Sizes For Last Minute Wedding Cake

Decorating By sweetviolent Updated 27 Apr 2007 , 12:55am by indydebi

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sweetviolent Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:00pm
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ok, a lady my DH works w/ needs a last min cake for her daughter who is doing a quickie wedding and wasn't going to have a ckae.

I need 80 servings-2 layers, a little shy on the 80# is ok

now HELP!!! icon_smile.gif i need to keep it at two layers cuz it is gonna have to be done on friday for saturday and be transported whole.

a 1r4 inch seems to big but is 12 and 9 to small

is 12 and 10 to unbalanced

any thoughts???

this is a do it your self wedding and they will be cutting themselves-so they prob wont cut as small

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Lisa422 Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:08pm
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Since they might cut larger slices, what about a 14" & a 10". I always seem to make more cake than needed. HTH

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MelZ Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:09pm
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According to the Wilton cutting chart for a 12 & a 9 you would get 88 servings. You would also have more room to decorate around the base of the top tier. She may cut larger pieces, but some of the guest probably won't eat any.

I haven't been going by the Wilton chart and there is ALWAYS way too much cake.

HTH

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heyjules Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:10pm
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maybe a 14 and a 10... 14 serves 63, and 10in serves 28. they'll probably cut them too big though, so you might want to consider that

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step0nmi Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:12pm
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Are you doing a round or square? Maybe it will be easier for them with a square cake? Like a 12" and a 10". Just a thought! icon_rolleyes.gif

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Kazoot Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:12pm
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Check out this page from wilton. It tells the serving sizes of each layer. HTH I think the 9x12 would look just fine. Just tell them that a wedding size is 1x2!!!!!!!!

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

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sweetviolent Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:29pm
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they really want round- im thinking the14 inch senario dunno sometimes this is the hardest part icon_smile.gif

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marthajo1 Posted 26 Apr 2007 , 11:31pm
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If you have 14 I would go ahead and do it with that then you will feel more comfy knowing they won't be short.

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sweetviolent Posted 27 Apr 2007 , 12:14am
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thats true marthajo!- i will stress if i don't!!!

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marthajo1 Posted 27 Apr 2007 , 12:16am
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I know I would and I haven't even done a wedding cake yet!

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indydebi Posted 27 Apr 2007 , 12:55am
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I use 14/10 for weddings for 100, so you'd definitely have plenty of cake with that one.

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