I know the top tier is for you and your FH and is like maybe 6 servings. What about the next tier - anyone know? I'm guessing it will feed like 15?
SFAR89
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It depends on how many tiers you are having, and how many people you are looking to feed.
If you have 6 tiers, they get smaller as you go up, so you may not get the same pieced out of a cake that is 3 tiers. The top tier can be small or larger depending on the size of the overall cake.
How big is the cake you want?
kirstenjk
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I didn't do this but some people have a sheet cake made which is exactly the same as the wedding cake to feed more guests. You could have an elaborate cake make to cut but not serve.
RockysGirl
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it really depends on the size of it. I'm only having between 80 - 100 people and it's a 3 tier cake. The top layer obviously is reserved for FH & I to eat on our 1 year anniversary. So it's basically the other 2 tiers that are feeding everybody. So i don't know how the math is gonna work with that.
Bride908
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We had 5 tiers I think and they gave us the top 2!!
ETA - they also served the cake for 160 people
EsquireBride
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we will have about 80 guests and we will have a 3 tier cake - the caterer said this is way more than sufficient and if we added extra tiers it would just waste money because no one would be eating it.
dangell427
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i had a 4 tier cake the top is for DH and i and they made a small sheet cake to make sure all the guest would be fed and that didnt cost me any extra so i think it is common practice!
AllyDrew1108
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Duh, I should have said ... our cake is 4 tiers but that includes the tiny one at the top.
lucamon
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It really depends on the size of the cake. Some bakers make their tiers bigger than others. I originally wanted a 3 tier cake but my baker said for 120 ppl, I'll need a 4 tier cake. The top tier to bring home and the lower 3 tiers we all served. The slices where pretty small too.
jeffamanda080808
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Ours was 3 tiers and we only had 98 people there. The top tier came home with us, and they served pretty nice size slices so there wouldn't be any left over.
