Sizes for a tiered cake

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Permalink Reply by Deah on January 31, 2011 at 6:25pm

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.

 

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Permalink Reply by Tanisha Lane on January 31, 2011 at 9:46pm

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

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Maynard on February 8, 2011 at 9:53pm

I did it! Here it is! They had plenty.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Levine on July 14, 2011 at 11:10am

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

talobx@verizon.net

 

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Maynard on July 17, 2011 at 10:55pm

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.

 

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Permalink Reply by Jenifer T on July 18, 2011 at 2:01pm

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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