Wedding Cake Three Tier! Pics! :)

I don't want to put a damper on your plans but that appears to be about the size of my cake and it's set to feed approx. 70 -80 people. I'd say for that many people your going to need either a much larger cake or this cake plus cup cakes.

Right I am trying to make this style of a cake but bigger so I was wondering what dimensions I should use.

Agreed with MRW. You will need 2 that size!

Also, do you know how to do that fondant and stacking? The cakes need to be reinforced at each tier.

The size of your wedding cakes should be relative to the number of wedding guests you are expecting and whether you are serving the wedding cake as a dessert in its own right or as an accompaniment to coffee. For dessert, allow a 5cm square per person. For coffee, allow a 2.5cm square per person and do not include the top tier of the cake in your calculations as it is generally kept until the first anniversary of your wedding day.

Follow the table below and you won’t go far wrong:

8 inch square (15cm x 15cm)

Big Eaters =16 Small Eaters=25

10 inch square (25cm x 25cm)

Big Eaters =25 Small Eaters=40

12 inch square (30cmx30cm)

Big Eaters =36 Small Eaters=60

14 inch square

Big Eaters =50 Small Eaters=80

16inch square

Big Eaters =65 Small Eaters=100

18 inch square

Big Eaters =90 Small Eaters=140

For round cakes reduce the above figures by 25%.

I am thinking I will have (2) 16inch cakes on the bottom. (2) 12 inch cakes in middle and (2) 6 inch cakes on top. which will serve 275 people

2 separate cakes?

No like 2 cakes for the bottom thats how they make them

This picture she is making the bottom of a 4 tier cake and that has 2 16inch cakes split in half for filling

Yes, that's true, but stacking it taller will not mean that it feeds more people. It just means that you have a taller cake. The tiers would need to be sepearated by spacers so that they could be served separately.

You can't count in the top tier when you're counting people, seeing as you don't cut the top tier you keep it for your first anniversary. You could make that style cake, but with 4 tiers..and throw in a grooms cake.

You will need a wider base, and more tiers.

200-250 people your best bet is a 4 tier. 18", 14", 10" and 6"

a 14", 10", 6" will only feed about 125 people.

most cakes have 2 or 3 layers in them with the fillings. are you making it yourself? have you ever done this before?

It all depends on how your cut the cake and how big the pieces are cut. and ofcourse how much other desserts you are having.

@ FutureMrs, not eveyone keeps their top tier! just letting you know! I'm not going to pull out year old cake from our freezer! LOL

Oh, for the multi layer cakes, you can seperate the layers and cut them for individual pieces, that's what we are doing.

I'm with Marisa, I'd add a layer with doing the 18 / 14 / 10 / 6. My cake from the baker is two layers with the filling and is a 14 / 10 / 6 and as I said before they est. it will feed between 70 - 80 people and mine are also round.

We also are including the top layer because the bakery is going to make us a mirror top layer on our first anniv. so if your wanting to keep that and save it you may want to keep that in mind when planning on the # of layer you may have to do 5 if your keeping the very top.

No I haven't done this before but have been watching a lot of videos and shows on tv. I would separate the cakes.

I am thinking of 16'' 12'' and 6''

2 16inch cakes will serve almost 200 people!!!

2 12inch cakes will serve almost 100 people!!

Those two layers will be enough for 200-250 guests!

Am I missing something? LOL

Not trying to discourage you, but if you've never done this before....I think this might be a bit more difficult than you anticipate...That much cake will sink in without the proper support.

If you can't afford a cake it is possible to have a "dummy" cake--- A bakery can decorate cardboard in the shape of your cake...then just have one tier that is actual cake. The guests then eat sheet cake that is brought out from the back. No one knows the difference.

Our baker suggested that we get a 14", 10", 8", 6" to feed 120 people the 6" layer will be ours to take home. Each one of these tiers are 3 layers high if that helps you any.