How Many Cakes Per Week Do You Make?
Decorating By lea74 Updated 22 Jan 2010 , 2:03am by Kiddiekakes
I was wondering how many cakes a week do you guys make on average. I'm just starting out and things are going kind of slow for me ( everybody is looking for cheaper cakes....) The most I had was four; this weekend I only have 2 cakes to do.
Also when you have more orders how do you keep yourself "organized" so you don't get behind?
Whew! I won't take more than 1 or two, period. I spend a lot of time on each creation, and what I charge for one of mine is what a lot of people would get after 3 or 4 cakes...so the stress level is low, I make bank, and I get time to..........
do nothing. 
Um, I make about a cake a month. Sometimes two. Unless I'm expirementing with new recipes (which I will be doing more of shortly, taking a break right now after all the holiday baking), then it's a cake or more a day, but those aren't decorated. Heck, some of those go straight in the trash!
I used to do upwards of 40 a day, though (worked in Publix bakery).
Thank you Jamie! I'm trying to make the bank 
but sometimes I'm kind of disapointed with people asking for quotes and ending up with someone who's cheaper than me. I don't want to lower my prices I know how much time and effort I put into each and every single cake.
Thank you Jamie! I'm trying to make the bank
but sometimes I'm kind of disapointed with people asking for quotes and ending up with someone who's cheaper than me. I don't want to lower my prices I know how much time and effort I put into each and every single cake.
Eh, for every 5 people that ask me for a quote, I bag one or two. Good enough! BIG Walmart mentality out in these parts. BIG. We have 3 super walmarts in this town. Gah! I decided I am not going to knock myself out for pennies, it just ain't happening. I would make dummies once a week to keep my portfolio updated if that's what it took. I'll create art for free....for myself. For anyone else, eh-eh. 
I'm like you Jamie... I only take on 2 per week tops. BUT... I can make good money off of those 2 cakes and I have a licensed home business so my overhead is low and I can have that limit and not risk losing my biz. January was a cake free month and that's cool by me (I needed it really). I did 4 weddings in a weekend back in October and it near killed me. Took 2 full days to bake it all and I didn't sleep for 3 days decorating them. NEVER again when I am by myself... maybe when I get bigger and have employees an all... . Smaller cakes is different. I could handle 4 small (ie. single tiered) b-day cakes in a weekend... but most of my biz is weddings. So I have the limit... 2 weddings per weekend... final answer.
Its kinda slow right now...a cake a week, maybe two. In the summer maybe 3-5 per week. Usually 3D or two tiered party cakes, occasional weddings.
I'm with those who charge more and make less...I probably would be super busy if I had cheaper prices but I don't have time to take on a ton of orders for less money so I charge more and bake less...I guess.
I'd like to up my prices just a tad more yet but I have to "stabilize" some before I attempt that...and get some more customers.
Wal-mart cakes are pretty much the most disgusting things purporting to be cake ever. I ALWAYS check to make sure a cake is NOT Wal-mart if I'm at a party where I didn't supply the cake. Actually, to be honest, Publix's is the ONLY grocery store cake I'll eat.
Wal-mart cakes are pretty much the most disgusting things purporting to be cake ever. I ALWAYS check to make sure a cake is NOT Wal-mart if I'm at a party where I didn't supply the cake. Actually, to be honest, Publix's is the ONLY grocery store cake I'll eat.
Well... la di da.
I do 6-7 cakes a weekend..all year round.I am already booked for Feb and part of March.
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