I just finished up a three tiered cake and was wondering if I am charging to much. It is a 12,10,8 filled with strawberry filling. Buttercream frosting with scroll work and a ribbon on the bottom of each layer.

How much are you charging?

I guess that I left that part out. I am charging $150.00

Assuming these layers are round and not square, the 12-10-8 would give 90 servings, for which I would charge $225 ($2.50 per for BC). If these were square tiers (124 servings), it would be $310. It seems as though you charged about $1.67 (or $1.38 for squares), which is way too little, in my opinion! Does that even cover your materials and electricity?

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Hi there, It seems to me you may not have charged enough. What's the price per serving in your area? I charge $2.00 a serving. What do you usually charge per serving? Did you use a chart to know how many servings were in your cake? I use the wilton wedding cake chart to know how many servings and then I charge accordingly.

sandeeb

According to my chart,wedding cake sizes, your cake would be 120
servings.

sandeeb

Yeah I usually go off of the wilton chart. This is a round cake. It was also my first cake that was not for a family or friend. So it was the first cake that i didn't stay at the party.

Yep, That's way too low. You should check what custom cake prices are in your area.

In the time I've been on CC, whenever I see the question "Did I charge too much?", the answer is usually "no". Whenever I see the question, "did I undercharge?", the answer is usually "yes". So rest assured you are normal and just like the rest of us when we first start pricing.

Yes, I agree this was low.

Yep, low. I start at $6.50 per serving and its about to go up.