Cheescake wedding HELP!

just one tier?

is that just cake

or cheesecake?

what are you making?

a 125 serving big flat cake ain't gonna be that pretty necessarily strawberries & chocolate or not

geez the 'squat police' are gonna be writing tickets left & right about this one

How about one "large" masterpiece and then smaller individual cakes for the guest... that to me seems reasonable and managable...

sure an 18 inch cake

done

me--i would recommend spiffing it up with strawberry blossoms and tendrils and get the bride & groom strawberries up higher

make it look even more graduated--the picture def shows it looking graduated up higher in the middle

i'd do the whole 18 inch

you don't have to bake cheesecake in a spring form

i'd get the 18 inch half pans bake two and slide them together

dang that's gonna be heavy!!

my arms hurt already

i think i'd apply all berries on site maybe

Using that train of thought seems to be the most realistic to me...

cheesecake often gets a smaller serving size though

can't remember how big

must check w/wilton

oh sure

i usually bake mine with a cardboard circle under it and aluminum foil or parchment in between that & the cheesecake

in this case a half cardboard circle for the half pan

it just ensures that it will definitely fall out no problem-o

to have even more insurance--fold a long strip of foil or parchment  like a ribbon and lay it down first so it is under everything so it crosses the bottom of the pan and the ends hang out & up over the sides and you have a for sure little pull tab--not essential but nice if it's your first few this size

cheesecakes freeze brilliantly

freeze

pop it out

away you go

i worked for this one place and she would not let me freeze the cheesecake

dumb dumb dumb and we were doing two layer cheescake tiers

still upset about that apparently ;)

but they just sound spooky--easy peasy!

yes and don't forget the crust in there somewhere too

let's see you need to decide how tall you want this

like new york tall or like bavarian short or in between

new york bakes low & slow bavarian bakes hot & fast

you could use anywhere from 10-20 cups of batter in each half give or take

i'd say you gotta do some math here then divide it by 2--for each pan

a full 18" layer gets 18 cups of batter but cheesecake doesn't rise like cake

so several variables to consider

oh and check if half pan fits in oven!!!

that's the biggie!!!