Hi, I have a customer looking for a quote on 100 mini fondant coloured cakes (black and white in colour). Does anyone know what the price range for these might be? They are going the take a lot of time but still need to be affordable. Such a tough quote, any suggestions or thoughts you have that you'd like to share would be greatly appreciated.


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Arlene.

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Okay, small and cute is NEVER affordable. If they want small and cute and affordable suggest cupcakes...and even those will average $4-5. So a mini cake usually starts at $10 and go as high as $25. The link you gave for the cakes is not working, so I can't tell you what I would charge for those. Trust me when I say to do cheap will be you hating the order and losing money.

The last time I did mini cakes, and this was at least 4 years ago, I got $16 each. Small = expensive.

Small is a nightmare. You probably can't/won't charge enough.

These are items for the "price is no issue" crowd. They are not affordable.

Thanks for your help. I have tried to post a picture but I cannot get it to work. Too bad you can't see them, they really are cute . I have reposted the link and it works on my end

The link is to an image stored on your own personal email account, which is why it only works for you. You can upload your picture on Tinypic and generate a publicly-available address.

http://tinypic.com/

Thanks,
let's try this again...

I personally was thinking you meant miniture stacked wedding cakes. These are more the size of a cupcake albeit with more work in the decoration than a cupcake. The designs on the ones in your photo don't seem that elaborate so I would probably charge in the $6-$8 range for each depending on the cake type and filling. These, I think, are usually filled, crumb coated and covered in fondant.

How long do you think it will take to make each one?

I think they would take 8-10 min decorating time ea. not including the baking and cutting. I think I would make 5 different designs and then be able to do it production line style.

I've made some before and I think 8-10 min decorating time is pretty optimistic.

I would charge enough not to have to do them.

Those are really cute and those are $12, no less. And decorating may only take you 8-10 mins, but I'm not counting covering in actual fondant. Have you ever covered a 4" cake? For some reason it is a true b*tch. I'ld much rather cover a 16" cake then a 4" cake any day. I'm sure those are smaller and a little more PIA.

Thank you!
I am the one who assumed that they had to be affordable. You probably know as well as I do that when she receives my quote (I quoted $800) she will think I am crazy. If I am lucky, maybe she won't reply.

I really appreciate all of the replies, it has helped a lot!