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Cake box
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The real blank at this size, folded by the same engine as the studio. The artwork is a sample from a fictional brand — swap in your own in the editor.

DM-CAKE-BOX-01Food

Cake box dieline

The one-piece bakery box: lock corners without glue and a hinged lid that tucks in at the front. A parametric template — change the length, width and height and every panel, tuck and glue flap is redrawn to match.

Inside254 × 254 × 127 mm
Outside258 × 255 × 128 mm
Flat blank616.1 × 813 mm
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Reference
DM-CAKE-BOX-01
Inside size
Length 254 · Width 254 · Height 127 mm
Size range
Length 60–600 · Width 60–600 · Height 30–300 mm
Manufacturing
257.5 × 254.5 × 127.5 mm score to score · inside vs outside sizes
Parts
One blank
Board area
0.415 m² · about 1 up on a 720 × 1020 mm sheet
Default board
SBS white board 350 g · 0.5 mm caliper
Board options
SBS 350Kraft 350FBB 400SBS 300E-flute WE-flute KF-fluteSBS 18 pt
Good for
cake boxbakery boxpastry boxcupcake boxpie boxdonut boxdoughnutlock cornerone piecehinged lid

The flat dieline

Exactly what the downloads contain, drawn from the template at its default size, with a 3 mm bleed. How to read a dieline.

  • Reverse crease
  • Crease
  • Cut
  • Bleed 3 mm
Cake box flat dieline with cut and crease lines

How the blank is sized

Score-to-score panel sizes of this DM-CAKE-BOX-01 blank at the default size, with the formula each one follows. L, W and H are the inside dimensions; T is the board caliper (0.5 mm for SBS white board 350 g). Change the size or board in the editor and every panel is recalculated.

PanelSize (mm)Formula
Base257.5 × 254.5L + 2·DC + T × W + T
Front257.5 × 127.3L + 2·DC + T × H + T/2
Back257.5 × 127.5L + 2·DC + T × H + T
Left end127 × 254.5W + T × H
Left end roll1.5 × 253.5–
Left end lock flap50.8 × 253.5–
Right end127 × 254.5W + T × H
Right end roll1.5 × 253.5–
Right end lock flap50.8 × 253.5–
Corner web ×4126.8 × 127– × H
Corner web ×4179.3 × 89.8–
Lid257.5 × 253.8L + 2·DC + T × W − T/2
Lid ear ×2126.5 × 252.3H − T × –
Front tuck252.5 × 50–

Adjustable in the editor

Beyond the size and board, this structure exposes 7 options; the template and 3D preview follow each change.

  • Front tuck depthmm
  • Lid earson / off
  • Lid ear depthmm
  • Lock flap heightmm
  • Windowon / off
  • Thumb notchon / off
  • Food contacton / off

Ready-sized cake box presets

The same structure with sizes, boards and options set for a use.

All 20 cake box templates

Similar structures

Other structures built in a similar way, matched on code family, category, closures and proportions.

All food templates

Make this cake box yours

Open it in the editor to set your size, drop artwork on each face, check bleed and safe areas, and export print-ready PDF with the dieline on its own layer — or stage it in a 3D scene for a mockup.