Slices are typically 4 inches high and 2 inches long by 1 inch wide.
Three tier wedding cake sizes.
While i would not advise freezing your wedding cake and then eating it on your one year anniversary freezer burn never tastes good you should take the top cake tier home to enjoy with your spouse the day after your wedding.
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.
On the other hand you don t want to be left with more cake than you know what to do with at.
Just 11 of couples will have a wedding cake with a single tier while 9 will have 4 or more tiers.
Tiered wedding cakes.
Cakes with multiple tiers are traditionally more popular than single tiered cakes.
Be sure to keep the cardboard circle underneath the 9 inch tier.
3 hands off the top cake tier save the top tier of your cake for yourself.
This creates a 1 5 inch ledge between the tiers which leaves me enough room to position and secure the flowers onto the cake.
46 of couples choose a wedding cake that has two tiers while another 34 opt for three tiers.
12 inch 9 inch 6 inch.
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.
You will also want to make sure you have enough cake to go around and feed all of your guests.
Most ceremonial wedding cakes are made with two or more layers of cake with icing between each layer.