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Hi going to be making this but my problem is that it for 100 how can I make this for that amount of people Paul uses 2 x8 inch cakes

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Hi Alicain

First here’s David’s cake portions chart so you can see approximate portions you’ll get from 2 x 8″ cakes. You’ll have to also account for carving loss. You could use 2 x 10″ but you’ll still be short. Another way would be to make the huddle cake as your centre piece and make a flat cutting cake for the extra portions. All you need to do with the flat cake is ice it in similar colours. Once the cakes are cut no one will know which piece came off of which cake! Obviously you will have to charge for the flat cake ingredients. Most people are more than happy with that arrangement. I usually make cake pops with the carved pieces and give them to the customer as a little extra. All you can do really is ask your customer if that is acceptable.

Hope this helps. If you need more inofrmation please post again.

Hi
Would you think I could get 60 pieces out of the 2 X 8 inch then make a 8 inch square would that be suffice
Thanx fir your help

Hi Alicain

My apologies first for not having given you the link for David’s chart in my last answer. Here it is so you can see what the cakes yield:

How to decide on the Cake Portions

Look along the top of the chart to see portions for square and round cakes and portions for sponge or fruit.
You might just get away with the 60 portions out of both the huddle and the square combined giving 2 x 1″ portions. It really depends how much gets carved off the round cakes. The 2 x 8″ rounds yield 25 pieces each before carving. You may/ may not lose 10 portions in carving. If you do, that will be 40 x 2 x1″ and the 8″ square yields 32 x 2 x 1″.
Careful carving and massaging the cake for the shape will probably do it! x