How Big Of A Cupcake Tower Will I Need???
Baking By mandirombold Updated 10 Jan 2011 , 11:11am by Jennifer353
I need to make a cupcake tower that will hold 150 cupcakes and is strong enough for a small 2 tier cake (6in/8in) in top. I don't usually do cupcakes so I have no idea what size to make the tower, how many it will hold. or what would be strong enough for the small cake on top. help, pleeease!
You could have the stand and then place the leftover ones that don't fit on the table top too.
Surely someone will have some more concrete figures out for you but in the meantime:
Whip out 150 empty cupcake wrappers and go to town. That's what I would do.
I would look at some of the prefab cupcake stands on line to see how many they hold. I know that I can fit 100 on the lower 6 tiers of my stand which has 20", 18", 16", 14", 12", 10", 8" round tiers.
Obviously a square stand would prob. fit more and k8 is correct, don't forget that you can put more on the table around the base.
Just found this. Hope it helps and that it is, in fact, accurate.
13 Base Plate = 14-16 Cupcakes
15 Base Plate = 20-22 Cupcakes
17 Base Plate = 28-30 Cupcakes
19 Base Plate = 38-40 Cupcakes
21" Base Plate = 58-60 Cupcakes
Cupcake Tiers
8 Cupcake Tier = 6 Cupcakes
10 Cupcake Tier = 8-9 Cupcakes
12 Cupcake Tier = 14-15 Cupcakes
14 Cupcake Tier = 18-20 Cupcakes
16" Cupcake Tier = 28-30 Cupcakes
Cupcake Tier Tops
6 Cupcake Tier Top = 1 ~ 6 cake, large cupcake, or 4 cupcakes
8 Cupcake Tier Top = 1 ~ 8 cake, large cupcake, or 6 cupcakes
thank you guys so much. wow I'm gunna need a big stand!
I have no clue. I also want to make sure what ever I make will not topple over and can hold a two tier on top?
I have no clue. I also want to make sure what ever I make will not topple over and can hold a two tier on top?
Here is a tutorial to make a cupcake stand. This will not topple over, and you can make it as small or large as you need.
http://www.how2cakes.com/cupcakestand.html
Good luck
Something I just thought of when I was reading through... if this is for a wedding will they be cutting the top cake for photographs, etc? If so, best make it a bit stronger than is needed in case they put pressure on the top when cutting and topple it all!
Sorry if this is not a relevant comment but I just thought of it and I dont know how that is normally coped with.
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