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Price by the slice
Pricing wedding cakes can be tricky. Bakers and decorators have to be price sensitive to what their markets are willing to pay, yet still cover their labor and material costs. Modern Baking interviewed several bakers and decorators, and found that cake prices run the full gamut from $2 a slice to more than $22 per serving. All bakers took into consideration the amount of design elements the cake required and the different cake flavors and fillings. Many decorators had different base prices for buttercream and rolled fondant. Heres the breakdown of serving prices from West Coast to East Coast.
Patisserie Angelica, Sebastopol, Calif.:
$7 to $10average price
Piece of Cake Desserts, Mesa, Ariz.:
$3.25buttercream base price
$3.75rolled fondant base price
Marked For Desserts, Chicago:
$6buttercream base price
$7rolled fondant base price
The Chefs Kitchen Cakery, Madeira, Ohio:
$1.95base price
$3.00average price
$22.00highest charge
Carlos Bakery, Hoboken, N.J.:
$6 to $20buttercream average price
$12 to $15rolled fondant average price
Michele Brown Baking, Glen Cove, N.Y.:
$6base price
$9.50average price
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