AHi Cakers!!

I am making a large cake this weekend and need to know if I have enough icing. Here are the specifics:

12" round 9" round 6" round All cakes are 4" in height All will be covered in Bc icing

I made two batches of icing. One batch fills a kitchen aid 5 qt mixer bowl. The two batches I have are for icing the cakes only. I have a separate batch for the filling.

Do I have enough? I use Sharon Zambito icing method.

Thx!!

YES you do! This cake was a 7, 10, 14, and It used a whole 5 qrt bowl (tinted) to cover it, and of course I had a bunch more to fill, dam and crumbcoat. 

I use her mixing instructions, but not her recipe. 

AI don't know off hand..but I THINK there's a chart on Wilton that tells you how much it takes to do a cake?? I'm pretty positive of that but not 100% lol.

I hope tht helps somewhat

The rule of thumb is one batch of icing using 2# of sugar for every cake mix used.  

12" round - each layer uses 1 1/2 mixes for a total of 3
9" round - each layer uses 3/4th of 1 mix - a total of 1 1/2
6" round - each layer uses 1/3 to 1/2 of a mix so figure 1

So you need 5 batches of b'cream each made w/2#s of sugar.
 

here is rose's chart based on the number of cups of BC needed. 

5 quarts is 20 cups. I can make a double batch of IMBC in mine, it comes to 9 cups, when its finished. 

http://www.wedding-cakes-for-you.com/wedding-cake-icing-chart.html

two layer refers to a 4 inch tier. 

you need to know how much frosting each batch makes, not just go by your mixing bowl size, unless it's filled to the rim

Yes, I believe you have enough. :)

AMy batches fill the mixer. That is Sharon zambitos method.

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Icing fills to the rim

AI appreciate the feedback