First Cake For A Paying Customer! (Pic)

Decorating By MrsMom Updated 6 Mar 2007 , 2:15pm by CarolAnn

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MrsMom Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 7:56pm
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Thank you to everyone that helped me with this. Once again it was a cake of "firsts"...first paying cake, first CCC, first chocolate transfer. I ended up charging $60 for this (36 cupcakes) plus 14 more frosted cupcakes. Sound reasonable? She thought it was a good deal and said she would likely be calling me again. Here it is!
LL

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Dawn2467 Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 7:58pm
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Love it!!! Great job...and, she did get a great deal!

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JoAnnB Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 7:58pm
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That's pretty cute. I think your price was very fair.

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Kitagrl Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:06pm
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Really cute! And you could have gotten away with at least $2/serving as well....but you did great! If you are both happy, then your name will get out and you'll have more work soon!

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Melvira Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:08pm
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SO cute! And totally reasonable price. You definitely didn't over charge, but you were compensated for your hard work! Good for you! that image is too cute. I love the gut!!

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sweeteecakes Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:08pm
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Nice cake...very clever. Congrats!

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azterp Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:11pm
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Love the cake and the transfer looks so cute!

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nglez09 Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:11pm
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Very fair and great cake by the way. Did you take the image from the internet?

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angelas2babies Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:14pm
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Great cake! Very creative and well done.

Angie

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CakeDiva73 Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:16pm
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Great job icon_smile.gif I am dying to do a cupcake cake.

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twindees Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:18pm
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Awesome Job.

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MrsMom Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:25pm
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Kitagrl...after putting all the hard work into it, I think I would probably charge a little more next time. It surprised me that she thought it was SUCH a good deal, though! She even asked me on the phone after I told her the price if I wanted more money...I felt kind of boxed into a price at that point so I said no. My costs were $15-20, though, so I made about $40 off this! Next time I would probably charge $1.50 each (so, $75 for this). The most important thing to me was getting word out...

nglez...someone from here (sorry, I can't remember your name!) PM'd the pic to me. I assume it was from the internet. I couldn't find anything decent to use. THe original picture had a can/cup in his hand, though...

Thanks!!

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ttatummm Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 8:36pm
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Really nice. I'd charge a bit more next time. I charge a minimum of $2.00 a cupcake. Usually I charge $3.00 to $3.50, but I use pretty expensive ingredients.

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BlairsMom Posted 5 Mar 2007 , 9:34pm
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You did a great job, it turned out wonderful!

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Derby Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:33am
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Very nice! I love doing the cupcake cakes, too!

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pumpkinroses Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:41am
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Great job. I love the picture.

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SILVERCAT Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:49am
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AWESOME! Love the ccc!

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meggylou Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:54am
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Great job...I can't wait to get an order for a CCC so I can try one out.

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reesesob Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:56am
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LMBO at the pic... LOVE IT. Good job!

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patygpm Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:58am
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Great job!! Congratulations

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southrnhearts Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 3:03am
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your choc transfer is awesome
congrats on your first paying job!!

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cindy6250 Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 8:22am
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That is absolutely hilarious!! I love the graphics!
You really did a great job. Congratulations!!

Cindy

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NewbeeBaker Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 8:23am
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Your cake turned out awesome! I just love the guy and his big belly=) GREAT JOB!! Jen

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MrsMom Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 12:25pm
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Thanks! It's far from perfect...if you look closely you can see his face is smudgy. I did the outline and then went to put the next color on and it must have been too warm because when I flipped it over to put it on the cake I could see there were several places it looked like it melted. Overall, though, I'm happy with it...especially considering my ENTIRE portfolio is in my photos! icon_smile.gif

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mgdqueen Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 12:37pm
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I LOVE the picture-it was a really cute idea and the guy looks terrific! Nice job.

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denise2434 Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 1:45pm
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Very Cute!! thumbs_up.gif

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mcdebbie Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 1:57pm
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Great job on the CCC. I can't wait to make one...

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Sunshine93 Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 1:58pm
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Looks great!! $60 sounds like a great deal to me!

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cakesksa Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:00pm
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Great job, very cute!

Julie icon_smile.gif

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Gale Posted 6 Mar 2007 , 2:03pm
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I just love this image! You did a great job. I haven't done a chocolate transfer yet. I'll have to try one soon.
Once again, awesome job!

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