Tier Sizes For Wedding Cake

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caseytykia Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 1:59am
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I will be getting a cake for a wedding. 350 people are invited, but i'm guessing around 300 will come. My fiance and I would love just one big wedding cake for all the guests, but I don't know if that's possible. If it is, what size would you use for the tiers.


Our other option would be one big cake and two smaller two-tier cakes. The three cakes would serve all the guests. In this case, what size tiers would you use for the cakes?


Thank you!

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leah_s Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 2:44am
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6/9/12/15/18 round

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julia1812 Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 5:52am
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^^^

But depending on your budget you could have a 3 tier cake and sheet cake served on the side (since those servings are coming out from the kitchen non of your guests would probably realise that he's getting a piece that's not from the actual wedding cake.

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MinaBakes Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 2:49pm
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18" wow, wish I could fit an 18 pan in MY oven lol =D

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caseytykia Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 2:57pm
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She just told us she can only do 4 tiers. Her largest round is 16. The budget isn't a problem because she has great prices!

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leah_s Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 3:46pm
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an 18" half round pan fits is a lot of ovens.  It goes in at an angle.
And unless you make the sheet cake as many layers per tier as the wedding cake,. everyone will know.

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-K8memphis Posted 2 Jun 2015 , 5:37pm
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another option is to use eight 8" cakes to make a 16" square then pile on a16" x 12" x 10" x 8" all rounds -- that gives about 340  you can fudge a few of the sizes -- but if she's not comfortable with stacking a big buncha cake then oh well 

but I'm with you the cake should mirror the size of the crowd otherwise your guests could come away feeling not provided for

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