According to the posts I've read, the cross pan feeds approximately 12 people. If I put it on top of a half-sheet, it will be too much cake and this person doesn't want to pay for more cake than she needs! Since I was asked to feed 25, can I stack one cross on top of another to feed 24?
I would try it! Also maybe another little cake - 8in round DL on the side to meet her serving needs. Like a little kitchen cake type - not decorated just iced. Tasted but not seen! Or decorate it to match someting there - plain white with roses etc.??
Hope this helps!
Yes, you can - I often double layer the shaped pans when people want 24 servings or so, and never once has it not been enough cake (in my photos, the castle cake, astronaut, Strawberry Shortcake etc are all double-layered novelty pans)! For detailed pans, I slice the detailing off the top of the bottom cake to create a level surface and then just sandwich the two layers together with buttercream and decorate away!
Yes, you can - I often double layer the shaped pans when people want 24 servings or so, and never once has it not been enough cake (in my photos, the castle cake, astronaut, Strawberry Shortcake etc are all double-layered novelty pans)! For detailed pans, I slice the detailing off the top of the bottom cake to create a level surface and then just sandwich the two layers together with buttercream and decorate away!
This is exactly what I do! The waterslide cake in my photos is actually 4 cakes...2 stacked on top of each other for each side.
I haven't seen the pan you're using, but I would be a little worried to double the servings just because its two layer rather than one. Is the cross too big to fit on a 1/4 sheet cake layer? Or, maybe you could offer her cupcakes to go along with the cake "just in case", for $1 or so each.
If you do go with the 2 layer cross, I'd make sure to let her know how big of a piece she should be cutting-- I think some people just start slicing away.
You could either
1: make a half sheet cake and carve a larger cross out of it or
2:go to your local cake store and see if you can rent a bigger one. This is what I did. You can see the picture in my photos. It served about 30 people.
Hope this helps
I haven't seen the pan you're using, but I would be a little worried to double the servings just because its two layer rather than one. Is the cross too big to fit on a 1/4 sheet cake layer? Or, maybe you could offer her cupcakes to go along with the cake "just in case", for $1 or so each.
If you do go with the 2 layer cross, I'd make sure to let her know how big of a piece she should be cutting-- I think some people just start slicing away.
Personally, I don't think this is a concern - I can easily get 18 decent size pieces out of most of the novelty pans for a single layer - so upping that to 24 for 2-layers is hardly a stretch! Your basic problem with American society today is that super-sizing everything has gone mad, and it just isn't necessary - JMHO!
i have a question of price i have a cross cake to due in may and if i would do the double layer cross how much would it be..
shaddi
also does anyone now were i can get serving size for this novelty pans. i can not ever find how many serving for this pans. it's like they did it on purpose i just bought the guitar pan and the lady want to feed 20 people but i don't you can get 20 people ... i have lots other pan that i don't know that serving size....does anyone know were i can find it
shaddi
Bonjovibabe- your comment of "your basic problem with American society today..." comes across as extremely condesending, as I see you do not live here.
I see your point...that some people cut slices that are way too big....others do not. I was simply offering an alternative. For example, to me, a 1/4 sheet cake feeds 24-- that doesn't mean that I can cut 48 pieces out of a 1/4 sheet cake if I make it 2 layers (unless maybe we're talking wedding slices) -- Just my opinion.
Shaddi,
No matter how many servings you're "supposed to" get out of a oddly shaped pan, it all depends on who's cutting it! A single cake mix "should" serve 12.
this person doesn't want to pay for more cake than she needs!
Find out what she is willing to pay and make the cake the way you feel is comfortable for you for the price ... even if you're giving her a few more servings. Trimming a larger cake is wasted cake anyhow.
Why not cut your own cross from a half sheet? You don't have to use the pan you have, just make the size you need out of a sheet cake, that way you don't have to worry about extra servings, side cakes, or anything like that.
Thank you ladies for all your responses! After reading all your responses, I decided to cut my own cross from a sheet and make cake balls with the left-over cake.
Just stack the two pans together. Making sure to level the bottom. You will have more than enough cake. JMO I have done this before with no problems.
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