i am having to make a cake for tomorrow. there is suppose to be about 50 people there. the mom said not to worry about feeding that many because everyone probly woundt eat cake. so i am thinkg maybe a cake that will feed 30. how big of a cake should i make? i was wanting to do a round cake with a image on the top. i was trying to get away from having to stack a cake. i have only done it once for my family and that was scary enough. i guess if i had to do one, would a 2 layer 8 inch and like a 6 in on top be enough? thanks in advance

I personally would count on feeding 50, you never know who will or won't eat it, plus you never know how big the pieces will be. But that's just my opinion.
If you don't want to stack a cake and you want a round, why don't you make a large 12 or 14"?

Not everyone may eat a piece of cake. But some may want seconds or a slice to take home. Who knows. It's best to have more than less.


Princess

Here is a link to a serving chart that might help in your decision:

http://www.earlenescakes.com/ckserchart.htm

I will definately 3rd those opinions. You just never know! In my family, if I showed up with just an 8" round, they'd all look at me like, "Where's my piece?" or "Why didn't you make enough for me?". Serving it would mean either REALLY tiny squares or just slivers of cake. In my opinion, it would make you look pretty unprepared. No one likes to be counted out. Even if they don't plan to eat it, I find they still like to be asked.

I work for a school with a student body of no more than 60 at any given time. I make a cake at the end of the month for the student's who had birthdays in the month and I make an 4" 1/2 sheet which is more than enough for every student and staff. By making it 4" tall, it enables the pieces to be smaller but still plenty of cake for each student.