Choosing Your Cake Size

The things to consider when deciding the size of your cake are:

• Number of guests

• Design

• Budget

• How the cake is being served

  
  

The number of guests and servings required typically determine the size of a cake.

The design of the cake is of course a huge influencing factor, however, cake props and iced polystyrene cake dummies can be incorporated into a design ensuring you needn't have more cake than required for you and your guests.

The design of a cake determines the height of each tier and the overall height of the finished cake. The trend is for extended height tiers (5 - 6 inches tall). Traditionally, a serving of cake was thought to be a 1" x 2" slice of cake however, if opting for extended height tiers, a serving can be a 1" x 1" (a finger portion) slice of cake.

Budget will influence both design and the number and size of servings.

Serving style can be as a wedding breakfast dessert or petit finger portions with the evening buffet, a taste of cake to accompany tea and coffee.

Square cakes yield more servings than round cakes.

Hopefully this helps clarify the thought process but, fear not, your cake designer will guide you through the process of choosing your perfect wedding cake and size.

Here's a handy cake servings chart to get you started.