Pearl Cakes Information

Edible Pearls Instructions are here if you would like to make your own.

Soft and Hard Edible Pearls are available here if you would like to purchase them.

Pearls #1 Cake  -  Instructions available on the shopping cart. 

From the top - Approximate number of pearls needed for the Pearls #1 Cake.
Layer 1 - 6" round - 20-4MM, 30-5MM, 30-6MM, 20-7MM, 20-8MM, 15-9MM and 10-11MM
Layer 2 - 10" round - 4-4MM, 80-5MM, 8-6MM, 4-7MM, 8-8MM
Layer 3 - 14" round - Diamond Mat - 125-6MM and 30-4MM in the centers of the croses
Layer 4 - 18" round - Debbie Pattern - 40-5MM, 60-5MM, 60-7MM, 20-8MM, 40-9MM, 20-10MM and 40-11MM
Layer 5 - 22" round - line mat pattern - 20-6MM, 20-7MM, 20-8MM, 20-9MM, 40-10MM, 20-11MM, 20-12M

Pearls for cakes that are normally 4 inches tall using the diamond mat or 1" dot pattern
Using the cake serving chart which gives you the circumference of each size pan.  You will need approximately 4 to 5 pearls per inch to put a pearl at each intersection. 
example -  a 10 inch cake has a 32 inch circumference so you would need 128 to160 pearls (depending on how many you drop in the floor and if you put one at the top edge of the cake under the top border)

4 inch tall cakes using the 1" dot or the diamond pattern with a pearl at each intersection -  You will need the number of pearls listed in the darker grey column below.  Using the 3/4" dot mat use the lighter columns

Sizes of
Cakes

 Shape

# Prls
per 1"

Diam.
of pan

 Pearls
Needed		 #Prls
per 1"		 Pearls
Needed		  

Sizes
of
Cakes

Shape # Prls per 1"

Diam. of pan

 #Pearls
Needed 		#Prls per 1" Pearls Needed
Using 1" dot or diamond mats Using 3/4 dot mat   Using 1" dot or diamond mats Using 3/4 dot mat
6 X 4 round

5

 19 95 7 133   6 X 4 square 5 24 120 7 168
7 X 4 round 5 23 115 7 161   8 X 4 square 5 32 160 7 224
8 X 4 round 5 25 125 7 175   9 X 4 square 5 36 180 7 252
9 X 4 round 5 22 145 7 203   10 X 4 square 5 40 200 7 280
10 X 4 round 5

29

 160 7 224   12 X 4 square 5 48 240 7 336
11 X 4 round 5 32 175 7 245   14 X 4 square 5 56 280 7 392

12 X 4

round 5 35 190 7 2 66  

16 X 4

 square 5 64 320 7 448
13 X 4 round 5 38 205 7 287   18 X 4 square 5 72 360 7 504
14 X 4 round 5 41 225 7 315                
15 X 4 round 5 45 240 7 336   9 X 13 X 4 rectangle 5 44 220 7 308
16 X 4 round 5 48 255 7 357   11 X 15 X 4 rectangle 5 52 260 7 364
17 X 4 round 5 51 270 7 378   12 X 18 X 4 rectangle 5 60 300 7 420
18 X 4 round 5 54 285 7 399                

Cakes that are 5 inches tall will use 6 pearls per inch.

My personal preference for this diamond pattern is to use 5MM or 6MM pearls  with 4MM in the centers of the crosses (if you use those).

 

Bottom pearl borders use the pearls strips done with the CK bead makers. 


Use powdered sugar kneaded into the fondant to firm it up when making these 6"strips of pearls.

Pearls #8 scollop pearls are the 6MM CK beadmaker strip pearls. 

About me / Business Articles / Cake Show Cakes / Chat Info / Class information /  
Contact Me / Home Page / Groom's Cakes  / Links /
Lubbock,TX Cake Club  /  Pearl Instructions  / Recipes / Shopping Cart   /
Special Info / Special Occasion Cakes /   Table of Contents with Links  /  
Upcoming Events  /  Wedding Cakes  / What's New "Sweet Stuff"