You guys live in Texas, I live in California. Everyone is always on a diet here. . .I guess it's based on your customer base. No one's complained (except for those certain "bigger" people) about the size; they've joked, but they didn't yell or scream.

Or maybe they like that I cut my cakes so small so they only have to eat a little because they think my cakes are gross. . .


I guess you would welcome me Janette, but maybe you hadn't posted before? And even though you'd joined months before, it said "Newbie" because you had barely started posting?

That's got to be what it is... your cakes are SO nasty that people are glad they only had to choke down two bites!!

Come on... slap me a good one, I've earned it!!!

I think the confusion with the serving sizes are that Wilton's charts are based on a 4" tall cake consisiting of 2 cake layers and I usually tort each of my layers so that I have 3 layers of filling. This is a BIG cake and you can get about 45 servings out of it. I cut my cakes 1"x2" and it's 4" tall so that's a really healthy piece of cake and not tiny at all.
If you look through some of Wilton's books at the individual cakes (I found the "Garden Slumber" which is a 9x13x2 sheet cake and it says it serves 28.
I'm not sure why Wilton doesn't put a chart in the back of their books for the single layer sheet cakes.
I hope this helps clear things up a bit.
Jacqui

Oh...oops I spoke too soon. I just found where Wilton has the 1 layer cake serving size. It says a 9x13x3" serves 23.
Jacqui

LMAO KellyM! It would have been scary!

Sorry it offended you; I put the "certain" in there because I wasn't including all the people that are "bigger" just the ones that do want more cake. And they really aren't bigger as in fat, but rather as in 6'4".

Oh great... now look what I've done. You're going to wake up in the middle of the night and log on because you've thought of a good slam! Ahhhh!! I give, you win!!

Does anyone remember which thread had the picture of the sliced pieces of cake? I tend to go by wilton and it's pretty accurate. That's still a pretty big piece of cake at 4 1/2" tall! If anyone could find that pic I'd love to have it. It was a really good illustration!

Here is the gallery of indydebi, at the very bottom of the page, she has done multiple photos of how she cuts a cake. I don't think its the thread you are looking for but I find it very informative.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-photos-by-indydebi.html

Okay fmandds - I see your avatar and signature quote and I have to ask.....

Are YOU a 15 year old boy? HAHAHAHA!

Just kidding of course, I hope I don't offend, but I just couldn't stop myself.

fmandds, nope that not it, but interesting photos! I'm not sure if a cake with three layers of filling could do that. Has anyone tried?

I didn't find the thread but I did find the picture. It's by bonjovibabe. It's under the templates gallery. She gives all the sizes and info there. I think it's really useful!

Okay, gotta ask -

There were 30 downloads of the chart. Anyone see anything that doesn't look right, or needs added?

Oh, and LOVE bonjovibabe's pic of the wooden pieces. It really is helpful

What chart Zmama?

Thank you soo much fmadds, now I see what I was doing wrong. I was trying to cut the pieces one at a time from the whole cake. You slice it lay it down then slice the smaller pieces. I always feel so dumb when I see how simple things can be if I would only look outside the box.

Nglez, if you are 15, I'm scared of you. If you know this much at your age now you are going to be one heck of a Baker. I don't believe you for a second that your cakes taste nasty.

I would love you to keep doing what you are doing and see you take over the Ace of Cakes. I can tell people "I knew him when he first started"

By the way, I'm one of those big people What can I say, I have sugar running through my veins.

Anyway, I can live with the 28 slices for a 9 x 13 but I'm not ready for the 48. Give me time you may be able to get me to cross over.

Thanks for the chart, Zmama. I did a little re-search after nglez09's question, found it and saved it.

Too bad the he doesn't research as well as he thinks he does. Janice

I like the chart too. It's funny how diffrent the round is from wilton, but the squares are just the same. Yours is probably more like real people would cut a cake.

peacock - haven't even compared any of the servings yet. Made it while at his computer, links are all saved on mine. Thanks for checking!

I hope the internet police don't arrest me for Spam, but I posted this in another thread, not thinking it would be more appropriate here. This is a size chart for rectangular cakes. It sets an industry standard on cake sizing and I use it often. Just wanted to share this with y'all.

1/4 sheet = 9 x 13 = 24 servings (Cut 4 down, 6 across)

1/3 sheet = 11 x 15 = 30-35 servings (Cut 5 down, 7 across)

1/2 sheet = 14 x 19 = 40-50 servings (cut 6 down, 8 across)

3/4 sheet = 2 11 x 15 side by side = 60-70 servings (cut 7 down, 10 across)

Full sheet = 2 14 x 19 side by side = 90-100 servings (cut 8 down, 11 across)

These measurements I use and find them to be most effective. It accomodates everyone's requests and it's easy to determine how many people it will feed (as well as teaching the customer how to cut their own cake!)

Thanks so much Bobwonderbuns! This will be very useful for me. I assume that this is for 1 layer sheet cakes.
Jacqui

Yes, thank you for that information! I have most often heard half sheets as the 12"x18", I didn't even realize they had a 14"x19"!! Are those widely available? It won't fit in my current oven, but the new oven is sitting patiently in the storage area waiting for the kitchen re-do and it will fit in there! I'd be interested in offering it to my customers.

Also, just for comparison, I typically tell people to cut the 11"x15" into 40 pieces... 5 across, 8 down. That is for somewhat generous pieces that actually make you feel as though you've had cake. If they are serving with a full meal, they can cut as small as they wish, but for those who hunger for more, that's my suggestion. It is definitely true that you are probably going to cut smaller slices in a more health concious area, where they are looking for a tiny sample, rather than a hearty serving.

Totally off topic but there is a thread about how you got your screen name Bobwonderbuns you have to tell everyone how you got yours!!

AHHHH!! That's the thread I started, but I haven't gotten any notices that people are writing on it! I have to go look it up now!!! Thanks for the notice! You're a lot more reliable than my email! hahahaha!

Melvira there are 7 pages of people who have posted. You've created a monster!!

OMG!! I am trying to get to it but it's not showing up in my watched topics, so I have to do it the hard way. ERGH!!!

Glad I could help in some small way. I'm not sure if the 14 x 19 are still available or just 12 x 18. This is just a chart a local bakery uses and I found it useful myself. Can someone give me a link to the thread on our screen names? I saw it this morning and lost track of it. I'd be happy to share my story!!

Can we stop talking about the "bigger" people? What does that really have to do with anything? Sorry, just had to vent that out.