A Silly Question On Cake Stacking
Decorating By sgalvan62 Updated 27 May 2011 , 6:33pm by Marianna46
can one layer of 11x15 cake hold 2 layers of 9x13 stacked on top?
Probably not. I wouldn't chance it... it should be doweled.
if dowels r used, will it look ok? or should it be 2 layers of 11x15?
IMO, no. It would look better with 2 layers of 11x15 for the base.
dont really need that much cake. any advice?
Tell us how much cake you need, if you'd like advice for alternate sizes.
Thank You so much for advice, and not making me feel silly for asking, need about 60 servings, if i do a 11x15 with 1 9x13 torted that should be fine right? need the 9x13 to put decorations on ( a bowling cake).
Right. According to the Wilton industry standard chart it's 62. (if I do the math for 8 cu. in. servings, it's actually 70.50 servings, so compared to the Wilton chart, it's more than enough for your 60 serving goal.)
Thanks again!
A single-layer 11"x15" will give you 30 servings and a 9"x13" will give you 22-23, so you'll be a little short of the 60 servings you need. How about an 11"x15" and a 12"x 18" underneath? A single-layer cake this size will give you 36 servings, so you'd have 66 in all. I got these figures from metria's cake calculator, which I always use, because you can calculate by volume or you can calculate according to the Wilton charts:
http://shinymetalobjects.net/cake/calculator/cake_calculator.cgi
your babyshower cake came out great! I see that now, and I suppose I should have been able to figure that out just from thinking of how many 2" cuts you could make from a 12" side and an 18" side (which would be 6 and 9 respectively, giving you 54). I must have been zonked last night when I looked that up!
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