I know there are charts here there and everywhere about serving sizes but I always hear about the amount in the charts being for very small pieces. Is there a "realistic" serving size chart that I can go through? My friend wants a 2 tier birthday cake for her son for about 50 and I don't wnat to go by the wrong chart and not have enough. Are there different charts for different occasions? Thanks.
Earlenn Moore has an accurate cake chart she posted in on of the American Cake Decorting Magazines. Also I found this assume excel spreadsheet that has a cake chart, shopping list, inventory list and cake cost. It's called the pricing matrix. Good Luck,
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Also keep in mind that if you make sure your cakes are a full 2" tall (so layered would be a full 4" plus whatever icing and filling), that a 2" piece of cake is actually a very good sized piece of cake!!! I made an anniversary cake recently for 80. I used the Wilton party chart to make sure I had enough (it was a free job for a friend), and after cutting everyone's pieces we still had the entire 8" cake left and a good 1/3 of the 10" cake left as well! Tiered cakes are very deep and it doesn't take a large slice to serve alot of cake. Good luck!
I will say that Earlene's chart is good too...I use hers for weddings because I think the Wilton wedding chart is too small. However for parties or non wedding cakes I use the Wilton party chart because I think that one is just perfect...not too large but you should still have a little cake left over without squeezing by.
That pricing matrix says that a 2-layer 8" cake will feed 20 people. I've seen others than say 24 servings.
I have never seen an 8" round cake that I thought would feed anywhere near 20-24 people.
Just my humble opinion.
If the 8" cake is a full 4 1/2" (4" cake plus filling and icing) then it does come close, probably around 18 maybe. Its just that most of the time we don't make our 8" cakes as tall as they are supposed to be.
In my opinion, that Wilton chart is for the birds. I would not be happy with a 1 1/2"x2" piece of cake even if it was tall. Dede Wilson mentions this in her cake book and gives a more realistic porportional size chart.
Then again, it is all relative to how your cakes taste. Serving a 1x2" slice might not be such a bad thing if it taste bad. lol. 
In my opinion, that Wilton chart is for the birds. I would not be happy with a 1 1/2"x2" piece of cake even if it was tall. Dede Wilson mentions this in her cake book and gives a more realistic porportional size chart.
Then again, it is all relative to how your cakes taste. Serving a 1x2" slice might not be such a bad thing if it taste bad. lol.
I don't use the Wilton wedding chart but just the party chart...and really, a 1.5x2x4.5 piece of cake is really pretty big! I am always surprised when I see how large it is.
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