I am wondering what to charge for this cake... What would you charge... It is a buttercream, smoothed, not fondant.

I am just trying to figure out what to charge.

Thanks

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It is the 2007 Tlaquepaque Calla Lillies

Thanks once again!!

Do you know if you would be using real calla lillies or gumpaste ones?

Depends on how much it cost, and how much profit you want to make.

Mike

I'm guessing anywhere from $3.50 to $4.00 a slice, plus the flowers.

I'm glad you guys told me. Do you know how many wedding cakes I have seen with REAL calla lillies?!

Is that a 6", 10" and a 14" ??

Number of servings x Your charge/serving = Cost

Don't forget to add in delivery, equipment rental, are you getting the silk flowers, or are they, "fancy" fillings, ie, not plain BC, any other costs, and headache charges in your charge/serving. If that's over $4/serving, that's just fine. Whatever works for you.

Headache charges are what I call the 3am cake breakdowns

Gorgeous cake! Have fun!

One florist that I dealt with told the bride and groom "well, the flowers are only going to be on the cake for a couple of hours...which really isn't enough time to cause any damage. And you know, your cake has that fondant stuff on it and no one eats that part and that's where the flowers will be. Cake people just like to tell you about this stuff so they can charge you more for their sugar ones".
Yeah....that went over well. Needless to say, they went with the sugar ones.

They don't have to know... they just make things that look pretty and don't deal with food type things. Now I personally think thet *should* know, but that's just me.

African Violet
Amarylis
Anemone
Anthurium
Arum Lilies
Autumn Crocus
Azalea
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet
Black-eyed Susan
Bleeding Heart
Bluebell
Buttercup
Caladium
Calla Lily
Carnation pink family
Carolina Jasmine
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemum
Clematis
Crocus
Daffodil
Daphne
Delphinium
Four Oclock
Foxglove
Fuchsia
Gardenia
Gloriosa Lily
Goldenseal
Holly Berry
Honesty
Hoya
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Hypericum
Iceland Poppy
Iris
Ivy
Jasmine
Jessamine
Jonquil
Laburnum
Lantana
Larkspur
Lily family
Lily of the Valley
Lobelia
Lupins
Marsh Marigold
Mistletoe
Monkshood
Morning Glory
Narcissus
Nightshade
Oak
Ohio Buckeye
Oleander
Oriental Poppy
Periwinkle
Philodendron
Poinsettia
Primula
Privet
Rhododendron
Rock Poppy
Snowdrop
Spring Adonis
Star of Bethlehem
Sunflower
Sweet Pea
Tobacco
Trumpet Vine
Tulip
Virginia Creeper
Water Hemlock
Wild Cherry
Windflower
Wisteria
Wolfsbane
Yellow Allamanda
Yellow Oleander

All of these are considered to be toxic flowers... and there are more. This is my I try to talk everyone into sugar flowers. Not to mention that most flowers you will get from the florist will be treated with pesticides and fertilizers. It's just safer to not chance it.

As for that cake... it looks like a 6-9-12... that's 100 servings... so I would start it at $500.00 plus the flowers... callas I'd charge $5 each since they are UBER easy to make. There looks to be about 16-18 callas on that cake so add $80-90.00 to that price plus delivery.

Saving that list, but I'll have to look up what a lot of those flowers look like, I don't know the names of a lot of flowers.

just curious what about organic flowers? could those be put on a cake?

Some of those I knew were poisonous. I don't put real flowers on any cake. It's jsut my preference. If they choose to go with real flowers, they gotta have the florist handle that. If you guys are telling some florist don't even know which ones may be posionous, I may have to add another clause to my contract.

Thank you so much for the list. Fortunately, I have only used roses but I, too, would feel terrible if I made someone sick.

Thank you very much for the list, saving it.

They will be fake flowers on the cake... Dose anyone have any prices for me... she said the most she wants to spend is 200.00. Each layer on the cake is 2 layers of cake and she wants a different flavor for each Tier. I have never done a wedding cake before

Thanks

Cakes are sold by the serving, how many servings does she need?

Well I gave you a price in my post...

$5/serving is what I charge. How many servings is she looking for? That cake looks like a 6-9-12 (maybe a 6-10-14) so it's at least 100 servings. Generally you find out how many servings they will need and calculate it by your per serving price. $200.00 is not a great cake budget. I'd send them to WalMart with that budget and then they can come crawling back to you when they realize even WalMart won't do it for that little.

A great way to keep costs down is to do just one flavour of cake for all four tiers...and one flavour of frosting/and or fillings.

Time is the killer for "your" budget with a cake with all the fussy stuff, ie, multi-flavoured/fillings cakes.

A "simple" BC covered cake - or, if you prefer to do fondant to help with finish, ribbons and topper/monogram pick that the Bride provides, still, IMHO, provides that "how oh lovely!"reaction that every bride wants. No cake stand, just fabric "clouded" under the cake, softens and makes it look so elegant...and gives that frilly, fussy feel, without the cake frills and fusses.

KWIM?

Good luck!