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Hexagonal - thin, hardboard & drum boards

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 Inch 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.

Size of Tin

Box Required

6 - 8 Inch hexagonal board
7 - 9 Inch hexagonal board
8 -10 Inch hexagonal board
9 -11 Inch hexagonal board
10 - 12 Inch hexagonal board
11 - 13 Inch hexagonal board
12 - 14 Inch hexagonal board

10 Inch box
11 Inch box
12 Inch box
13 Inch box
14 Inch box
15 Inch box
16 Inch box

Two - Four Tiers:

Two tiers I would recommend using 7 inch and 11 inch tins or for a larger cake 8 Inch and 12 inch tins.
Three tiers I would recommend using 7 inch, 9 inch and 11inch tins or for larger cake 8 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch tins.
Four tiers I would recommend using 6 inch, 8 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch tins.

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.

Size of Tin	Board Required
7 Inch hexagonal tin 8 Inch hexagonal tin 9 Inch hexagonal tin 10 Inch hexagonal tin 11 Inch hexagonal tin	6 Inch hex hardboard 7 Inch hex hardboard 8 Inch hex hardboard 9 Inch hex hardboard 10 Inch hex hardboard