I use the old Wilton guide. Its pretty accurate.
Yes. The servings they have online are way too many for what the cake actually yields.
I use the older yearbooks, like 2000.
I use DeDe Wilson's 'Wedding cakes you can make', which also has a really handy cutting guide too... I think they are larger than most 'wedding' sizes, which I like.
The one I got from Safeway was insane!!! It said a 6" could feed 16 people 
.... uh, a 6" barely feeds my 4 kids!
A while back I saw a post where someone said that they showed brides how big a wedding serving is and told them that if they wanted bigger pieces they could order more servings. That way they got paid per slice and people had the knowledge about what size piece that was going to give them. I remembered it because it seemed like a good idea to me.
where on the wilton website can you find the guide?
where on the wilton website can you find the guide?
This is only for the wedding cakes.
http://www.wilton.com/wedding/cakeinfo/cakedata.cfm
But to give you an idea, the amounts have pretty much doubled.
I use the old cutting guide for 2000. Its much better. They don't have it posted though. I usually refer to my old yearbooks.
I used to use wilton but I find that there chart is just to stingy.. for lack of better words. I then went to Earlenes chart which I bought. I love it and used it for both wedding and party. But after looking at it, it is a little generous for weddings. So what I did was come up with an average between wilton and earlene and that is waht I use for weddings now. I still use earlens chart for Partys.
I also bought Earlene's chart from her site www.earlenescakes.com. I use it for all of my wedding cakes. For some reason I have brides / mothers ordering a cake for 180 when they expect to have 250 guests. They don't think everyone will eat cake!!!!???? DUH!!! I give them the choice...they make it....if there isn't enough cake....it's their fault! Drives me nuts!
A while back I saw a post where someone said that they showed brides how big a wedding serving is and told them that if they wanted bigger pieces they could order more servings. That way they got paid per slice and people had the knowledge about what size piece that was going to give them. I remembered it because it seemed like a good idea to me.
I actually print up the chart for how to cut a cake and show that to the client so they can see the size and determine if they want bigger slices. My cakes are 5" high so when you consider the height with the width........it gives them something to think about.
bj
According to current Wilton chart an 8" round 2-layer will yield 20 party servings and 24 wedding servings. Earlene's charts puts the servings at 15.
15 seems low & 24 seems high. I guess I could go by the party chart. It seems to be a happy medium.
How many servings realistically do you get from an 8" 2-layer round cake?
According to current Wilton chart an 8" round 2-layer will yield 20 party servings and 24 wedding servings. Earlene's charts puts the servings at 15.
15 seems low & 24 seems high. I guess I could go by the party chart. It seems to be a happy medium.
How many servings realistically do you get from an 8" 2-layer round cake?
I get 12.
Is it possible for someone to email me a copy of the charts that they use? Ideally I'd like to have one to give to people for wedding and party cakes.
Up until now I have never given one to a client. But, I delivered a bridal shower cake this weekend and was told later that the restaurant staff had cut such large pieces that there were no leftovers, even though I definitely made more than enough cake. Now I wish I had a cake cutting chart, that I could have given them.
Also, when I looked at the Wilton chart in the back of the 2007 yearbook, it says to cut a round cake, you should move in 2in. from the outer edge and cut a circle??? If I were to give this to someone for guidelines on cutting their party cake, I think they would be confused as to how to do this? I know most people cut round cakes into wedges.
I looked at Earlene' site and am wondering if I should send away for that one. Does Earlene's guide come with a diagram that you can hand to clients?
Sorry for the long post, hope it makes sense!
Thanks for all your help with this one!!
I just looked at Earlene's cutting guide that she has posted on line - is that just for wedding cake servings?
I believe hers is for weddings.
I went back and forth and really confused myself before I finally settled on Wiltons current chart.
I also took the time and a pen and a ruler and turned over a few pans and did the "cutting" myself, drawing marks for every 2 x 1" wide slice, and I get at least Wilton's numbers out of any pan, so I'm sticking with that. Drove me crazy for awhile, so I needed a final chart.
My cakes are at least 4"+ high, so I tell brides a slice is 1 x 2 x 4+ and to have someone who knows how to cut wedding servings to cut their cake, rather than hacking off party home-style sizes. I've never had anyone come up short. Party sizes are different, but I only sell by the 1 x 2 x 4" piece. It's too confusing to come up with two pricings. Party cakes I don't do much, so I just price them on a per-cake basis.
I just asked a similar question on another forum!
This seems to be a common dilema.
Here's what I use:
Pan size-------------------------Servings
7" oval----------------------------10
8" round--------------------------12
9" round--------------------------16
10" round-------------------------24
12" round-------------------------36
9x11"------------------------------24
11x15"----------------------------40
12x18(1/2 sheet)----------------50
18x24(full sheet)----------------100
Also, when I looked at the Wilton chart in the back of the 2007 yearbook, it says to cut a round cake, you should move in 2in. from the outer edge and cut a circle??? If I were to give this to someone for guidelines on cutting their party cake, I think they would be confused as to how to do this? I know most people cut round cakes into wedges.
I actually had to cut one of my two tier cakes 10" & 6" at a party and I followed the Wilton's guide line with moving in 2" and cutting the circle. I was nervous at first but it was a breeze. I was dishing out perfectly cut pieces of cake. I looked like a pro! 
Other ladies were looking at me when I first starting cutting into the cake and gasping and then they were say "Ahhhh". I was felt was like "ha - take that!" 
It really works.
I explain how to cut this cake with the Wilton drawings to all my clients. Cutting large round cakes in a wedge just is not an option in my opinion. The client ends up with less people served and cake being thrown out because some slices are too big.......when cut in a wedge and then some people get little wedges some get big wedges......what a mess.
That's my story.........
bj
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