How To Make Your Own Cake Serving Chart 

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omg...thank you. I can't express how much you have helped me the past month alone. this video is a homerun. now I can stop hurting my arm muscles rolling out fondant for a 12" cake. NO MORE 12" CAKES FOR ME...If I can avoid it. it would also make pricing easier. As Arnie would say, ain't nobody got time for that. lol

This is AMAZING! Thank you!! I have just started making cakes for friends and family and I have been trying to figure out what size of cake to make to fit their needs. I have been searching the web to try to figure this out and all the resources on cake cutting I have come across do not mention how many layers the cake has! To a cake "newbie" not mentioning how many layers is very confusing because as you mentioned in your video the number of layers decreases the serving size! So thank you!!! Now I can choose cake sizes with confidence!!

You my dear are a LIFE SAVER! Not knowing the amount of servings has "haunted" me for a while. This was such a helpful video and I feel more empowered knowing what to charge per serving and the amount of cake being served. Thank you so so much! This video is going in my playlist. 😄

I found this video a few years ago and I still reference it all the time so thank you!!

Thank you so much for sharing this information. oh my gosh... how many times have I sat here trying to figure this out.... Great video. and I am not a novice cake decorator... I have been stressed for years on this subject... soo Thank you! Love all your videos I have watched a lot of them to get the how to's. You are so precise and right on with your information and the way you present.

Thank You!!!!! Your video helped make the cake size and proper serving make sense.

this is unbelievable, and so awesome ! I would never have imagined a cake to be cut this way. its so logical. thanks guys! xx

Laura no sabes cuanto nos ayudas con todos tus video, fotos, tutorials, ect! Eres muy especial, muchisimas gracias por compartir con nosotros todos tus conocimientos, que Dios los Bendiga siempre!!

Very useful! I've always went for baking generous cakes and giving more portions just in case it wasn't enough, but it was always a rough idea. Now I could still be generous, but I'll have a definite idea of how many portions the cakes will yield. Thanks a million!

😘👍❤ Thank you very much Krazy Kool Cakes and Designs for this cake serving Size made it much way easier for me to understand the servings for each size of cake. Thanks a Bunch for the BiG Help👍🤗😘🤗😘❤❤❤

I just started making cakes and was going crazy with all the charts available.Thank you so much for sharing! My next youtube video watching adventure is your Cake Biz videos. You guys are amazing!!! God bless you and your family! :-)

This is so helpful! I'm not used to thinking of wedding cakes being cut this way. It seems like most of the time they are cut in rectangular pieces. I had been confused because it seemed that the number of servings in a regular 8" 2 layer birthday cake, for example, would be totally different than the number of servings in an 8" tier of a wedding cake.; But your method seems to be the same for any type of cake, correct? This really seems to simplify the process. You are a wonderful teacher! Your tips make so much sense!

24!!!... the cameraman says...I love that he had your back and he was paying attention...this was extremely helpful... years ago I saw a video of you making the edges sharp on cakes...I was still an amateur and now to run into another video of yours....I have advanced...no classes..just 15 years of practice from my teens years and kept going...thank you...will definitely take this information and apply to my future Baking /Event business.. ( fingers crossed ). :) :)

Awesome advice. Your technique, knowledge and talent are shown in every video. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us

I had no idea how to cut a 10" cake, that was so interesting to learn. Thank you for sharing!

This was so helpful thank you so much for taking the time to show us how to do this. I will make my own now. 😉😊☺

Thanks for this great tutorial Laura!! I make my own cutting diagram as well to give to friends if I'm not able to stay and cut the cakes I make for them. It use to kill me when I showed them how to cut it and the next time they butcher the servings.. Lol. The diagram was a better aid! Every designated cake cutter at a party should have this tool!

Thank you so much for the info on this cake serving chart. Soooo helpful! God Bless!

Thank you so much, so wonderful the way you explain it. So helpful!! I always check online and this is such a better way. Thank you guys again!!

This video is helpful, thanks for sharing. I think a lot of ppl only know how to cut cakes the traditional triangle slices. How would they know how to cut a big cake differently?

So funny I saw this video today. I was just in the midst of researching serving sizes and became so overwhelmed. I too make my cakes pretty tall and was stuck trying to figure this out. So helpful!

What an awesome & helpful video Laura (& Arnie)!!! Thank you for sharing such wonderful information in such an easy way to understand sweetie ; ) My visitors are leaving this weekend so will contact you in the next couple of days about our collab!!

Love you Laura, glad to have you in my cake making life lol i pretty much just eyeballed it and scared to death. I know what my next project will be. Thank you

9:07....comedy, this is why I LOVE watching your videos!! Keep up the GREAT work!! You guys are awesome!!! XOXOXOXOXOX

Thank you Laura for the great tutorials..I really like your tutorials..

Very helpful, thank you. May I ask how much do you charge per serving? I realize it may vary from area to area and also by how involved the design may be....I'm just looking for a rough guide.

This is amazing you just save my life....god bless you for this video.....Thanks you thank you thank you....:-)

Amazing video, thank you!

Brilliant idea, thank you so much!!!

Hey Laura! This video was so helpful! May I know what you'd tell a client if they said they wanted 20-25 servings?

This is exactly what i was looking for! Thank you so much! You guys are great!

gracias laura yo vivo en san bernardino California pero soy de Argentina y les he recomendado tu canal me encanta tu dinámica ojala pronto lo puedas hacer traducido. muchas bendiciones.

This is a very helpful video. Thanks Laura.

This was very helpful. Thank you.

The best video ever

Thank u so much. This helps me a bunch.

Hi Laura, Im loving your tutorials!! thank you so much. If you were to deliver this cake to a venue, how do you know what cake serving size does the kitchen staff use to cut and serve the cake? Do you give t them your serving guide? what about the size? for wedding there is like a standar size as well as for party size which is larger. How do you handle that with the venue? thanks

Thank you laura! This makes so much sense!....awesome!

Thank you so much for this video! It was soooo helpful!

Thank you very much this help so much in my cakes sieving

Thank you for this !

I loved the video sooo gonna use this drom now on.. also I would hear u better if you lowered the background music just a bit.

SO helpful! Thanks a lot Laura..

Thank you for a very useful tutorial. How about if I need to get full wedges from a 9”x2”” round cake as I will be selling cakes to a coffee shop and as you know, in coffee shops, they always serve full wedges. I will be selling them carrot cakes with cheese frosting which is a double layered cake and sticky date cake with caramel sauce which will be of a single layer. What would be an acceptable size of each wedge in that case please? Thank you!

But if I’m slicing a cake myself, a 6 inch is 2 servings 😂😂 Maybe one if it’s Shark Week lol

How do you decide whether to do two or three cake layers?

Hi Laura! I just watched this video today! Great tutorial! I'm just wondering how you tell your clients how to cut the cakes to get the number of servings that you've based them on. Or, don't you worry about that?

Hello! I am loving your videos & would like to know if you price this 10" inch cake based on 24 0r 40 servings if I will be making the cake 5" tall? or do you ever make 4" tall & then charge only for 24 servings.

I use to bake 2 layers cakes..but with 3 layers I can bake a smaller cake but taller..more.slices and clients are satisfied

thank u so much really helpful video can u please also do how to price a cake specially covored with fondant

Thanks Laura! May I know what you'd tell a client if they said they wanted 14-15 servings?

hi honey. if fondant is used and decorations do u charge extra for designs separate from what the cake would come out if it was a simple icing cake? I always find myself struggling with this and in the past have not really charged what my work was worth

Hi Laura, thank you for your tutorial this really helps! I was wondering if you can help me. I have to do a ball cake for 25 people and have no idea what size I should use. A 10 inch bowl? Thanks

Love all your videos. What is the height of your individual cake layers that you put together to make one cake?

I get struggle every time with the servers.. you ,,save" my life 😀 Thank you so much! For 30 people 9"inch 3 layers you think is okay? And 7 " inch 3 layers is okay for 20 people? Thank you in advance!💖

hey laura would u cut the same way for a wedding cake?

Great idea!

Great Tutorial! 😊

Im late at asking this NOW. but for future ill stil ask. I jist finished making a 3 layer 10" size. Which is supposed to serve 30-35. Thats the calculations looking at other charts previously. Was i correct? Or no? It is only my 2nd Order from a customer. Im in Texas. Tell me did i ROB myself charging only $55 for this cake? Simoly buttercream and candy toppers. Truly even if i was charging $85 for it. Im feeling a little bad tonight because it took a lot of my last 3 days and i have little ones. I feel bad all that time i spending not giving full attention to kids to only charge $55. And please if you must lecture me. Go ahead, im all hwre FOR LEARNING! AND I REALLY DONT WANT TO RIP MYSELF OFF, WITH KNOWING AND NOT HAVING THE ONFIDNECE TO GIVING MY QUOTES. BECAUSE I DOTN KNOW BETTER. TIA!! LOVING YOUR VIDEOS! I GOT HOOKED WITH THE LEARNIGN TO USE THE TAPPITS! I ALMSOT THREW THOSE THINGS AWAY! YOU SAVED THEM FROM THE TRASH,AND SAVED ME A HEADACHE 😄

Thank you!!! Where’d you get the cardboard circles? Did you make them? Lol

Hola Laura, como corta el cliente el pastel teniendo en cuenta tres niveles de pastel con cake board en los niveles de arriba? Supongo que va a cortar nivel por nivel y despues quitar el cake board? Pero si pegaste el cake board con el buttercream no se arruina el fondant del nivel de abajo? Espero no confundirte con mi pregunta, saludos

Hey Laura how r u. I wanted to ask u, how do u know when to do a 2 layered cake or a 3 layered cake. Do u ask the customer if they want a 2 or 3 layered cake? The reason why I'm asking is because I never know whether to make a 2 or 3 layered cake. I have a hard time deciding which one to do. I am starting to make cakes and I don't know when to do either or.....thank u in advance.

I do something similar, only with wax paper. I outlined the actual pan, cut it out, and I fold it as small as I can.(have to save my cake boards.lol) That's how I show or predict how many slices a client can get.. I'm kind of bad when it comes to a ruler. Lol

Great tutorial and great channel where are you guys located?

Laura thank you so much, I already did mine like yours, on a 14" I did 58 servings. Are the slices too small? I don't charge per serving I charge by the way It looks. My husband always tells me that I'm working for free lol. Can I send you and email of one of my cakes? So you can tell if I work for free.

Thanks! This is sooo helpful! How about rectangular or other shapes cake?

hi if I wanted to make a 4layered cake like 4 cakes and 3 fillings I need to serve 20 people what kind of cake tin works with this thank you

hi laura are speak spanish ? because i love your channel but my friend they does not speak english. thank you . i love your channel

Hi, I have found your pricing and portioning tutorials very helpful, Thank you. My question is, how would you work out the amount of servings from a 3D cake ? Sue

Laura ,how many servings for a 12" round cake from your serving chart, thanks

Hi laura how day know how to approximately work out prices for cakes, what would you have to take into consideration please could u advise me :)

Thank you

Do you charge per slice or per cake? How much do you charge per slice if you do?

Now... If only i can find a video showing HOW to cut the cake using the cake knife and serving thing set.

great

When you have a square cake .how many slices of cake you can get from a square cake

hello this was really helpful. I'm only starting out and I'm so confused... i want to make a 2 tier cake for 60 people 2 layers in them. could you please help me??

great tips, but how would the customer know to cut the cake the way you say it should be cut? Do you tell them ahead of time? I'm mainly asking about the 10" cake. Also, how did you come up with your prices. Is it something you came up with yourself or did you learn it somewhere? When I give people my prices they always think its too expensive? The thing is that people don't understand the labor and the cost it takes to make a specialty cakes. Please help. You don't have to say how much you charge but, just an idea of how the prices came to be, so that I can feel confident when I give my prices. Pleaseee!

You charge by the number of servings, rather than the amount of cake?

Hello can you show us a video for sizes 12inch to 16inch please

Shouldn’t that 8 inch if you’re going to have three layers serve 16 instead of 12

I make 2 layer cakes. I did the math based on this tutorial and the difference between mine and yours is $212 (mine at $4.25/serving) $240 (yours at $6/serving.). I have always calculated at Wilton Wedding cake cut. So for an 8 and 10", it totals 50 servings at $4.25=$212. With this serving count (more realistic) the cost can be changed to $6/serving and the same cake will start at $240. My question is this... My cost is without fondant. Do you charge the same price whether you are using fondant or not? I have never heard you say there was a difference in price. If I was to do this with fondant, my cost would increase by $1.25/serving.

What about cakes for a shelter for 200 people? 8” 3 layers how many cakes do I need 😅. I’m learning

How do you explain to customers how to slice cakes to get the full amount of servings they need to feed guest?

Well I wish I'd seen this I did 10" and yup large slices lol

Super helpful. Thank you 😊

Thank you laura! This makes so much sense!....awesome!

How do you determine whether to do two layers or three layers?