Eight-inch cakes originated in the west, and then slowly spread to China. Although most cake shops now use inches as the unit of measurement, the diameter of an eight-inch cake is still 20 cm. According to the fact that one inch is equal to 0.762 inch, it is 25.4 mm when converted into centimeters, 8×25.4 mm = 203.2 mm for an eight-inch cake, and 20 cm when converted into centimeters.

An eight-inch cake is suitable for 3-5 people. If measured by weight, it is equivalent to two pounds, which is about 900 grams. In addition, eight-inch cakes have square and rectangular shapes besides circles.

It should be noted that because different brands and types of cakes may use different materials, their shapes and sizes will also be different. In addition, for some birthday cakes with patterns or characters, the actual size may be reduced.

Types of cakes

1, cream cake: As the name implies, all kinds of cream are added to the cake embryo, which tastes both soft and delicate, especially for the small partners who like cream, and have no resistance to cream cake. For example, today's birthday cake is a kind of cream cake. Usually, there are all kinds of cream cakes in the store.

2. Mu Si cake: made of Mu Si and cake. For example, matcha Mu Si and Tiramisu, which everyone likes to eat, all belong to Mu Si cake. The whole floor is covered with Mu Si, and there will be some cake embryos on the bottom floor. It tastes good and delicate, and it is a very popular cake taste now.

3, the original cake: in fact, it is what everyone calls the old cake. There are not too many complicated ingredients in the original cake, only milk, eggs and flour. The cake has the smell of milk and eggs, and tastes soft, which is popular in Xian Yi, young and old. The original cake is also the cake embryo that must be used to make cream cake.