Accounting For Lost Slices With Sps?
Decorating By rica827 Updated 13 Aug 2013 , 9:55pm by mollineau
When figuring out serving sizes, how do you account for some lost slices due to the support system? Do you average one slice lost per dowel? This is my first time using a stacking system and I'm not sure how to figure out the actual serving sizes. The number of guests is 150-160, so I was going to offer a 14, 12, 10 = 172 guests, or 14, 12, 8 = 158.
Thanks for your help!
Why don't you google serving by cake size for example 10in 2 pound cake serves ex amount of people and so on http://eHow.com look for cake calculator or wedding cake calculator
We don't figure lost slices for the support system either. I don't think any support system is going to sacrifice enough cake for it to make a difference.
I also start all of my tiered cakes with a 6". I think anything bigger looks dumb...unless there is a specific large topper. In starting your top tier off with a 6" you will need a 4 tier cake...a 6/9/12/15 is the closest you are going to get and it serves 190. A square tiered option would be 6/10/14 which gives you 166 servings.
I agree with ddaigle (again! ). We sometimes will start a tiered cake with an 8 inch, but really prefer not to. Definitely would not start it with a 10 inch! It makes the cake look squatty and just weird, IMO.
When figuring out serving sizes, how do you account for some lost slices due to the support system?
If you're using the Wilton wedding chart, the lost servings are (for the most part) already built in. If you compare to actual servings based on volume, you'll find the Wilton servings seem to take this into consideration. For example, Wilton's chart shows a
14" square [98] x 10" round [38] x 6" round [12] serves 148, yet actual volume servings are
14" square [98] x 10" round [39.26] x 6" round [14.13] totaling 151.4.
No need to deduct additional servings for support systems when using the Wilton chart.
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If you're using the Wilton wedding chart, the lost servings are (for the most part) already built in. If you compare to actual servings based on volume, you'll find the Wilton servings seem to take this into consideration. For example, Wilton's chart shows a 14" square [98] x 10" round [38] x 6" round [12] serves 148, yet actual volume servings are 14" square [98] x 10" round [39.26] x 6" round [14.13] totaling 151.4.
No need to deduct additional servings for support systems when using the Wilton chart.
Wow thanks for this! I always worried about that. And if you ever need to trim the edges or anything. Good to know there is a bit of wiggle room!
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