I am working the details of my largest cake order yet. A little intimidated by the size and alternating shapes.
The size & look is similar to this Pink Cake Box Cake:
http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/bows-and-bling-wedding-cake-2010-03-06.htm

For all you wedding cake experts, can you help me by confirming whether or not I have the tier/pan sizes correct?

6" Round
8" Square
12" Round
14" Square
22" Round
24" Square

Thanks in advance!!

How many people do you want to serve?

Good question! I forgot that important detail....at least 300.

If you don't want to make enough cake to feed a small army, you might want to think about making the bottom couple of tiers out of cake dummies.

Thanks everyone!

Yes, a huge amount of cake! I've suggested to the bride's Mom that we do incorporate a cake dummy....they are all about the look of the cake and not the fact that it is a unbelieveable amount of cake!

Do you guys think the Pink Cake Box example is using the sized I noted or something a bit smaller?

I appreciate all your insight!

I would do the bottom cake as a dummy.

Are you doing it in BC or fondant? If fondant, do you actuall have a big enough surface to roll fondant out? it will have to be 24+4+4 = 32" square (at least) to cover a cake that large

To compute the correct size for a square that's on top of a round without hanging over, multiply the side of the square by 1.3. That equals (close enough for cake) the diagonal of the square.

14" square - 14 X 1.3 = 18.2 That means the 14" square will sit pretty comfortably on an 18" round.


8" square - 8 X 1.3 = 10.4 That means the 8" square will sit pretty comfortably on an 11" round.

So your sizing is good. But the amount of cake will feed the U S Army.

leah that's a great math formula to know!!!! So glad you posted it.

leah that's a great math formula to know!!!! So glad you posted it.

To me, it seems like the size look more like:
6", 6", 8", 10", 13", 16"

The two top tiers are the same, just one is a square....

I'm just looking at the length of those knives next to it on the table. Unless they are about a foot long each, or more, I don't think that bottom base is 24" square....

Thanks so much everyone! Great info!

Now I have figure out where to buy a 22" pan!

Won't a 14 inch square on an 18 inch round still have a noticeable overhang??? The diagonal of a 14 inch square is closer to 20.

I'm thinking 16"/12"/10"/8"/6"/6"

I got a few of my cake dummies out and I think you guys are right on the sizes. They are far more manageable too....and they won't have cake coming out of the wazoo!!

Whew! Thanks all!

here is what i came up with. 6"/6"/8"/10"/14"/16" or i really think the top is 4" instead, there is more room for the bow on the corner and all the others the same as above.

i took some pics of some stacked dummies and pans to figure it out. however i cannot get them to attach, check out my photos to see them.

i forgot to add that based on the measurements excluding the top, the cake with the measurements i posted above will serve 298. I usually cut the top one and have another one for the bride's anniversary cake already boxed and wrapped with freezing directions included, so the top tier will add a few more servings.

thanks, i cann't figure out how to reduce the pixal size on my phone or camera in order to attach them, and i didn't even think about it not being cake, that's what i get for trying to be helpful i guess

Thanks dianaguerrant! I checked out the visual you posted, a great help!