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  1. Sehrish Owais says:

    Hi Veena,
    Thankyou so much for all your efforts and replying everyone.
    I am a home baker and I usually make cakes for 10, 15 and 20 people. But I am always confused about sizes.
    I make 3 to 4 layers depwnding upon the requirement of design. Can you please tell, which pan sizes shpuld i use for 10, 15 and 20 people serving?

    1. Hey Sehrish.
      For 10 to 12 people I usually make a 6-inch / 15 cm round cake 3 layers or a 7-inch/18 cm round cake with two layers.
      For 20 people I usually go with 8-inch 3 layers or 9-inch layers of cake.
      I hope that makes sense. If not, please feel free to ask again.

  2. Sonia John says:

    thank you so much ma’am. will surely check the same.

  3. Sonia John says:

    Hi ma’am,
    Humbly request for a 2kg guitar cake recipe and tutorial
    Regards,
    Sonia

    1. Hey Sonia. I can’t make a guitar tutorial for you but here you will find the best guitar cake tutorial along with templates you can use to print. He even has recipes that you can use and scale to the size you want. I hope you find it useful.

  4. Could you tell me if your measurements are in Us? As I live in Australia and our measurement size is different?

    Thank you

    1. Hey Tracy, Yes, these are standard US measurements. I’m not sure about Australian measurements. Thanks

  5. Epcibha Oliver says:

    Hi Veena thank u for ur reply…i meant like what can be the height of each tier..does it have any science behind each tier ..for example the bottom layer is 10 inch cake ..how many inches tall should be the bottom tier?..like wise 8 inch nd 6 inch ? Thank u

    1. Ah, Epchibha. The height can be anything from 6 to 8 inches tall based on the design
      For example. You could have a
      10, 8 and 6 all 4-inch tall or all 6-inch tall.
      OR you can make a combination. Let’s say…..10 inch 4 or 6 inch tall with an 8 inch 4, 6 or 8 inch tall and a 6 inch again 4 to 6 inch tall.
      I hope this helps

      1. Epcibha Oliver says:

        Thank u so much..

  6. Hi Veena thank you for the informations u have given it’s really useful for me as a beginner.. I’m planning to make a wedding cake with three tiers( 10″ 8 ” nd 6 “) what can be the size of each tier in inches..I’m planning for vanilla cake with black currant filling and going to frost it with white chocolate gananche will this work.can u pls give me some ideas nd suggestions.. nd also want u to suggest which will be firm oil based or butter based recipe. Which of ur recipe would you suggest me… thank you

    1. Hey Epcibha. Not sure I understand your question about sizes but 10 inches- 23cm 8 inches is -20 cm and 6 inches is 15cm
      Vanilla with blackcurrant filling and white chocolate ganache sounds perfect. Black currant is tart so it will offset the sweet white chocolate ganache perfectly.
      I have lots of cake recipes on this blog – most of these are good for tiered cakes unless otherwise stated.
      I like to use butter-based cakes for my tiered cakes so they are more stable especially in summer and bumpy rides.

  7. Hi Veena,

    Thank you for all the effort that you put in explaining this post. I have a question, though. How tall is each layer within a tier? You say 2” times 3 cakes = 6” tall tier, but that is not accounting for any frosting/filling. So is it 6” in total (and hence the layers are less than 2” each) or is it really more like 7 – 7.5” tall?
    Thanks!

    1. Hey Thamara. The chart uses 6-inch in total including frosting.
      I usually aim for 2-inch each cake but oftentimes that does not happen. Cakes tend to be short by 1/4 inch or so.
      In most cakes I let the extra be. Sometimes If necessary than I make sure each layer is 1 3/4 inch.
      Similarly, If you bake two 2 inch-layers – and torte it into 4 – you can get about 5 1/2 to 6-inch cakes.

  8. Caral Cassidy says:

    Hi,
    My daughter needs internship, she has done some short courses and with me we are running a home business by the name of Cassidy’s Food’s.
    Our FB page is by this name.
    How can I get her international work exposure. We are living in Pakistan.
    Please answer by mail so I can get to explain in details.
    Thanks

    1. Hey Caral. Congrats on doing it all self-taught so far. It’s a big achievement. I’ sure you have a catering school that has cake decorating as an internship. Perhaps she can apply for that. As for Facebook. You can share your work in FB groups and on your page. Be active and maintain communication with the readers on the page. Take part in collaborations with other cake decorators. Recently, I think, I saw some cake decorators had a collaboration that was run by some Pakistan based cake decorators. all the best.

  9. Irene Carroll says:

    Hello Veena
    Thank you very much for sharing so much with us. I found your article/s about cake serving sizes very informative but I do have a dilemma. I have to do a 3 tier wedding cake for 200 people but that would mean a massive 16, 14, 12 inch cake that will take me over 200 servings.
    I thought I could do 3 layers per tier but you explain that this doesn’t change the number of servings!
    How can I do this – what size cakes must I use (round cake tiers).
    Kind wishes, Irene.

    1. Hey Irene. Congrats on doing a big cake. Make sure you plan well in advance.
      Yes, 200 servings is a big cake. And it depends on what the customers want? Often the customer may not choose to have all these servings on the center cake but as extra sheet cakes that get served from the kitchen. Sheet cakes are more affordable as well as easier to make.
      Having said that, as a person who sells cakes, the tall tiers do not add extra servings they just give taller slices but you still have to price them more than regular cakes.
      For example, if I were to charge for a 6-inch cake that’s 4 inches tall as compared to one that is 6 inches tall – the servings are not more.. but the price is more. I hope that makes sense.
      If you want a 3 tier wedding cake I highly recommend you take a closer look at the tire sizes. 16, 14 and 12 may make the servings but may not look aesthetic. You want a natural flow in the cake sizes – either add more tier with smaller sizes or make less servings with smaller tiers. I hope that makes sense – feel free to ask any more questions.

  10. Okpoh Franca says:

    Thank you Vienna,your explanations are really helpful and very clear. Am a beginner with keen interest to advance soonest, thanks for helping out.