Hexagonal
Just to confuse us all - while the tins are manufactured and measured point to point, the boards are made and measured side to side. You also have to remember that because the tins are measured point to point, they come up slightly smaller than the round tins listed of the same size. To make life a little easier, I have listed the tins, boards & boxes required for single & tiered cakes. This is just a guide and allows approx 1.5" of board around each cake, which is perfect for most designs using fruit cakes. If you are making sponge cakes and want less board showing, drop down an inch on the boards.
| Tin Size 6" hexagonal tin 11" hexagonal tin | Board Size 8" hexagonal board 10" hexagonal board 11" hexagonal board 12" hexagonal board 13" hexagonal board 14" hexagonal board | Box Size 10" box 11" box 12" box 13" box 14" box 15" box 16" box |
For Tiered Cakes
Two tiers
Our recommendation using 7" and 11" tins or for a larger cake 8" and 12" tins
Three tiers
Our recommendation using 7", 9" and 11" tins or for larger cake 8", 10" and 12" tins.
Four tiers
Our recommendation using 6", 8", 10" and 12" tins.
For Stacked cakes
When stacking cakes together on top of each other you need a large drum for the bottom tier and hardboards the same size as the cakes for any tiers above. As per the guide below:
| 7" hexagonal tin 8" hexagonal tin 9" hexagonal tin 10" hexagonal tin 11" hexagonal tin | 6" hex hardboard 7" hex hardboard 8" hex hardboard 9" hex hardboard 11" hexagonal tin |

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