Earlene's Cake Serving Chart

Cake Serving Chart and the Explanation sheet.

Cake Serving Chart Explanation and 1st page of that chart. (If you would like the full chart and explanation page mail a check for $6.00 + $4.00 for shipping and handling with Cake Serving Chart noted on it and I will be glad to mail it to you. Earlene Moore, 1323 E. 78th , Lubbock, TX 79404-6757)

I baked a square grooms cake using Wilton's figures for the servings. When I was icing that cake I realized that they were going to be short of servings. I measured and sure enough they needed about 6 more servings. I baked a smaller cake and stacked the two cakes to be sure she had enough. Then I began wondering about the other pan servings. I used a washable pen and marked off the bottom of several pans and found that I could not get the servings from the cakes that the Wilton's chart figures showed. This chart was made as a result of that. I felt I was not being honest with my customers in the servings they were receiving. I didn't measure every single pan. I measured some of them and then estimated on the others.

This chart is used everyday in our work area and when figuring the size of a cake in a bridal consultation

Column A - Pan Diameters

Column B - Pan Circumference - used in figuring how much ribbon you might need to go around a cake, how many panels will fit on a cake and otherwise an assistance in figuring your designs by measurement.

Column C - The servings that I go by

Column E - If you are using 1" lace points around a cake this number tells you how many to make.

If you are using a scalloped side pattern figure more. If you are using a one and a half inch wide lace point you make less. It you are using a smaller lace point you will need more. This is just a Guideline for to use. Using your pan circumference you can figure out just how many you will need for the size lace point you will be using. Note: Many of our cakes have the lace points hanging below the tiers in the separations and not on the actual cake. Be sure and figure the plate size instead of the cake size to know how many you will need.

Column F - If a bride wants a cake for 100 - I go to this chart and tell her I can do a cake for 95 or 115. Then she must choose which size would she like. The servings and dimensions of the cake are in a format that she can look at and choose from. This section - Columns E through G save me many hours figuring sizes for a bride

Column G - Grooms cake servings. The reason for the difference is the brides cake servings do not include the top tier. The top cake is their 1st anniversary cake. The grooms cake servings is figured using the entire cake.

Column H - This tells you the sizes of the pans in figuring the number of servings

Odd size pans ( 5 to 15) can be purchased through Parrish's, Country Kitchen or ask your local shop about ordering them for you.

18", 20" and 24" pans can be purchased in half pans.

Measure the inside of your oven before ordering any of the larger pans.

A Round Pan Size	B Circumference	C Servings	E No. of 1" Lace Points needed	F Brides Servings (without the top tier cake)	G Grooms Servings (using the top tier)	H Pan Sizes in Round layer tiers only
5 inch	16 inches	6	20	35	40	11 - 5
6 inch	19 inches	8	25	40	50	12-6
7 inch	23 inches	10	32	50	60	11 -8 - 5
8 inch	25 inches	15	35	65	85	14 - 8
9 inch	29 inches	22	40	70	80	12 - 9 - 6
10 inch	32 inches	30	45	80	85	13 - 9 - 6
11 inch	35 inches	35	49	85	100	13 - 10 - 7
12 inch	38 inches	45	53	95	105	14 - 10 - 6
13 inch	41 inches	55	58
14 inch	45 inches	65	63	115	130	15 - 11 - 7
15 inch	48 inches	80	67	115	125	14 - 11 - 8 - 5
16 inch	51 inches	90	72	135	155	16 - 12 - 8
17 inch	54 inches	105	75	150	165	17 - 12 - 7
18 inch	57 inches	115	80	150	160	15 - 12 - 9 - 6
20 inch	69 inches	145	95	160	170	18 - 12 - 6
22 inch	72 inches	170	100	160	170	16 - 12 - 9 - 6
24 inch	75 inches	195	120	170	190	19 - 13 - 8
Square Shape				175	190	16 - 13 - 10 - 7
6 inch	25 inches	12	35	180	205	18 - 14 - 9
8 inch	33 inches	24	45	185	195	17 - 13 - 9 - 6
9 inch	37 inches	27	52	195	205	18 - 13 - 7
10 inch	41 inches	40	58
12 inch	49 inches	60	70	205	220	17 -14 -11 -7
14 inch	57 inches	84	77	210	230	18 -14 -10 -6
16 inch	65 inches	112	88	210	230	20 - 14 - 8
18 inch	73 inches	144	98	220	230	18 -14 -10 -7 - 5
Heart Shape				240	260	18 -15 -12 -8
6 inch	19 inches	8	25	265	275	18 - 15 - 12 - 9 - 6
9 inch	29 inches	18	40	270	290	20 -15 -11 -7
12 inch	39 inches	40	55	280	300	20 -16 -12 -8
15 inch	50 inches	65	72
Oval Shape				300	325	24-17-9
5 X 7 inch	21 inches	10	30	330	350	20-16-13-10-7
7 X 10 inch	30 inches	25	40	350	370	20-17-14-11-8
9 X 13 inch	37 inches	40	52	365	385	24-18-13-8
12 X 16 inch	46 inches	65	63	390	400	22-18-15-9-6
Petal Shape
6 inch	18 inches	5	24	405	415	24-18-14-10-6
9 inch	27 inches	15	38	455	470	24-20-15-11-7
12 inch	37 inches	32	50	475	495	24-20-16-12-8
15 inch	46 inches	55	63	515	530	24-20-16-13-10-7
Hexagon Shape
6 inch	18 inches	9	24
9 inch	27 inches	18	38
12 inch	36 inches	45	50
15 inch	45 inches	65	63

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