Cake size

Here's a rough guide to help you decide the size of cake you'll need. You should also bear in mind that if serving the cake as a dessert (large slice) then the number of portions shown below will be fewer.

If you have a large number of guests to cater for, you could choose to have a plain iced cake out of sight, this can save you money by lowering the cost of the larger more intricate cake.

Sponge Cake

Fruit Cake

Other shapes are available. Hexagons, octagons and heart shapes give approximately the same number of portions as a round cake of the same size.