hi everyone! i am a first time poster. i need some advice on pricing this wedding cake. this is a photo that the bride sent me. i would scale it down to feed 200 and i will be using buttercream icing instead of fondant. the cake is for a fall wedding. i don't have the gig yet, just need to submit pricing. please help. as a reference, i usually charge $2.00 a serving for a basic wedding cake.
also, has anyone ever done a cake like this before? any tips?
Don't have a price for you, but what a beautiful cake and ....WELCOME TO CC!! This post will get you up to the top too, so hopefully someone can answer for you. I do think it would be time consuming with all the detail and cutting the cakes to fit perfectly together! Jen
I just booked my first wedding about 1 to 2 weeks ago. I started my prices at 1.75 for buttercream, 2 for ganache, 2.25 for fondant. but I'm just starting and a smaller area.This cake doesn't look to bad to do. Good luck to you.
I don't know I think you would want to charge a little more than 2 for that cuz of the time you are going to have to take to cut the cakes and ice them just right and all that. The more work that goes into the cake the more that cake cost. It's not like everything is premade for you and you can buy a pan that looks like that. I mean you have to sit down and think about how much time that is going to take maybe do a test run with some cake dumbies or something...I know it's not like working with real cake but it will give you an idea, and there is a lot of hand wrok with that chocolate. My wilton teacher charges way extra for that kind of stuff. Just to let you know. Good luck and hope that you get it if you really want it.
I wouldn't charge less than 3.50 a serving, probably $4.
I think if you do this for $2 a serving you will regret it. This cake is going to take a lot more work than you think. Getting everything to line up just right is going to take some time.
Plus, how are you going to deliver it? It will most likely be to heavy to bring it assembled and it is going to take a long time to assemble once you get to the location.
The white cake is straight forward, the brown will be the difficult part. The transition from the brown to white will be difficult as there is no boarder.
It is an interesting cake, I would love to do it, for $4. a slice min.
Good luck, I hope you get the job!
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