12" X 2 Pan Size Serving

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Trance Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 12:04pm
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I'm making a wedding cake and was going to use a 12" on the bottom. On Wiltons site it says a 12"x2 2 layer will feed 56. I went and bought the Wilton 12"x2 pan yesterday and it said on the instruction sheet on the pan that it feeds 40 for a 2 layer. Anyone know the true serving size?

Thanks,
Kelly

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indydebi Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 1:32pm
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Do the math. Determine what size pieces you're going to cut at the wedding.

I use the wilton wedding chart. the standard wedding cake size is 1x2x4". Remember, wedding cake is a dessert not a meal. So if you cut the cake 12 rows by 6 rows (1" x 2"), you can get 72 pcs from this cake. I use this chart for all cakes and I never run out of cake.

If you're going to cut them huge, like 2x3x4, then again, just do the math. 2"x3" = 6 rows by 4 rows = 24 pcs.

Here's a link to photos showing how I cut the cake and the sizes of the cake servings. http://cateritsimple.com/_wsn/page19.html

(I'm not sure how they are getting 56 pcs .... that would be cutting them 7 rows by 8 columns, neither of which divides by 12 very easily).

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leily Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 5:53pm
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According to wilton the 56 is wedding servins (1x2x4) , this is the size I use for figuring up price
The 40 servings is their party servings (1 1/2x2x4)

I consider cake a dessert not a meal - if they are having only dessert then I suggest they order more cake.

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indydebi Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 5:57pm
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Oops! My error! For some reason I assumed this was a square pan! icon_redface.gificon_redface.gif No idea where I got that from!

The 56 servings is correct for a round pan. I am SO sorry if I totally confused you! icon_redface.gif

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Trance Posted 8 Oct 2007 , 8:17pm
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Thanks for all your help! thumbs_up.gif

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