What are the average sizes for the layers of a 3-tiered wedding cake that you use?
Will be doing my first wedding cake for my niece in August. It will be fondant and the cake plateau/stand is 13/5" diameter at the top edge.
Please help with all your experience!
P.S.: approximately 100 +/- people at reception
Depends on how many people, since you will have about 100, and I assume they want to save the top layer for anniversary.... I would suggest 14-10-6. The top layer would be saved and you have enough servings with the other layers.
http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cakedata.cfm
Earlene's chart
http://www.earlenescakes.com./ckserchart.htm
Am I correct in reading your base is 13 1/2 " in diameter? You can not have a bottom larger than 12" if that is the case.
LEt us know what you choose!
Tracy
12", 9" and 6" looks like it will only serve 70 people! According to Wilton if you do a 12,10,8 you will have 118 servings and could do a 6" as a topper for the anniversary. The 12,9,6 would give exactly 100 servings. I think it depends on if other desserts are being served and how many the 100+ are! A larger plateau never hurts though!
Best of Luck!
Tracy
Seeing that your the only one replying here, I need to ask a question about one of your cakes....
The "B & B Cake" - what are the size layers of this cake? The reason I'm asking, is here is a picture of the cake plateau I'm looking at. It would hold the 12, 9, 6 combo. I could go with larger tiers with the more detailed one that you've seen everywhere. But I kinda like the plain designed one and I offered to buy it for my niece as part of the cake. I think a fondant cake would look nicer on it and I wouldn't be so limited with design - or this is my thinking on it.
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