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Serving Calculator
How much cake a crowd actually needs.
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How much cake does a crowd eat?
Catering maths fails in both directions: the mountain of leftover cake and the platter that empties in ten minutes. This calculator works from the standard portions caterers use — about one standard slice per guest for a served dessert, more, smaller pieces for a buffet where people graze — and turns a guest count into portions, then into the cakes that provide them.
Worth knowing
Appetite is the variable no calculator holds: a wedding crowd after a full dinner takes the standard slice; teenagers at 4 p.m. do not. Round up for mixed crowds, and remember a second, smaller cake in a different flavour disappears faster than a single large one.