I'd really like some help from some of you more experienced cakers out there if you can spare the time.
I've been asked by a friend to make a cake for a breast cancer survivors annual dinner. It's a bit last-minute! We're going to sit down tomorrow and talk through what she wants/what I can do. I'd like to do a round, tiered (2 or 3) cake. It needs to be enough coffee-sized servings for approx 120 people.
So.... my question is: What size cakes do I need to make?
Please bear in mind that I don't make sheet cakes (mostly because I don't have the pans!)
Any help or advice will be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Emma
According to Wilton a 18/14/6 will serve 204 , Hope this helps
What's a coffee sized serving?
Here's some Wilton charts:
http://www.wilton.com/cakes/tiered-cakes/serving-amounts-all.cfm
If you want a 1x2x4 ^^ those are correct. And that size is great with coffee or milk.
Thanks for your replies.
Kate, that link is really helpful, I hadn't seen that before.
(And I meant servings to go with coffee after a meal rather than dessert-sized)
I'm still a little unsure though. May have to buy some new tins!
Thanks again,
Emma
(And I meant servings to go with coffee after a meal rather than dessert-sized)
Uh, I don't mean to sound stupid, but isnt' having cake and coffee after a meal called "dessert" so wouldn't that be 'dessert' size? 
I use the wilton wedding chart (1x2x4") at all events ... weddings, grandchildren's birthdays, family get togethers ...... and describe it as a "nice, dessert size piece of cake". I tell folks, "It's not like the big 'ole honkin' piece of cake we eat while curled up on the couch, late at night, watching the late show, when no one's around and the calories don't count!" 
The event I'm providing the cake for is a 3 course meal. The cake is extra!
Can anyone show me a link which shows how many servings in each size/tier of cake
Eg: 12" round gives you X servings
10" rounds gives you Y servings
etc
Any ideas where I can find something like that?
Emma
Never mind.
Bluehue has some through with exactly what I need.
Bluehue, you're the best! 
An Australian dessert portion is roughly 2.5 x 5 x 9 cm high, while a coffee portion is half the size of a dessert portion (about the size of a petit four).
AU sites with more info:
http://www.planetcake.com.au/couturecakes/faq.php
http://tinyurl.com/ygzsugr
HTH
For more info on this cake, please see:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-656588-.html
HTH
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