I was at a friend's house this morning picking up her Passover order and her father had flown in for a surprise visit. So she introduces us, referring to me as "THE" baker. So he asks if I make sponge cake (a traditional Passover favorite), to which I reply thet of course I make sponge cake. Okay, so now he asks if I can make one by tonight because he's leaving in the morning. I explain that my kitchen hasn't been turned over for Passover yet, but he doesn't keep kosher, so he says that's fine, but actually can you make two? Okay, so now I need to figure out what to charge.

Oh, by the way I just came back from scraping the overflow of the second cake off the bottom of my oven...it was actually on fire! Hopefully I am venting (the fan, not the post) enough that the cake won't taste burnt??? Am I going to have to crank out another one by tonight?

So, back to my original question, how do I figure out how to charge for this?

Thanks,
Kathi

Can't help but will bump

No idea, but here's another bump!

Don't have any idea! Don't you hate when one becomes two and you aren't even sure you wanted to do 1.

What do you normally charge for cakes? Do you have to frost them or decorate?

Well, my cake fell apart when I turned it over to cool. I probably had the oven door open too long when I was cleaning up the mess. So, now I have a third one in the oven!

These cakes don't get frosted. He wants to take them back and freeze them for Passover. They are often serve with fruit or a fruit sauce.

As for what I normally charge, well, I'm still fairly new to the cake decorating part of everything. I've only sold a few cakes before. I'm selling a bunch of cakes for Passover, but I wasn't selling a sponge cake because I thought everyone knows how to make one. Anyway, ingredients wise I have invested about $10.00. I'm going to run out for boxes, and I have invested 1/2 hour mixing time, 2 1/2 hours baking time, 2 1/2 hours cooling time, 1/2 hour cleanup. Obviously, I am not including anything to do with my flaming disaster. I was thinking $25.00 each, but I'm not sure if that is too high or not.

Kathi