So you've booked the day and need to order the cake! The table below is a guide to help you decide what size cake you would need to feed your guests. You also need to decide whether you will be serving the cake as dessert or as an extra gift to your guests.
If you have a particularly large number of guests to cater for, some brides choose to order a "cutting cake" which is a plain iced cake to feed the extra guests, this stays in the kitchen and can bring the price of a larger cake down.
Fruit Cake
| Size | Shape | Gift Portion (1" x 1") |
| 6" | Round | 22 |
| 6" | Square | 27 |
| 7" | Round | 30 |
| 7" | Square | 40 |
| 8" | Round | 40 |
| 8" | Square | 54 |
| 9" | Round | 54 |
| 9" | Square | 70 |
| 10" | Round | 68 |
| 10" | Square | 90 |
| 11" | Round | 86 |
| 11" | Square | 112 |
| 12" | Round | 100 |
| 12" | Square | 134 |
Sponge Cake
| Size | Shape | Gift Portions (1" x 2") | Dessert Portions (2" x 2") |
| 6" | Round | 11 | 5 |
| 6" | Square | 14 | 7 |
| 7" | Round | 15 | 7 |
| 7" | Square | 20 | 10 |
| 8" | Round | 20 | 10 |
| 8" | Square | 27 | 13 |
| 9" | Round | 27 | 13 |
| 9" | Square | 35 | 17 |
| 10" | Round | 34 | 17 |
| 10" | Square | 45 | 22 |
| 11" | Round | 43 | 21 |
| 11" | Square | 56 | 27 |
| 12" | Round | 50 | 25 |
| 12" | Square | 67 | 33 |