Hi all,
Today I sold my first cake & I'm so excited about it. My coustomer liked it so much she ordered another cake for next weekend. It's a communion cake. It's for 50 people but they like cake & it's the only dessert, she said 1'x1' isn't big enough. How many 2'x2' peices do you get in a 8'round & a 12' round? How do you figure it out? Is there some type of calculation?

Thanks so much,
I must say even though I don't post messages often I'm on here daily and I'm addicted to this site .

Marisa

Congratulations on your first sale, Marisa.

You can cut figure out the number of servings by using these Wilton charts:

http://www.wilton.com/cake/cakeprep/baking/times/index.cfm

They give batter requirements by pan size and also tell you how long to bake and at what temperature in addition to giving servings (wedding or party).

If you wish to serve 2x2x4 inch slices, that would be twice the wedding size serving, so cut the yields from the chart by 50%.

So an 8x2" layer cake would serve, 12 not 24, and a 12x2" layer cake would serve 28 not 56. (The total is only 40 pieces - you need more cake.)

Here's the (wedding) cutting guide:

http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cuttingguide.cfm

Your slices would be twice as wide, so there would be less cuts per cake - but the principle is the same.

HTH