6 inch cake

[laurack]

I was planning to make Matilda a Cake Saturday for her birthday. We aren't having a party though so there will be just four adults and my H is on a diet and probably would rather not eat cake. 

So making a whole cake for 3 adults and two toddlers seems silly. There will be a ton of leftover cake and I'd rather not have all that cake either taunting me or being thrown out.

is a 6 inch cake too small? Can I just half a regular recipe and bake it in a single six inch pan then cut that in half horizontally to make it a mini layer cake? (I only have one 6 inch pan and don't want to buy more. It's deep though)

[carawestt]

I think that's fine.

[ktstorm]

What about cupcakes? You could make a half recipe so you don't end up with too many.

[shevacc]

I have no idea about the 6" pan, but we did cupcakes for G's birthday. She was given a whole one (though she only actually licked the frosting off the top). It helped me that they were apportioned into "serving sizes" so I didn't eat a giant piece then go back for seconds. Instead I had a cupcake then went back for a second one...at least I stopped after 2?

[TrudyCampbell]

Eat the leftover cake.

[pinchofspice]

I think it's fine. Or just freeze the leftover cake. I do this a lot with cupcakes and eat them when I get desperate for a sweet.

[alicia45]

I made 4 layers of cake but only used 3. I wanted a 3 layer cake and the way they bake up in my oven, it's hard to split them. I still have the other layer wrapped up and frozen in my freezer. Maybe I'll break it out for Mother's Day and use it as my third layer.

[mscatra]

I made a 6" cake last year for Maggie's b-day and it was a good size for just the three of us.

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Mini AW-jack.  I was on Probecation last year when I made it

[laurack]

Thanks all! mscatra wow that came out amazing!!

[katie]

Apr 23, 2014 21:07:40 GMT -5 mscatra said:

I made a 6" cake last year for Maggie's b-day and it was a good size for just the three of us.

  

Mini AW-jack.  I was on Probecation last year when I made it

This is so pretty!!