How big is your cake, and how many does it serve?

I can't remember the tier sizes, but we had 4 tiers and a half sheet cake in the back to feed 220 guests and didn't have one piece left over. I think I overshot the head count and told her 230 servings.

Wow! @maltese Did you save the top tier, or did they eat that, too?

We're having 3 tiers and a kitchen cake. We're expecting around 110 people (include me and FH).

We never wanted to save the top tier...having something like that in my freezer for a year would drive me nuts! And the people I've known that have done it said it tasted awful...our cake baker gave up a gift certificate for a small cake on our anniversary and I'll just do that

We're not saving ours either. I actually want some of the bottom tier to take home and eat the next day. lol I sure hope we have a little left over!

Ruth, do you know how big your tiers are going to be?

We're have a 5 tier cake for 150 people. We are saving the top tier for our first anniversary. My cake might be a little bit bigger than the norm though because my cake is a gift from a mutual baker friend. Here's a guide to how many tiers you need for the amount of servings you need.

We left on our honeymoon the day after the wedding, so having left over cake wasn't an option for us, although I wish it was now.

Our cake serves 180 and its a 4 round tier cake...Each tier is 6" high. The cake on display is fake though. Only a small part is real, the part we're cutting into.

Edit: The tiers are 16" 13" 10" 7"

We're having a 3 tiered cake, a carved grooms cake and a sheet cake to feed 200 guests.

We invited 150 guests. Our baker said to avoid extra cake, subtract like 20% and that is how much your cake should serve. We have a 4 tier cake- our tiers are 12", 10", 8" and 6". The top tier is our "anniversary" tier and we'll be saving it. The cake serves 120 guests when reserving the top tier, and we have 131 people invited. If we want to serve the top tier, the cake will serve 130.

View Quoted Comment My mother in law and i were JUST talkingbabout this. Im with you though. It eould drive me insane, would likely get crushed and im honestly not sure if i would wanna eat it knowing its been chillin in my freezer for a year. I dont know.