Number Of Servings For Wilton Butterfly Pan???

Decorating By knel Updated 19 Jul 2008 , 2:05am by dee-lite

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knel Posted 18 Jul 2008 , 11:53pm
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...had a request for a butterfly cake for a friend of mine... well, rather than carving one, I have the Wilton butterfly pan... Does anyone know how many people this would serve? She needs it for about 30 people. I have the instruction "manual" that came with the pan, but nowhere on it does it say number of servings. I think the pan looks a little small for that many people, but I don't know.

Can anyone help? Thanks!!!

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TexasSugar Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 12:13am
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Those pans are usually one cake mix and will serve 12-15 people. Do you have some heart pans. You can take them and trim the points to make some butterfly wings.

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knel Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 12:44am
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I have the 8" heart and the 12" heart... now that is a pretty good idea... what about the middle/the body of the butterfly?

I thought about just doing the Wilton pan and layering it on top of a 11 x 15 sheet, but I don't want to get too big, and I'm trying to keep expenses down. What do you think?

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dee-lite Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 12:52am
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Why not just do 2 layers of the butterfly pan ?

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knel Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 1:46am
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never even crossed my mind... that is a good idea, too....

Would that be hard to make level with the top of the cake having indentions and raised places?

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TexasSugar Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 1:51am
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You can do two 8ins, trim the ends and use those to form the body, or make a couple off cupcakes for the body.

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dee-lite Posted 19 Jul 2008 , 2:05am
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Originally Posted by knel

never even crossed my mind... that is a good idea, too....

Would that be hard to make level with the top of the cake having indentions and raised places?


I wouldn't think it would be hard to level The icing filling will fill the gaps where designs/indentations are...

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