Juicy Two and a half inches thick and 1400 calories - and they wonder why their eyelids need liposuction.
It will mulch best and have the best chance of redirecting the airflow for a good job when the grass is one and a half inches in length.
Wilton recommends moving two inches in from the outer edge of the cake, and then slicing pieces that are about one and a half inches thick.
So each piece would be one and half inches wide, two inches long, and the height of the full cake (unless the cake has more than one tier).
There are single and double-bloom varieties, and the flowers are small, usually about one and a half inches in diameter.