If I make a 2-layer 9X13 sheet cake, how many servings will that yield? I need to make a sheet cake for a baby shower next weekend, and it needs to feed 20 people. I just want to make sure before I go out and buy a bigger pan. Thanks for your help!

Go to the Wilton web site and there is a chart there. A 9 x 13 that is 3" yields 45 servings so you will be fine.

according to the Wilton guide a 2 layer 9 x 13 will serve 45 - 50.

I think so, Wilton would say more like 45 but their slices are sooooo small, I like more cake than that. I think their 1 layer 9x13 is listed as 24 servings.

Debbie, the 9X13 will be more than enough especially if it is 2 layers.

Thanks for your help! I agree that the Wilton slices are extremely small!!! I'll just stick with the 2layer 9x13. If they cut the slices too big and do not get the 20 servings, then I guess that's on them.... right?!

We get 20 servings out of a 9x13, 1-layer. If you do a 2-layer, they say that the pieces are cut smaller since it's twice as high, so you could probably get 35-40. It just all depends what chart you are looking at. I would say that a 9x13 will be plenty for your gathering.

It will be more than enough, I just had a party with a 2 layer 9x13 and it was more than plenty big for a crowd of 20.

For sheet cakes it is easy to figure servings: divide the long side by 2, then multiply by the short measurement. So a dbl layer 9x13 will yield 6 (1/2 of 13 ) x8 or 48 servings.

Another way to figure it is each cake mix used yields 12-15 servings. A 9x13 pan needs 1 1/2 mixes so you can get 18-30 servings from it, depending on how big you cut the pieces.

Remember also, all cakes shrink some after baking so a 9x13 pan will give you a cake that is approx. 8x12 before icing.

For selling/pricing guides almost all of us follow the average of a serving being 2"x2"x2" (silgle layer) OR 1"x2"x4" dbl layer. Even if a round cake you still use these figures - treating *all* shapes as if it was a sq for cutting. The smallest end pieces are dbld up for one serving or discarded in the count.

I made a 9x13 two layer (not torted, two full layers) and used a piece of waxed paper to figure out servings. I folded it and folded it in equal amounts and found that 32 was a good number. These would be good party servings and I'm sure you could get more out of that cake, but that was a good starting point for servings. I couldn't imagine cutting that into 20 servings. That would be a lot of cake per serving!