I have an order for a groom's cake. Was wondering about how many servings I need to make if the wedding cake serves about 180. Also the cake she wants is a 2 tiered round cake and her cake stand is a clear acrylic square. Do you think that would look weird having a round tiered cake on a square clear acrylic? thanks in advance!
yeah I don’t really care for different cake shapes on different shaped pedestals — but round on square is better than the opposite —
what size is the stand?
you gotta ask ‘em do they want the groom’s cake to make up the total servings or be in addition to the 180 serving bride’s cake—a two tiered 180 serving cake isn’t gonna be a pretty shape — it’d be like a 16x12 — usually a bride’s cake is tall stately and graduates in size from large to small on top —
but I have to know what size the acrylic thing is
but clear acrylic could look pretty cool but it’s gonna have to be pretty big to hold a 16” round
and ultimately the bottom line is you make as many servings as they will pay for on both cakes — that’s why you gotta ask them how they want to serve it — either in addition to the 180 or to complete the servings to a total of 180 — if it’s the former then you tell them the different sizes available — a quarter sheet would be fine for 24 servings — half sheet would work too
50 servings a half sheet perfect —
but that stand is small for a two tier 180 serving cake — it’s kinda actually too small — a 14x12 is not close to 180servings — and I am not a fan of a one inch border around the bottom tier anyway — that doesn’t work
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they need to give you the exact measurement unless it is expandable or do you get a choice of a 14” or a 16”?
square cakes are more typical/usual than round for grooms cakes — but they want the two tier round???
60 servings would be a 10x8 and that would look good on a 14 bottom board — would look ok on a 16 that had a big bottom border — big meaning like extending an inch wide across the bottom board —just depends on what they order — and I mean 60 goes good with that size brides cake
Does this grooms cake have a theme? Can it be chocolate iced? Why not do a sq w/basket weave & chocolate dipped strawberries? Maybe a 10x4 sq w/a 6x4 round? It ‘s a nice combination especially done in basketweave I have a pic in my album— on the 3rd or4th page I think
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