How Much Cake Does 24 Inches Feed

As cake decorators, we all need basic cake serving charts, cake portion guides, and popular tier combinations. They are necessary when conducting a cake consultation. Being prepared and having these charts on hand makes you look professional and gives you more confidence to conduct business with customers. These charts come in handy for me when I need a quick reference and I hope they will come in handy for you too.

Cake Serving Charts and Popular Tier Combinations

Table of Content

• Cake consultations
• Reference, measure, serving size
• Cake portion guide
• Standard cakes serving chart
• Popular tier combinations
• Standard, Tall, or Tiered cakes
• Frequently asked questions
• Recipe you may need
• Join the conversation

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Have you ever wondered

• How much does an 8-inch cake serve?
• How many slices in a 7-inch round cake?
• or How many servings in a cake?
• Or are the servings for round or square cakes the same?
• How much cake do I need to serve - 56 people? or 100 people?
• Which cake sizes can I stack together?
• What are the most popular cake tier combinations?

These are all great questions and ones you need to be asking if you plan to make cakes or become a cake decorator.

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Cake consultations

A very professional approach is to do your homework before the client comes for a cake consultation. This means having your cake sizes ready so you would know how many people does each cake serves. Plus, it gives you a better understanding of how much you need to charge, especially if you charge per serving like me. You can read more about cake consultations on my post - How to conduct a cake consultation

Here are some basic chart guides that I find handy when I am doing my cake consultations. I do hope you find them useful too.

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Reference, measure, serving size

These charts are based on a wedding cake servings size of 1" x 2" portion.  It is different from the party size serving a portion of 1.5 x 2 " or smaller.  So, these are wedding cake serving sizes. These are 4" to 6" tall cakes, which means each layer is 2" tall x 2 or 3 layers for each tier

Cakes from 3" to 6" high decorated as one cake would give the same number of servings because they follow the same pattern of cutting. So, yes whether a cake is 4 inches tall or 6 inches tall you would still serve it as one slice. You don't usually split the slice. So while you use more cake, it's a tall slice of cake and does not contribute to extra servings.

Anything smaller than 3" tall would give only half the number of servings.
For example:
An 8" round cake - 3" / 4 " /6" tall will give you 24 servings
but an 8" round cake - 2" tall will give you only 12 servings.
An 8" round cake - party servings - 9 servings

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Cake portion guide

These servings are for 2 layer cakes - for example, 2 x 8-inch layers make one cake.

• Party size is 1.5 x 2" x 4-inches tall
• Wedding cake size is 1" x 2" x 4-inches tall

Shape	Size in/cm	Party Cakes	Wedding Cakes	Batter cups 2 layers	Baking Time mins
Round	4 in / 10 cm	8	8	2	15 - 20
	5 in / 12 cm	10	10	3	20 - 25
	6 in / 15 cm	12	14	4 ½	25 - 30
	7 in / 18 cm	16	18	5	30 - 35
	8 in / 20 cm	20	24	8	35 - 40
	9 in / 23 cm	24	32	10	40 - 45
	10in / 25cm	28	38	12	50 - 60
	12in / 30cm	40	56	16	60 - 70
	14in / 35cm	63	78	22	65 - 75
	16in/ 40 cm	77	100	30	80 - 90
Square	4 in / 10 cm	8	12	4	30 - 35
	6 in / 15 cm	12	18	6	40 - 45
	8 in / 20 cm	20	32	12	45 - 50
	10in / 25cm	30	50	18	55 - 65
	12in / 30cm	48	72	24	70 - 80
	14in / 35cm	63	98	32	75 - 85
	16in/ 40 cm	80	128	44	80 -90
Heart	6 in / 15 cm	14		4	30 - 35
	8 in / 20 cm	22		8	40 -45
Sheet	7 x 11	24	32	11	45 - 50
	9 x 13	36	50	20	50 - 55
	11 x 15	54	74	22	55 - 60
	12 x 18	72	98	32	60 - 75

cake serving chart - party, wedding, tall cake with cake batter and baking times

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Standard cakes serving chart

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Popular tier combinations

Additional information to keep handy is the most popular tier combinations for tiered cakes.  So you know which cakes work best together. Cakes stacked from the border to narrow to the top are aesthetically more appealing. For example, a 12, 10, 8, 6 look more appealing than a 12,11, 6, 5  - just saying.

Standard, Tall, or Tiered cakes

I often get people messaging me as to what the size of a cake should be. I know this is confusing especially when you are working on pricing your cakes.

• Standard cake - a standard cake is a 2 layer cake with one layer of frosting usually 4 to 5 inches in height. The shape of the cake, not the height will often determine the number of servings for example
  • an 2 x 8-inch round cake (4 iches tall) makes 24 wedding cake servings or an
  • 2 x 8 -inch square cake (2 layers) will make 32 wedding cake servings.
• Tall cakes - these are usually 6 to 7 inches tall with 2 or 3 layers of cake. Though the cake is taller and you use more cake batter the cake will still give you the same number of servings as astandard cake. They just make taller slices. So, for example
  • an 2 x 8-inch round cake (6 inches tall) makes 24 wedding cake servings or an
  • 2 x 8 -inch square cake (3 layers) will make 32 wedding cake servings.
• Double barrel or tiered cakes - there are two standard cakes stacked together as one. For exampe -
  • You can stack 2 x 8-inch round cake - each 4 to 5 inches tall to make an one 8 inch double barrel or tiered cake thats 8 to 10 inches tall.
    Though this looks like one cake it is two cakes ( 4 x 8-inch layers stacked as one) stacked as one. They will have a cake board in between which means at the time of serving you will serve this as two standard cakes. 24 + 24 - 48 wedding cake servings.

In this collage, you can see all three examples.

1. Wedding cake with 4 standard cakes all 4 inches tall
2. Wedding cake with all tall tiers each 6-inches tall
3. and Wedding cake with a double barrle in the middle 8-inches tall

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Frequently asked questions

How many servings will an 8-inch cake serve?

It really depends on the shape, purpose, the person cutting the cake. For example
An 8" round cake - 3" / 4 " /6" tall will give you 24 servings
but an 8" round cake - 2" tall will give you only 12 servings.
An 8" round cake - party servings - 9 servings

How much is a serving of cake?

It depends on the size, shape, and purpose of the cake. For example, a 10 inch round cake - party servings will make

Do taller cakes make more servings?

Cakes from 3" to 6" high decorated as one cake would give the same number of servings because they follow the same pattern of cutting. So, yes whether a cake is 4 inches tall or 6 inches tall you would still serve it as one slice. You don't usually split the slice. So while you use more cake, it's a tall slice of cake and does not contribute to extra servings.

How much frosting do I need for my cake?

It depends on the size, height, and how thick you frost your cake. Having said that you can use my buttercream 101 table as a guide.

How much fondant do I need for my cake?

It depends on the size, height, and thickness of the rolled fondant. Having said that you can use my fondant quantity chart as a guide

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