Box for a 6-inch cake
Cake box with window
- Sized for
- 6-inch round layer cake
- Product
- Ø152.4 × 101.6 mm (estimate)
- Inside
- 164 × 164 × 117 mm
- Board
- FBB / GC2 board 400 gsm (0.55 mm)
- Blank
- 399 × 595 mm
Make this box About the cake box with window
Folded shut and measured in 3D: the cavity is 164 × 164 × 116.5 mm and the product block fits without touching the board. Free to open and change; €2.50 for the PDF, €3.50 for the DXF or SVG.
Why these numbers
A two-layer cake from a 6 × 2 inch pan is about 102 mm high. 6 mm each side lets you lower it in on a cake board, and 15 mm above leaves room for piping. The window in the lid shows the cake.
Food. If the food touches the board, ask your board supplier for food-contact grade board. The drawing sets the shape; it does not make the board food-safe.
Every size on this page is an example to start from. Products change between models, editions and makers, so measure the one you are packing.
Where the product size comes from
A 6-inch cake: from the manufacturer's published specification.
“6 x 2 in. (15 x 5 cm)”
wilton.com
The flat blank
- Takeaway box: a glued corner tray with a lid hinged on its back wall. The lid closes down over the outside of the base.
- The back wall is 117.5 mm, one board higher than the inside height plus half a board, so the lid lies flat on the wall tops.
- The lid side walls stand 0.1 mm clear of the base; at the front the lid is one board wider (1.3 mm) because its corner tabs sit between the two front walls.
- The lid reaches 30 mm down the base walls. It holds by friction; a sticker on the front keeps it shut in transport.
- All six corner tabs need glue.
- Window 114 x 114 mm in the lid, 25 mm in from the inside of the walls. Glue a sheet of clear film behind it, on the inside of the lid, overlapping the opening by about 10 mm.
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