Hello,

I am being asked to quote for a wedding cake to feed 80 people. I am getting so confused by looking at the various cake serving charts online. Can anyone help me with the sizes of round cakes to use to get 80 pcs? I have the round wilton pan set 12, 10, 8, 6 "'s.
Thanks!

hope this helps. here's a calculator based on the Wilton charts and the pans you have. You can play around with the numbers and see the values it uses:

http://shinymetalobjects.net/cake/calculator/cake_calculator.cgi

12 and 8 = 56 and 24 servings = 80. put a small 4 inch cake on top, and you are sorted! 8 inches is a bit big to be the top cake. 4 inch difference can look good, but might depend on design too.
wilton is the industry standard so its a good one to stick to http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-wedding-cake-3-inch-pans.cfm
xx

Metria, That is a neat calculator! When I used it using the wilton 2" pans chart it told me a 8,12,16 would serve 180. But the Wilton chart says those sizes would serve 156. I was looking for enough servings to cover 120 people. So now I'm really confused.

This one... http://www.wilton.com/cakes/tiered-cakes/serving-amounts-all.cfm

I was looking at the 4th one down, on the left.

oh neat! i haven't seen that page yet. it looks like their only calculating the servings for the 12" and the 16" (which yields 156). that 8"x3" on top would be reserved for only the couple as their anniversary tier.

ah yes, i see it now. the page says:

Oh ok! Thanks for clarifying! I had seen that, but it just didn't click.

Thanks for the link for the calculator that is going to be a BIG help! Thanks for the advice brincess_b. I have never done a three tier cake only two, so that is great know.