Square Tiered Cake Sizes

Use this chart as a guide when baking wedding cake tiers.

Square tiered cake sizes.

So these are wedding cake serving sizes. Or less on each cake board. Oct 2 2017 explore donna simons s board cake size serving sizes followed by 2660 people on pinterest. To find the number of servings divide the pan area by the serving size area.

Most ceremonial wedding cakes are made with two or more layers of cake with icing between each layer. Without any adaptions your 10 inch cake layers will be very thin. For example a square 8 inch cake will have more servings than a round 8 inch cake. Now you know that you have a 468 2 pan area and a 4 2 serving size area.

It is also important to make sure the material of the board is sturdy and won t bend easily. Cakes from 3 to 6 high decorated as one cake would give the same number of servings because they follow the same pattern of. Slices are typically 4 inches high and 2 inches long by 1 inch wide. These are 4 to 6 tall cakes which means each layer is 2 tall x 2 or 3 layers for each tier.

A single tiered layer cake has set number of servings. On the other hand you don t want to be left with more cake than you know what to do with at. For cakes larger than 12 in. You will also want to make sure you have enough cake to go around and feed all of your guests.

When estimating the size of a wedding cake assume the serving size will be at least that big and then figure out how many are needed for the guest count. Sheet cake pan sizes may vary by manufacturer. A 9 inch round cake pan is 63 5 square inches holds 8 cups of batter. Cakes on the chart are for pans 2 3 full of batter.

Tiered wedding cakes. See more ideas about cake sizes cake servings cake decorating. A 10 inch round cake pan is 78 5 square inches holds 10 11 cups of batter. Sheet cake size guide.

Weddings are not a one size fits all occasion and more couples than ever are choosing to ditch the three tier wedding cake tradition in favour of a single tier alternative simply because of their budget. Utilizing cake boards in a stacked cake not only assists in stabilizing but also makes it much easier to place each tier onto the cake. Round and square cakes are by far the most common shapes. For large cakes always check for doneness after they have baked for.

However this can vary based on the shape of the cake. Dia insert at least 3 additional dowel rods off center of tier see step 4 above. Repeat stacking additional cake layers on cake boards stacking no more than 2 layers 6 in. It is different from the party size serving a portion of 1 5 x 2 or smaller.

Batter amounts for the 2 in. 2 x 2 slice 4 2 cake serving size area. Deep pans should be filled only 1 2 full. Position the second group of same size stacked layers onto the first group.

An average 2 layer cake mix yields 4 to 5 1 2 cups of batter. 468 2 4 2 117 servings. Purchase or cut the cake boards so they are the same size as the cake layer or else the board will show.