12 inch 9 inch 6 inch.
Three tier wedding cake sizes.
Cakes with multiple tiers are traditionally more popular than single tiered cakes.
3 hands off the top cake tier save the top tier of your cake for yourself.
On the other hand you don t want to be left with more cake than you know what to do with at.
46 of couples choose a wedding cake that has two tiers while another 34 opt for three tiers.
When estimating the size of a wedding cake assume the serving size will be at least that big and then figure out how many are needed for the guest count.
Tiered wedding cakes.
Most ceremonial wedding cakes are made with two or more layers of cake with icing between each layer.
Place the 9 inch cake tier in the center of the 12 inch tier.
Place the 6 inch tier in the center of the 9 inch tier again making sure to keep the cardboard circle beneath the tier.
This creates a 1 5 inch ledge between the tiers which leaves me enough room to position and secure the flowers onto the cake.
You will also want to make sure you have enough cake to go around and feed all of your guests.
Slices are typically 4 inches high and 2 inches long by 1 inch wide.
Weddings are not a one size fits all occasion and more couples than ever are choosing to ditch the three tier wedding cake tradition in favour of a single tier alternative simply because of their budget.
Just 11 of couples will have a wedding cake with a single tier while 9 will have 4 or more tiers.
When doing this i like to have at least a 3 inch variance in the size of each tier i e.