How Much Wedding Cake Should I Order?
Written by on August 15, 2014.
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How Much Wedding Cake Should I Order?
Wondering how much wedding cake you’ll need for your big day? Masha Cain, founder of Dubai-based wedding planners Fabulous Day, offers some sound advice …
Factors to consider when working out how many wedding cake servings you should order for your special day include whether the cake is the only dessert, and how many guests will be in attendance.
If you plan to offer other desserts at an open buffet, or you’re having a sweet table where guests can help themselves, consider ordering at least 30 per cent fewer portions of wedding cake. This way, you’ll avoid the extra expense of left-over cake at the end.
If you’re having a set menu, and the cake is going to be served as a dessert course or offered to each guest after the sweet, I would recommend ordering the number of servings according to the final guest count.
On average, a three-tier cake, consisting of 12”, 9” and 6” rounds, feeds 100 guests. Most bakers use the Wilton serving chart to calculate servings.
For weddings where the cake is more of a décor centrepiece, you may want to order a dummy cake and make sure at least one of the layers of the décor/dummy cake is edible, so you can share it with your family the following day.
And finally, if you love traditions, you could order an extra 6’’ tier and save the top layer of your wedding cake to eat on your first anniversary as a celebratory reminder of your special day.
Below we have put together a short video offering more wedding cake tips and advice. Happy planning!
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