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How high is each tier in this wedding cake?

post #1 of 7
6/22/12 at 11:54am
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What does the height of each tier look like for this wedding cake? I got this from a wedding planner for a bride's wedding cake. I know industry standard height is 4" but this seems like more. Is it advisable to do a wedding cake like this with each tier higher than 4"? Any challenges to expect with tall cake tiers? It will be a 4 tier wedding cake. Top chocolate cake. 2nd & 3rd dummy cakes and bottom tier chocolate cake.
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post #2 of 7
6/22/12 at 11:58am
I think they are 4". The top could be a 4" round since it's as wide as it is tall. Then 6", 8" 10" and 12"....tall tiers are a pain, I just did a 3 tier cake with 6" high tiers...had to dowel and board halfway through each cake so it would support because I couldn't use SPS.
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post #3 of 7
6/22/12 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Dayti

I think they are 4". The top could be a 4" round since it's as wide as it is tall. Then 6", 8" 10" and 12"....tall tiers are a pain, I just did a 3 tier cake with 6" high tiers...had to dowel and board halfway through each cake so it would support because I couldn't use SPS.



SPS has 9" columns that can be cut down.
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post #4 of 7
6/22/12 at 3:52pm
As each tier gets smaller in diamater, they will *look* taller. I say in your example they are all 4" tall. The two upper tiers look taller because they are not as big around.

People are doing many different things w/wedding cakes. There is no reason you cannot make a tier 6" (or more) tall -except it does not fit well on the average serving plate for desserts.
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post #5 of 7
6/22/12 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by LilBlackSheep

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Originally Posted by Dayti

I think they are 4". The top could be a 4" round since it's as wide as it is tall. Then 6", 8" 10" and 12"....tall tiers are a pain, I just did a 3 tier cake with 6" high tiers...had to dowel and board halfway through each cake so it would support because I couldn't use SPS.



SPS has 9" columns that can be cut down.


Yes, but I couldn't use them on this cake because of the shape of the tiers. And I keep reading about not stacking more than 4" of cake without support...
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post #6 of 7
6/22/12 at 8:32pm
Personally, I do not think those are 4" - I think those are at least 4.5" tiers, possibly 5". All my cakes are at least 4.5" now and every time I see 4" tall tiers I think the cakes look squatty and weird. No offence (if you do 4" tiers), it's just what I'm used to now.

That cake looks perfect height to me icon_biggrin.gif
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post #7 of 7
6/23/12 at 11:01am
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Thanks for all the responses. I actually like the look of 5" high tiers. All my wedding cakes have been 4" and I know what you mean about that squatty look. Perhaps I will try for 5" tiers and see. Of course the real challenge is getting cake slices to fit into wedding cake boxes which are so tiny. Almost only 3 - 4" H is all we have available here. Last 4"H wedding cake tier i did could barely fit into the take-home containers for guests. We have size limitations here it seems.
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