I just got a customer who wants me to do this cake (see below) she is bringing me the pan and instead of all the candies that are on it she wants that in buttercream. I am not really sure what to charge for this - any thoughts? And also, that front car looks like it has a spray of some kind coming out of it, any thoughts on how I can achieve this?? thanks

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ok, there it is, sorry

okay, come on - anyone??

I don't know what you would charge for something like that, but the "spray" coming out of it looks like a rock candy lollipop.

yeppers thats what it is YUMMY my fav candy. heres another bump

you need to know how much cake fits in each one of the cars so you can calculate the amount of servings. there is the price.

well, the size of the pan is not much bigger than a 1/2 sheet pan which leads me to believe that the individual trains are not that large. Any suggestions on price would be greatly appreciated.

I have seen this cake in the store. The "cars" are very small. Like 1 serving each, small. Hope she's not feeding a bunch of people!! Good luck, I'm awful at pricing.

Yes, those cars are very small....I saw them in the store as well, they are so cute! I would probably charge at least $5-7 per car, IF you're doing all decorations in buttercream and not candy. Candy can be really expensive, so if you're going to use candy you'll need to consider that also!

I'm not sure what to suggest for price but the 'smoke' coming out of the engine you could go to a Cracker Barrel and get the rock candy on a stick and us it.

Good luck

I have done this cake in primary BC and it was a pain because of all of the detail. Each car is = to a normal cupcake i would say. I didn't charge for this cake, the mother gave me the $30 pan instead. I have also used it to make a single locomotive for a smash cake.... pics in my gallery!

How cute!
If you need more cake the train on a sheet cake would be cute.
I'd be tempted to use a little candy for some of the details, otherwise you'll have WAY too much time involved in each cake, & it will drive the $$ way up.
Have to agree with the $5 each cake. (And I usually price on the low side!)

I've seen this pan as well, debated buying it today for my son, who loves trains.

Those cars are small, and even if you charge $5 per cake, it's $40, and I'm frankly betting that's more than $40 worth of work. I'm thinking that's a cake only done for love, if you know what I mean........

If each car is the size of a cupcake that means the whole thing only serves 9. Is that the serving the customer wants? If so I would charge $5-$6 but if more servings are need I would go along with the other suggestion to put the train on a 1/2 sheet or larger. Be sure to use Cake Release to ensure each cakes comes out of the pan.

If you don't put the cars on another cake, have you thought how you wold deliver the train? Do you make a track and on what do you place the cars and track? That takes even more time so don't price this too low, it's not quite a slam dunk job!

definitely rock candy
I have this pan and made it for christmas for the kids to decorate! I think I used 2 boxes of gingerbread mix for this. This is a fun project, just make sure you use a good cake release. Charge accordingly, these are small cakes but a lot of work could be ahead depending on what she wants