Pricing ? On Tiered Party Cakes

Decorating By elvis Updated 7 May 2007 , 1:33pm by elvis

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elvis Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:47am
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Just getting into doing more tiered cakes. Here's my question.... does it make sense that a 9" cake with a 6" tier would be priced at whatever those cakes would sell for individually, added together?

Or is it more common to price by slice for any tiered cake? Would love some guidance on this...thanks!!!!

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ailyn222 Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:50am
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It is really up to you but the pricing I have seen is usually per serving and then degree of difficulty.

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indydebi Posted 7 May 2007 , 5:00am
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I consider anything not a sheet cake to be a wedding cake and subject to wedding cake pricing based on Wilton' Cake Cutting Chart.

I am not putting myself in the position of having to explain why a 10" birthday cake to serve 30 is cheaper than a 10" wedding cake to serve 30.

Call it what you want, but you're paying the same price...... after all, I did the same work.

(Although some of the 10" birthday cakes on this site are SO much more involved than a "simple" wedding cake tier and should cost WAY more!)

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leily Posted 7 May 2007 , 5:03am
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Any double layer cake (sheet cake, round, square, hex, heart, petal, oval, whatever) I figure 1"x2"x4" slice of cake. I have a price per serving depending on what flavor cake/filling/icing they use.

So there is no question about the $. It is what it is.

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elvis Posted 7 May 2007 , 1:33pm
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Thanks-- this is a tricky one for me since I've never offered tiered before--and have never priced by slice for my regular layer cakes...

Maybe pricing by the slice on everything is a good way to avoid that....hmmmm.....

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