Help! Partial Dummy Wedding Cake Pricing+
Decorating By donnajf Updated 24 May 2006 , 7:48pm by JoAnnB
I have a wedding request for a partial dummy cake. 
The bride asked for several tiers, how many - she has yet to decide 
go figure the wedding is this July 3 - a blink of an eye away 
She wants bottom tier for cutting and the rest dummies . I've never done a dummy cake for a wedding. I've never done a dummy for that matter
Also, she wants her top tier for free (complementary) as stated in my wedding folder! Special cake table setup with lights etc..
So I emailed her back and explained that the prices and other info were reflective of a completely edible cake. I asked that she come to a decision real soon with very specific request for her cake.
My concern is pricing for this situation what do I do? and moving foward, should I have a different pricing for these kinds of request?
This is my first dummy cake request and I'm sure it will not be my last times are slippery for some what should I do???...
Once more my commrades I need alot of guidance
You will still be taking the time to decorate those tiers. If she's so focused on the "Free" part already, you're never going to make her happy. Personally I'd run away from someone like that. She sounds bery bride-zilla-ish.
I'd suggest that you just deduct the cost of the actual cake and some of your labor (the time you'd have spent baking) from your normal total. If she balks at that, she's just looking for champagne for beer prices.
Most of the work in a wedding cake is the decorations. I do not give much of a price break for dummy cakes. The actual cake, baking and filling are pretty cheap, but there is just as much or more work to preparing and decorating a dummy. It sounds like she wants a cheap cake. Don't give in to bargain hunters, it always bites you in in the A##.
If for instance you make a cake that the party chart (see Wilton.com)says will serve 50, charge for 50 at your normal price per serving. The cake top of course would still be free, as advertised.
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