Two tier cake questions...

hey SugarBeBe

the layering--typically in the u.s. it's two baked cakes to make one tier

then each of those lyers in the tier can be torted to make it look like 4 layers in each tier

just an individual choice

if you mean non-american customs i'm not it

twelve feet cakes have never been  customary

yes and this from the typo queen--sorry couldn't help myself

(spell check is my friend!!! don't mind me ;)

but there is no customary for cake sizes

oh you mean the graduation between tiers 2 inch or 4 inch?

not to be difficult but i like the 3 inch difference best myself

that is also just a personal preference

the four inch difference is rarer, more rare, less used nowadays than it once was --i'll grant you that though

You can make your cake any size you like to fit the look and servings you need but I would say 6" is the "standard" size for a top tier.

i've worked for people who hated sixes because they reminded them of toilet tissue rolls

and some people hate them because they are hard for them to ice

sixes are very commonly used as top tiers of course

eights were more used in my earlier career due to the big flooflooey cake toppers that were common then

and eights are also a good choice when super large tiers are in play--if you end with a glorified cupcake on top of an eighteen or twenty inch base it kinda gets a little pointy headed whispy looking up there

there used to be a big presence of sheet cake dislikers who were adamantly against sheet cakes

it's very curious to have cake sizes be so provocative (not in this thread)

i think we can all agree that squatty cakes are not our goal

but it's surprising to me that some of us think that all 8" top tiers are automatically squatastic

that six inch cakes belong in the john

that sheet cakes are sheetee

i'm not into the 4inch difference anymore either but i've been doing this for about 40 years and things evolve and change huh

and sometimes you need a four inch difference for whatever reason

'mid century modern' style furniture & decor is boring old sheet to me but my kids love it

whereas mid-century modern cakes--agh no --has definitely not come 'back in'

it's all personal preference some of it very passionate personal preference

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Originally Posted by -K8memphis 

it's very curious to have cake sizes be so provocative (not in this thread)

K8, 

whatever you say.

You wanna stick an 8" on top and admire

all the wide open space

by all means do so and have fun.

The suggestion to not do so is not provocative, it is sensible 

and appropriate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZCouture 

 

K8, 

 

whatever you say.

 

You wanna stick an 8" on top and admire

 

all the wide open space

 

by all means do so and have fun.

 

The suggestion to not do so is not provocative, it is sensible 

 

and appropriate.

thank you for helping to prove my point, AZCouture

just say no to eight inch top tiers, six inch top tiers and sheet cakes  as they are not deemed apropos by some

Now every time I see a 6 on top I am going to think of toilet paper, LOL.
 

I suppose there are some people who never think they are never appropriate, don't recall anyone in here saying that or the other thread that you refer to. 

6" top tiers remind you of toilet paper?  What?  I can see MAYBE a 4", but 6"?  Where are you buying your toilet tissue???  Giants -R- US?    I just measured ours and the SUPER is just over 4 1/2".

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Originally Posted by kellertur 

6" top tiers remind you of toilet paper?  What?  I can see MAYBE a 4", but 6"?  Where are you buying your toilet tissue???  Giants -R- US?    I just measured ours and the SUPER is just over 4 1/2".

a few things

1. they remind me of people i worked for that thought that
2. just like cake mixes are two ounces smaller and sugar bags have lost a pound--tp is smaller now too
3. they never were the exact same size
4. if you placed a white iced sixer in the middle of a ten foot banquet table times how many tables in the room...they sure do!!!  
5. i don't know where my husband buys the tp