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Cake box with handle sizes

A cake box with handle is the bakery box you carry home by its arch: cupcakes, a small cake, a few pastries. There is no standard size list for this shape, so here are the sizes bakery suppliers sell, from a single cupcake to a box of pastries.

Size chart by what goes in

ForLength × width × heightDieline
One cupcake
A cupcake or a muffin
102 × 102 × 102 mm
4.0 × 4.0 × 4.0
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Two cupcakes
Side by side
178 × 102 × 102 mm
7.0 × 4.0 × 4.0
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Small cake
A bento cake, a few pastries
120 × 120 × 120 mm
4.7 × 4.7 × 4.7
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Cake slices
Two slices, a tall dessert
150 × 100 × 150 mm
5.9 × 3.9 × 5.9
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Pastries
A few pastries or cake slices
200 × 130 × 90 mm
7.9 × 5.1 × 3.5
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Large pastry box
A tray of pastries
260 × 170 × 90 mm
10.2 × 6.7 × 3.5
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Typical sizes, not a standard: every bakery's box is a little different, and the height is the walls, under the handle.

How to measure

  • Length: side to side across the front, crease to crease.
  • Width: front to back, across the sides that carry the handle.
  • Height: the walls, from the bottom to the flat top. The handle stands above it, so the cake can go right up to the top.
  • Add a few millimetres all round, so the cake goes in without touching the walls.

Which board?

The default is 0.5 mm paperboard, the board bakery boxes are made of; a heavy cake wants a thicker board, up to 2 mm. The board doesn't change the sizes you enter: it only moves the relief cuts, the slits the handle goes through and the bottom's lock.

Which bottom?

The self-locking bottom is glued once and pops into place when you open the box, so it is quick behind the counter. The snap lock bottom needs no glue at all: you fold its four flaps in by hand, and it ships flat.

Need a flat cake box with a fold-over lid, or a carry box with a handle along the top? Have a look at the cake box sizes and the gable box sizes.

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