Would like to make a cake for a large group of people

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I am not a professional, but I have taken on the task for the first time, of making a cake for our department. Usually I make like everyone else for family or coworkers, serving 8 people or so. Maybe I am making a mistake by taking this project on, but everyone knows I do bake some wonderful cakes, so I thought why not. The cake must serve about 25 - 30 people.

I was thinking about doing a chiffon cake, does anybody have a recipe for such a large group of people. Or does anybody have anything they have done before and has wowed the crowd?

Thanks

 
It might be easier to make two cakes rather than trying to adjust recipes/pans

to make a huge one. Then you could show off times two and they would also have a choice, unless this is supposed to be a decorated "occasion" cake.

 
When she mentioned chiffon I was thinking that managing with enough

whipped egg whites for a cake that big in a home kitchen/mixer would be a pretty delicate operation unless the recipes were done individually.

 
How about a flourless chocolate cake type of thing? You need small slices, so a little bit goes

a long way! Make 2 cakes, and serve with freshly whipped cream or creme anglaise and some fresh berries. Two dense 9" or 10" cakes should give you at least 32 servings.

 
The Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake in T&T is another good choice-makes more servings than listed.

 
one note, I flip turn this cake back over again so that the top of the cake has the cookies on it

does this make sense?? if you just turn it out onto a serving plate, the bottom of the cake is now the top and not very pretty. I turn it one more time.

 
So I got inspired and made this last night, sans Oreos,used cinnamon streussel and a cut up Symphony

chocolate bar for the layers and topping. yum. this batter is so nice and makes such a nice tall cake. one note is I used only 5 eggs since they were quite large, and mine always takes longer to bake.

 
I make 2 cakes; ea in a 9x13 pan and then layer them into 1 cake or...

This way I don't need to go buy any new pans. This feeds quite a few people once it's iced. And if you really want it to feed a cast of thousands split the layers and you'll have a 4 layer sheet cake.

Or...
Other than that I've been known to make a trio of cakes - each one different and stage it like a tasting. If I do this I often like to bake in different shaped or sized pans (because I already own those) or make one a cheescake.

(I don't like making 2 because an odd number is visually more appealing when staging anything.)

 
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