Tiered cake question

CupcakeLady041709

I was thinking about making a two tiered cake for my son's birthday but I am a little stumped about how to go about it.

I wanted to make a double layer 8 inch round cake that would go on top of a 10 inch square double layer cake. My question is, I would have to make more batter for the 10 inch cakes, correct? I would imagine it would look odd otherwise. How do you know how much extra batter to make?

Sorry, these are probably stupid questions! Thanks for your help though 

 Edit: Corrected title

BridgetMc

I think you're going to have to do some geometry. 

The area of a 10-inch square cake is 10 x 10 = 100 square inches.

The area of an 8-inch round cake is  3.14 x 4 x 4 = 50.24.

So you'd need twice as much batter for the 10-inch cakes if you want them to be the same height as the 8-inch cakes.

CupcakeLady041709

Thank you for doing the math for me - it has never been my strong suit lol!

Pecswife

There are websites that do it for you

 http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-wedding-cake-2-inch-pans.cfm

 http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-party-cake-3-inch-pans.cfm

 http://www.bakedecoratecelebrate.com/techniques/amountbakingguide.cfm

 

CupcakeLady041709

Pecswife:

There are websites that do it for you

 http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-wedding-cake-2-inch-pans.cfm

 http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/baking-party-cake-3-inch-pans.cfm

 http://www.bakedecoratecelebrate.com/techniques/amountbakingguide.cfm

 

Thank you so much! I was all over the Wilton website and somehow missed it. 

Telly21182

I am so glad you posted this.  I'm making my first tiered cake for my son's baptism next month and hadn't even thought about that yet!