Sheet Cakes!! Sizing & Serving Amounts

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ashlymomx2 Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:10pm
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I have seen the charts for 2" and 3" of different sizes and how much they serve, but is there a chart for sheet cakes? TIA

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ladyonzlake Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:17pm
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I use the sheet cake serving size chart in the Wilton books.
Jacqui

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arosstx Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:25pm
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Just remember that those instructions apply ONLY if the person CUTTING the cakes knows it! I made the beachball cake (in my pics) and the mom started to cut the ball into fourths, and the sheet cake below it into huge pieces! Luckily, she thought about it after she started slicing and cut the bigger pieces in half. Scared me though!

What does everyone do about that? Do you tell the person whose gonna cut the cake how to do it? Do you assume they know?

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Botanesis Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:25pm
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I work at a bakery part-time, and we give these serving suggestions:

1/4 sheet feeds approx 18-20
1/2 sheet feeds approx 36-40
Full sheet feeds approx 72-80

I hope this helps. I don't have my yearbook with me, so I'm not exactly sure what Wilton suggests.

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ladyonzlake Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:30pm
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I always give my customers cutting instructions. I remind them they need to cut my cakes smaller since my cakes are 4" tall.
Jacqui

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ashlymomx2 Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:30pm
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botanesis- are those based on single layer or double layer?

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lionladydi Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:35pm
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I ended up getting married at a friend's house because of a bad snow storm and people couldn't get to my parents. Well, my friend cut the wedding cake as if cutting for her family and we ran out of wedding cake. She was embarrassed......... Luckily many couldn't make it to the wedding because of the weather. People who don't realize how many a cake should serve need to be told.

Diane

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Botanesis Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:44pm
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Those servings are based on a single layer cake. Hope this helps!

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LisaBa Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:54pm
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based on the numbers for 1/4,1/2 and full that you gave, what sizes are the pans those numbers are based on? icon_confused.gif

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ashlymomx2 Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 9:56pm
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1/4 sheet is 9 x 13

1/2 sheet is 12 x 18

full is 16 x 24

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arosstx Posted 1 Aug 2006 , 10:52pm
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Is there a such thing as an 'oversized' quarter sheet? I thought I heard that somewhere before.

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ladyonzlake Posted 2 Aug 2006 , 12:25am
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Sizes for sheet cakes vary depending on the bakery. My 1/4 sheet is 9x13 serves 45, 1/2 sheet is 11x15 serves 60 and full sheet is 12x18 serves 72. My cake are all double layers. I've never heard of an oversize sheet cake?
Jacqui

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SugarFrosted Posted 2 Aug 2006 , 12:45am
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9x13 (24 - 2x2 pieces) is a quarter sheet
11x15 (approx 35 - 2x2 pieces) might be considered an "oversized" quarter sheet.
12x18 (54 - 2x2 pieces) is considered a half sheet in my area
16x24 or 18x24 (100 to 108 - 2x2 pieces) is a full sheet.

All these are single layer. You can double the number of servings if you are making a 2-layer cake.

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