to be 18 in. so the bottom tier needs to be 16 in. I don't want to go up to an 18 in. tier because I don't want the board to "hang over" the stand. Can I get away with doing 16-13-10-7 with three layer tiers for that many people? Hope I didn't confuse anyone! lol

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Check the serving charts here - http://www.cakeswebake.com/forum/topics/cake-batter-capacity-chart

 

You can play with your tier sizes to get the right amount of servings.  Another thing you could do is make a kitchen cake - same as the main cake with less decorations.  The idea is that once sliced it shouldn't look any different than the main cake.

 

According to this chart those sizes will serve 175 people not including the top tier. And this is for 4" high cakes. I would just make sheet cakes for the back for them to serve to make up the servings difference.

I love this chart btw. This link takes you to the sample chart but you can buy the full version for 6.00. It is great it even shows how much ribbon you would need for each cake.
http://www.earlenescakes.com/ckserchart.htm
I did it! Here it is! They had plenty.
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Jenny, I am doing a cake to serve 250 people as well and am more confused now than ever with these 'guides'.  The bride wants a round tiered cake.  I was thinking of a 4-tiered but am totally confused with what size each pan should be and high high (4" or 3")?? 

 

What did you decide?  I need to know pan size and cake height if you would generously help me out, I would so appreciate it!

 

Thanks,

Lisa

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Hello Lisa! Sorry, I just saw this! I think I did 14, 12, 10, 8. Each tier was 3 layers of cake. Each tier ended up being almost 6 inches high. They had plenty left over. If you have a bigger cake stand or are not using one, you could bump the sizes up. I was limited because my stand was 18 inches and didn't want it to hang over.

 

Wilton has charts too, but I really like this one as it has diagrams. You can choose the # of servings then it gives you options.

http://www.wilton.com/wedding/wedding-cakes/

 

Then you can refer to the pan/size chart and edit the size there. Hope it helps.

 

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