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Cakes can be described or categorised on the basis of their different physical forms. Cakes can vary in sizes according to the number of people they are catering. They can be very small catering just to one person or they can be as big as wedding cake catering to hundred’s of people in a social gathering.

Some of the common cake shapes we are going to discuss now.

A cake baked in a pan that is flat and rectangular in shape is known as a sheet cake. The size of the pan may vary according to the number of people the cake is being made for. The pans used for making sheet cakes are known as jelly roll pans or sheet pans. In United States, the sheet cakes are freely available at all grocery stores as they are not very expensive. Sheet cakes are single layered cakes which are beautifully frosted and are well decorated with crytallised fruits on the surface that is flat on the top of the sheet cake.

These sheet cakes are served at birthday parties and can be offered in office at lunch too. Sheet cakes can be made with vanilla or chocolate flavors as these flavors are the most common ones. Other flavors can also be used depending on individual choice. Additional ingredients or garnishings like nuts, coconut or chocolate chips can be added to the cake batter initially or can be grated and sprinkled on the flat ckae surface once it is complete. If sheet cakes split they then become layer cakes.

A cake consisting of many layers one on top of the other are popularly known as layer cakes. The multiple layers of the layer cakes are held or jammed together by a fillin of different types of jams or preservatives or by frosting. Mostly all cake recipies can be converted into layer cakes. The most common cakes that can be made into layer cakes are sponge cakes and butter cakes. Layer cakes are often not decorated as the beauty of the cake is the visibility of the different layers of the cake itself. But layer cakes can be decorated by frosting if people wish to. Most of the cakes made for weddings are delicious layer cakes which are beautifully decorated. Carrot cakes, black forest cakes, red velvet cakes and german chocolate cakes are popular combinations for layer cakes having an ultimate combination of different flavors.

A fairy cake, or more commonly known as a cup cake in United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa, is a cake which is so small that it is just served to one person. These are like muffins and are generally baked in a thin paper cup, pottery cups, molds or ramekins, small enough so that it serves only one person. Frosting and sprinkling of other cake decorations are also done on cup cakes to make them look more attractive and delicious. A variant of cup cake is butterfly cake. Butterfly cakes can be made of any flavors.