I am doing a wedding cake for 100. I am thinking of doing a 12" 10" and 8" which should give me plenty of cake but then the couple don't have a tier to take home. Would you make it a four tier, 6" being the top or just go with bigger tiers?
Thx
You have a couple of different options here. And I think it will depend on what they bride/groom like, the style of the cake, and how big that topper is.
1) Make cake with 12", 10" and 8" then make a 6" and box it up for the bride and groom (this way they don't have too) and have wrapped for their first aniversary.
2) Same as above except have the cake boxed up for them to share that night (I have heard more and more from bride and grooms that they didn't get to eat any of their cake except for the first bite, so one later that night for them to share I really like the idea)
3) Make the 12,10,8 only and then give them a gift certificate for a 6" to be made fresh on their first anniversary.
4) Make all 4 tiers like you thought to begin with. (again I think bride/groom need to be involved in this decision if they did not originally pick a 4 tiered cake)
For reference, here's the chart from CC that shows the number of servings for different size/shape cakes: http://www.cakecentral.com/article14-Cake-Baking-Cutting--Serving-Guide---2-in-Deep-Pans.html
This is a very casual situation and the bride is kind of leaving it up to me. It's a backyard luau reception so the cake is beach theme and I think it will be better just 3 tiers. I love the idea of giving them their own layer boxed and ready to go. Thx for that.
Thx for the chart, that's what I was basing my original tier sizes on.
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