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
7" hexagonal tin
8" hexagonal tin
9" hexagonal tin
10" hexagonal tin

11" hexagonal tin
12" hexagonal tin

Board Size

8" hexagonal board
9" 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