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Wedding cake: [Sink] How many tiers?

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- CommentAuthorMrsbayliss2B
So ladies....
70 day guests and upto 100 for the evening. How many tiers should I have? 3 of 4? And do we have to have a fruit cake one? Me and h2b don't like fruitcake, but will guests want fruitcake? Also we are thinking of having carrot cake for top tier it's h2b favourite cake- but what other flavours could we have?
- CommentAuthorButton-Bell
ill send you a link to a thing that helped me it shows how to cut a cake and how meany servings you get from it

spounge cake is always good my friend had chocolate and noone took any as they thought it was fruit cake and she spent like £300 on hers ask your cake maker for a tasting and see what you like most maybe take some BM or GM to get there opinions :)
- CommentAuthorbarbie86
We're having four tiers, all in different flavours: top tier will be fruit; next one down will be lemon; next one down chocolate; and the bottom one vanilla sponge with raspberry and buttercream. That way there's something for everyone. The one's we're looking at serve 100-130 depending on the size of the tiers (10, 8, 6, 4; or 12, 10, 8, 6), and we're having approx 90 guests to the evening reception (which is when we're cutting the cake).

We don't like fruit cake, but my mum does, as does OH's mum and a few other guests, which is why we went for the smallest tier in fruit :-)
- CommentAuthorMrsWearn2be
Ive got 50 day guests and 80 evening day guests...and we're just having a 2 tier...(included with hotel package) but I think its probably traditional fruit cake- I'd rather it be sponge but my parents are whinging about that so have decided to have cupcakes around the edge, rather than adding another tier xxx
- CommentAuthorSarahR582
We have about the same amount of guests as you and have gone for 4 tiers.
Neither of us like fruit cake either so we have 2 tiers vanilla sponge and 2 tiers chocolate (the top and bottom the same and the 2 middle the same so it serves equally) xx

- CommentAuthorMrsWright290912
We had 3 tiers of madeira cake and there was lots left over the following day. We had 100 nighttime guests to eat the cake.

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- CommentAuthorLeighS
I'm having a four tier cake. Bottom tier will be lemon, then vanilla sponge, 3rd tier choc sponge and top tier will be choc sponge with choc orange . Your baker can tell you how many each tier will feed. I'm saving my top tier to take home and share with friends. YUM YUM. XXXX
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
We're having 100 guests and could've got away with 3 tiers but wanted to keep the top tier (fruit) for our first child's Baptism when the time comes. So we're having 4 tiers (bottom lemon, next up chocolate and next up vanilla). H2B's fault, he kept adding things to the cake including the extra tier, he's like a kid in a sweet shop!

3 tiers will be fine hun, not everyone will eat the cake.
xx

Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
- CommentAuthorPB
We had three tiers of fruit cake for about 100 people and ended up with 1 tier left xxx
- CommentAuthorKat
we had 3 tiers for about 100 people and had LOADS left.
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
Uh oh! Now I'm worrying!

I do want to make sure I have a huge piece left over of each of the 3 tiers we're actually cutting so we can freeze and eat when we're back from honeymoon and also, my BIL is a massive cake fan (and generally a foodie) so he'll want some too (my sister won't say no lol).

xx

Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
- CommentAuthorReginaldD
  
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im getting my wtb a castle cake for £1500 and i have to go to the cake supplier for a tasting session for £15 with regards to a fruit cake its traditional to have the top tier as a fruit cake as this keeps for the christening of a child all you do is take the icing off and replace it

so my advice is go to the suplier of the cake and have a tasting sesion and you can decide what cakes you like and they can also advise you on how many tiers you need
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
Whoa! Reginald .............did you put an additional "0" on the end of that by accident?

x

Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
- CommentAuthorReginaldD
no its defo £1500 if i post there address have a look it takes over a month to make celebration cakes peterlee
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
OMG! You must be having one killer cake!

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- CommentAuthorReginaldD
ill pm you there web site have a look at there gallery
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
Cool, ta.

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- CommentAuthorReginaldD
  
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np if u look on there home page that is the full cake im getting and they will put colour on it for me as well
- CommentAuthorJackieFC
ive got 140 day guests and having a 3 tier cake all different flavours :)
fruit cake tends to be popular if you have plenty of oldies,
we are having fruit on a top tier
im asking the hotel to cut our cake up for the evening buffer and have it there for people to help themselves :)
- CommentAuthorlizzylou
I think three is probably enough. x

Lizzy. x
- CommentAuthorPB
Crikey ReginaldD £1500 for a cake ...i nearly fell off the sofa lol!
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
Wow Reginald, that is one impressive looking cake! Although I'd never pay that much for a cake lol. That is definitely going to be a talking point xx

Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
- CommentAuthorReginaldD
  
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i would just like to say it is an impressive cake and she is worth every penny as she is my little princess and the love of my live so what she wants she can have

and i do hope its the taking point but no-one is going to get to c the cake till about 7 pm as it is going to be hidden behind a curtain xx
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
I can see it's amazing! She is one lucky lady!

That cake is more than my dress though lol! My venue decorations, chair covers and flowers/button holes etc. all together are also cheaper than the cake.

xx

Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
- CommentAuthorReginaldD
my budget for the wedding is around 30k so not really bothered how much it costs got let down by the fireworks so thats saved me 2k
- CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
I think we will be going for 3 tiers but not sure what kind of cakes they will be yet though, but we will be having 150-200 evening guests so I may have to add another tier if budget allows, if not hopefully some of our guests dont like cake! lol xxx

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- CommentAuthormadison_uk
I'm having 3 tiers for around 86 guests we all love cake and 50 mini cupcakes for the little ones as you can't just have one that would be rude lol.
Flavours are baileys,fresh Raspberry and chocolate
- CommentAuthorInDreamland
  
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TBH Linzi-jo, I think a lot of people don't eat cake at weddings, I always see trays of it left untouched, I'm just hoping our guests are different like at my sisters wedding where people couldn't wait to get their hands on a cupcake, some even had two (and they were large), the next day, the family were all fighting over the last cupcakes to cake home lol so there wasn't really excess in the end.

Reginald - wow, £30k for the entire wedding? H2B and I are spending just under that (current spreadsheet says so) however, that includes our honeymoon.

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- CommentAuthorReginaldD
yeah that includes the honeymoon as well at the mo im on 28 1/2k
- CommentAuthorMrsbayliss2B
Thanx button-bell the link was a real help, according to that I only really need to have 3 tiers but I like the idea of 4! Hmmm decisions decisions....
Wow Reginald, ur cake sounds amazing ur wtb is very lucky x
Barbie86 I love the sound of vanilla sponge and raspberry cream filling yum yum
- CommentAuthornic86
I'm cheating and have four tiers but the bottom one is a dummy layer. They are large cakes anyway and will be plenty for our 150 guests but from previous experiences not everyone takes a piece! We have instructed the top layer to be put aside for us to take home (its sponge with butterscotch butter cream in the middle yum!), the second is fruit, the third is normal sponge and the bottom a fake! Ours is going to be similar to the Peggy Porschen floral cascade cake, so I think it needs more than 3 layers. Thankfully our amazing next door neighbour started her own celebration cake business and is doing it for us free as our wedding pressie, she is incredible!
- CommentAuthorJillybean
We're having a 4 tier one thats 4, 6, 8 and 10” diameter which will apparently serve 110 guests xXx

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- CommentAuthorHelenW
We're hoping to use ours as the pudding instead of paying extra for another course! I need to speak to the venue about it though as we are having cheesecake and I need to make sure they'll have space in their fridge! I think ours is a 4 tier. we'll have some left over though i think but the next size down is too small.. xx

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- CommentAuthorMrsbayliss2B
The fake cake idea is brill I will have to look into this, we are also having our cake made as a pressie from my step dads mum she is amazing! We are going to taste so flavours in a few weeks and decide exactly what we want x Helen great idea for the cake as dessert, chessecake is the yummiest x
- CommentAuthorHelenW
yep we love cheesecake! ah how exciting going to taste all the different flavours! xx

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- CommentAuthorLexieG
If I were you, I would like to have 3-tier one. I wouldn't have a carrot cake, I don't like carrot. Add some kiwi flavor would be my suggestion.
- CommentAuthorNevlar
we're having a 4 tier fruit cake!! (i hate fruit cake) so im having a special little sponge for me! apparently the decoration on the cake was too heavy for sponge got it at a bargain i think £350 for both cakes
- CommentAuthorLulu1388
its not necessarily about the tiers, its also about the size of each tier btw!!
We've got 55 for the day, and about 120-150 for the night, and also got to take into consideration not everyone eats cake especially after sit down meal, buffet, candy table etc.

We're having a 1.5 height 6", normal 8" and normal 10"... that serves on average 120 people.

x

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- CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I'm having two tiers and that's it, for me it's about me liking the style of the cake,not about feeding my guests it....
We're having chocolate at the bottom and lemon or Victoria sponge top, with white lace effect icing over the top...

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- CommentAuthorLulu1388
i agree KelBel, its the style and taste too.... except im sure everyone will want feeding with our cake... white chocolate, white and dark fudge and sticky toffee :D hehe x

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- CommentAuthorNevlar
yummm Sticky toffee¬¬ oh please send me some x
- CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I've only been to two weddings where I've been offered the wedding cake...
And I've been to about 3 weddings a year since 2007., when ur there and getting fed most the day, a lot of ppl don't really notice u haven't offered cake either I don't think

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- CommentAuthormrsheavey2b
I am having a 5 tier and have been thinking same not sure what to do x
- CommentAuthorLulu1388
heheh Niamhy, we haven't tasted the sticky toffee yet but if its anything to go by her other flavours, even the ones we tried and haven't gone for, i am sure it will be amazing!! We are tasting it when we take in the order form and deposit, we are just waiting till after xmas cause its not on the doorstep and with traffic/xmas parking in a small village it would be a nightmare... so new year, new tasting :D yum.

xx

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- CommentAuthorPoppy x
Oh wow, I was wondering how on earth we'd find something as I don't like cake much, but now there are TONS of ideas! All of your cakes sound amazing!!

I found my cake years ago, but sadly the cake shop disappeared and the artists with it :( It was a proper fairytale, 4 tiers of woodland scenes propped up by trees, waterfalls... My ideal! Probably for the best as not sure H2B would be up for that haha! Not to mention the pricetag... Hmmm, now to think again...
- CommentAuthorLulu1388
I'm not a huge cake fan, i lick the bowl but thats about it haha.
Poppy, doesnt necessarily mean your ideal cake wont happen, you could take your ideas and speak with different cakemakers in your area and see what they're prices may be... or give them some key words and see what they come up with?! xx

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- CommentAuthorPoppy x
Sadly, due to budget restraints, I fancy my sister may be making our cake! Still, she's amazing at sugarcraft so may be able to mock something up - may be going for simpler too. But hmmm - flavours...?!

Lula, you're not the only one to lick the bowl either - best way to eat cake in my opinion hehehe!
- CommentAuthorJennyHeather
I think we are having 4 tiers, 3 tiers are cupcakes and the top tier is normal cake, don't know if it's going to be fruit or just plain sponge cake, but we are deciding that later on.
- CommentAuthorLulu1388
I was going to make my own to be honest as make the odd cake but don't think my stress levels and need for perfection could cope 2 days before the wedding!! I'm sure you will have a field day with your sister, espec if she's real good with sugarcraft!! flavours...endless! depends if you want traditional or not. see the look of ours will be traditional but then when you cut it, thats where tradition stops!!

haha indeed, i always lick the bowl, then when the cakes are cooked, if its a full cake and have to cut the top off to level it out, i eat the crumbs and crispy bits... if they are cupcakes, i use an ice cream scoop to put the mixture in the cases so that gets a cleaning afterwards too :D

x

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- CommentAuthorlizzylou
Cake!!!!! To I want Tiers do i want cupcakes! I have asked about this on hear before and no amount of discussing it seems to make me make up my mind. I was considering turning it over to h2b to decide but then i'm like "noooo he's get something really horrid and mega expensive" ! Eeek! Cake stress!!!!

Lizzy. x

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