My Husband Doesn't Get It. (Long, But Need To Vent)
Decorating By khoudek Updated 30 Apr 2007 , 3:16am by khoudek
Guys don't know the cost of cakes....Your cake is amazing and at $3.00 per slice it's a fantasitc deal!!! I think you could charge $5-$8 per serving. When I started doing cakes my husband was amazed at what I could get for them. Don't doubt yourself....educate your husband instead.
Jacqui
Err...why would that be? 
I have made my share of cakes and I know the price of butter and sugar.
Ladies, please play nice! There are a few of us with a Y chromosome around here, and we are cakers too! 
My husband was forever telling people how I was going to have to raise my catering prices. I finally asked him, "How much profit do I make on a catering?" He said, "I don't know." I said, "My point exactly!" (Gosh, I didn't even have to tell him to shut the he** up about it after that! 
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Also if you give him "The Wife Look"( .... you know .... the one that says "god, you are a big moron and i can't understand how you have the intelligence to live, let alone give an opinion on something you know nothing about!"..... you know ..... THAT one!) .... then they tend to stop saying stuff like that.
The first thing I would like to say is CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SON. Next thing is WOW, PERFECTO, AMAZING, you roc. Get out the wet noodle and chase your dh around the table. He probably thinks since it isn't a wedding cake it should not cost over $100. Both my dh and ds are artist and they know how long it takes to design and deliver art. For an original design, you should ask what you are worth. If your price is too low, then people won't take you serious as a professional. When they use to give family and friends a break, there was always someone trying to talk them down on their price. Now they ask top dollar, showing that their work is worth it and nobody ask them to reduce their work anymore. Just explain to your husband that you are a professional and must charge as such. Keep up the great work.
Well said!
I don't mean to be the voice of whatever here, but you husband just made a mistake. He didn't really mean it. He was shocked. He knows the work you do, he knows how hard it is, and he knows how good it looks. It's a matter of sticker shock. I still think I should get a new car for less than $10k. Don't be too hard on him. It's not that he doesn't know or appreciate, it's just that the numbers hit him unexpectedly.
That cake is gorgeous. I think it is hard for people (esp. men) to understand the cost and time that we put into a cake. You are being realistic and he is in dreamland if he thinks you should charge anything less.
Stick to your guns, you are definitely worth that!
Thank you everyone for your support. I just got back from Ann Arbor where our son graduated this weekend. The cake was a hit and my husband has seen the light, so all is well. Just a side note though... I think Duff would be very proud of us in our delivery of that cake from Germantown, Tn to Ann Arbor, Mi., especially since we had a head on collision going 70 miles an hour with a deer just outside of Effingham, IL. I had to laugh when all was said and done, because when my husband pulled the car over he rushed out of the car to look at the damage of the car, while I leaped over the front seat to the back to check out cake damage!!! My cake didn't have a scratch on it!!! That's how secured it was!! Wish the car had faired so well. But, I guess this just shows where my priorities are!!
Thanks Melvira. It was a very hectic and stressful weekend, but the graduation and party were worth it. I actually am upset about my car. We've only had this minivan for 9 months. But, I have to say I will forever buy a Kia. My husband picked it because of it's 5 star safety rating and it definitely proved itself to us. The front grille and the radiator took the hit, but it withstood the collision well enough. Fixable, not totaled. Which is a lot to say, considering what we did to the deer.
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