Layer Cake Postcards

The square format sits between an invitation, a keepsake note and a mailer, and at 2.5" x 2.5" it fits inside a gift box or a shipping sleeve. To compare Layer Cake with the rest of the lineup, browse every style on postcards printing, or build yours from the choices below.

A set of 50 costs $25.60, about 51 cents a card, enough to test the feel with one event's guest list. A run for every order you ship in a year climbs the same 15 tiers to 5,000 and costs far less per card. Each tier below shows the live set total and what the step up saves.

What Are Layer Cake Postcards

Layer Cake Postcards are heavyweight, square-format postcards printed full color in 4 sizes, from a 2.5" x 2.5" square up to a 4" x 4", on any of 8 stocks that run from 32pt up to a thick 80pt. People reach for them when a flimsy mailer would get tossed: premium invitations, save-the-dates, appointment reminders, loyalty cards, gift enclosures, and thank-you inserts for online orders. The thick square card suits pieces you want kept on a fridge or a desk. If you want a lighter everyday mailer, the standard Standard Postcards cover that, and the Layer Cake is the version you order for weight.

What Size Should a Layer Cake Postcard Be

Pick the size by how much the card has to say. The 2.5" x 2.5" default fits a logo, a short line and a QR code. A 3" x 3" holds an invitation or a menu card, and a 4" x 4" reads like a small board on a table. The 3" x 4" runs portrait for a taller layout. If none of those is exactly right, a custom size up to 4" x 4" is made to order. The specs panel below lists all 4 sizes and both orientations.

Stock, ink and layout decide how a Layer Cake postcard lands.

Pick a stock that feels like more

The UltraWhite Uncoated Cover comes in 32pt, 48pt, 64pt and 80pt, for a clean matte face with board-like weight that takes pen and stamp well. For a brighter, smoother face, the Gloss Cover runs 40pt, 56pt and 72pt. And for a subtle shimmer, the 26pt Metallic Pearl Ice reflects light with a pearlescent sheen. Every stock ships with a Standard Finish, so you choose by weight and surface.

Put both sides to work

You set the ink coverage to match the job. Print 4/0 for full color on the front with a blank back, choose 4/1 to add black on the back for an address block or a short note, or go 4/4 for full color on both sides when the back is doing as much work as the front. A 4/4 card can carry a photo on one side and the event details on the other.

Design it without a designer

Start from one of thousands of free, professionally built layouts in our postcard design templates, then change the colors, copy and logo in the online editor in minutes. A 2.5 inch square holds one image and one line of type, so choose the single message you want kept.

If you already have artwork, skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank Layer Cake postcard template is built at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Layer Cake Postcards Cost

Layer Cake Postcards start at $25.60 per set of 50, and the per-postcard price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 5,000, so the run size sets the cost per card. A set of 300 is $93.37, 900 run $244.93, and a full 5,000-card run lands at $1,089.93, roughly 22 cents each. Set your guest list or yearly order count on the slider below to read the set total and the per-card cost.

How Do You Proof and How Fast Can You Get Them

Before anything prints, you decide how carefully to check the file. Straight To Production sends the job through fastest, a Free Online Proof lets you confirm layout and color on screen at no cost, and a Next Day Hardcopy Proof puts a physical sample in your hands first. That hardcopy proof is worth it on a heavier stock, where thickness changes how the ink reads. Once approved, standard production runs 5 business days, and when a date sneaks up you can move to 4-day, 3-day, 2-day, next-day, or even same-day production. Order by the cutoff for the fastest speeds, and 99.8% of 4OVER4 orders land on time with 82% shipping early.

How Do Layer Cake Postcards Compare to the Rest of the Range

If you are weighing Layer Cake Postcards against a bold black core, a natural kraft face or an even thicker pearl stock, the chart below lines up the closest siblings with the starting price of each.

See How a Finished Layer Cake Postcard Lands

The gallery below collects square postcards our own customers printed in-house, across different sizes, stocks and ink setups, so you can see how gloss, pearl and uncoated faces read on a thick card and borrow ideas. Tap any print to see it larger.

See the Rest of Our Postcards

Layer Cake Postcards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a black-core card, a kraft face or a heavier pearl stock suits the job better, each option shows its own starting price and links to its product page.

Print Your Layer Cake Postcards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock, or ink coverage you pick, each Layer Cake postcard ships on the stock weight you chose. Need them before a launch or an event? Our same-day production keeps you covered. Print your Layer Cake postcards today.