Paige's Cakes and Desserts
Proudly Serving the Hamilton/Burlington Area
Office 398 Mohawk Rd. East Hamilton, On. L8V 2H7 « 905-574-2547
Serving Counts for Wedding Cake
The number and size of the servings that you will get from your wedding cake are based on four factors:
2. How high is each tier?
3. Is the top tier included in the serving count?
4. Who will be cutting the cake, and how do they do it?
Don't Forget ! The higher the tier, the more generous the serving of cake your guests will receive.
Standard serving portions used by caterers ,are 1" by 2" by
the height of the cake. the smaller size servings are used, because the wedding cake is almost always served on the dessert buffet. If your wedding cake will be the main dessert you may want to have a larger cake and serving chart made to portion out your cake more generously.
The top tier of the cake is traditionally saved for the bride and groom so that they
can save it for the first anniversary if they want to. Because of this, most bakers
don't include it in the serving count, and the couple is not charged for it. Even if
you plan on having me make an anniversary cake for you and you'd like to serve
the top tier at your reception, the reception staff will most likely save the top tier for
you because they're so used to doing it. Make sure that your baker is not including
the top tier in your total serving count, and if they are make sure that they will alert
the staff to serve it.
Of all the factors, this one may be the most important! Your baker can do all the
estimating in the world, but if the person who cuts the cake cuts smaller slices,
your servings will differ. Because of this, I take cutting instructions with each cake,
and indicate what the size of each slice should be. In addition, because of the size
that I'm estimating for my servings, you'll probably get more, rather than fewer,
servings if someone cuts the slices according to a different cutting chart.
Paige's Cakes and Desserts
Proudly Serving the Hamilton/Burlington Area
Office 398 Mohawk Rd. East Hamilton, On. L8V 2H7 « 905-574-2547