I have a really good client who owns a birthday theme company.She always orders her cakes through me...she is trying to get into the decorating party for kids and wants me to supply her with undecorated cupcakes.

What would you charge?


Laurel

Are you providing the buttercream or just an unfrosted cupcake?

Is this an exclusive contract you'll have with her?

No I don't have a contract she is just inquiring about prices.They are to be plain undecorated..no icing!

I think you should figure your cost of ingredients, and add a charge for labor... You won't be spending too much time if you're only baking... So you have any idea of your cost?

I guess I'll have to figure that out!I use cake mixes and I would have to add the eggs and oil and the cupcake liners..other than that...I don't really know how to calculate cost with ingredients...

cake mix.....$1.97
eggs 3....50 cents..I'm guessing
oil ....about 50 cents..again guessing
cupcake liners 99 cents for 50

now how would I calculate?


Laurel

I did this for a friend's little gir's birthday party. I charged $1/cupcake and supplied the BC in a disposable plastic containger. Of course she also ordered 2 other cakes for the school party and actual birthday party too...... But I thought that was fair.....very little effort on my part and the kids really had fun! Of course my prices are lower than many others on CC in general.

Don't forget to figure in your time to make and utilities costs when figuring out how much those cc's cost to make

for 24 cc's:
mix: 1.97
eggs: .50
oil: .50
30 minutes prep/cook: 5.00 (or more depending on how much you think your time is worth)
utilities: 3.00 (guess)
that totals up to 10.97 or .45 per cc.

cost is 10.97, if sold for $1 each you'd make $13.03

how many pans do you have, can you do 48 cc's at a time in your oven? that would cut down on your costs.

for 50 cc's:
mix: 3.94
eggs: 1.00
oil: 1.00
30 minutes prep/cook: 5.00 (or more depending on how much you think your time is worth)
utilities: 3.00 (guess)
that totals up to 13.94 or .29 per cc.

cost is 13.94, if sold for $1 each you'd make $34.06

Does that make sense? or did I just confuse you more?

no...that doesn't confuse me at all...makes sense.I now have a guide to help me!Thankyou soo much for the help!!