Cake Wrap Size for an 8 Inch Square Cake
Cut the wrap 854 mm (33.6 in) long and 102 mm (4 in) tall for an 8 inch square tin (pan) under 5 mm of icing or frosting: 844 mm round the cake plus a 10 mm overlap at the back. On A4 icing sheets that prints as 5 strips on 3 A4 sheets.
Cut your wrap854 mm · 33.6 in
8 in along each side, 4 in tall, 5 mm of icing, 10 mm overlap.
How it prints on A4
5 strips on 3 A4 sheets, numbered in the order they go round the cake. Sheets with a peel tab take the same number, with the strips kept clear of it. Print at actual size, never “fit to page”.
By icing thickness
| Icing on the sides | Round the cake | Cut the wrap |
|---|---|---|
| Bare tin (no icing) | 813 mm | 823 mm (32.4 in) |
| 3 mm | 832 mm | 842 mm (33.1 in) |
| 5 mm | 844 mm | 854 mm (33.6 in) |
| 8 mm | 863 mm | 873 mm (34.4 in) |
By cake height
| Height | A4 sheets | US Letter sheets |
|---|---|---|
| 3 in tall | 2 (4 strips) | 2 (4 strips) |
| 4 in tall | 3 (5 strips) | 3 (5 strips) |
| 5 in tall | 3 (5 strips) | 3 (5 strips) |
| 6 in tall | 4 (4 strips) | 4 (4 strips) |
Measuring with a tape instead
Once the cake is iced, a soft tape measure round the middle is the most accurate: it is the length the wrap must be. Cut the wrap to that, plus 10 mm to overlap at the back. If your tape reads well over 844 mm, your icing is thicker than 5 mm; go by the tape.
Design it at this size
The cake wrap maker opens at exactly these sizes: drop in photos or a pattern, spin the cake in 3D, and print it split onto your sheets with cut lines and labels. Open a 8 inch square cake wrap.
Other cake sizes
Frequently Asked Questions
How long should a cake wrap be for an 8 inch square cake?
854 mm (33.6 in) under 5 mm of icing: 844 mm round the cake, plus 10 mm to overlap at the back. Measured with a tape round the iced cake instead, cut it to your measurement plus 10 mm.
Why not just 4 × 8 inches?
That is the bare tin: 813 mm. The icing makes the cake bigger, so a wrap cut to the tin comes up about 31 mm short at the back.
How many icing sheets for an 8 inch square cake wrap?
At 4 inches tall, 5 strips on 3 A4 sheets, or 5 strips on 3 US Letter sheets. The strips overlap where they join, so pipe a line or a border over each join.
Worked out with the same geometry and sheet planner as the CakeyTops cake wrap maker, so this page, the calculator and what prints always agree. Sheets planned for a Canon PIXMA TS705's published margins.