Last weekend I made a castle cake (in my pics) for one of my very good friends. She didn't pay me for it, but did buy me a pair of crocs (USD $15). It was a 2 tier cake choc fudge with whipped ganache and french vanilla with vanilla butter cream.
Now..the awkward part, she asked me the other day if I could make 6" cake for her mother as she didn't get any cake at the party. My friend kept a slice of cake for her mother but someone in her house ate it 
The sticky bit about this is she hasn't offered to pay for anything. I shrugged it off and said ''well it won't be until I'm baking again as I'm not going to go to a heap of trouble for a small cake..." It really bugged me, as I put alot of work into that cake, and I don't feel as if I owe her mum a bit of cake because she missed out....
How would you handle this situation..
I would tell her you would love to and the price will be $XX. I wouldn't assume friends will offer to pay. Most people would think that you have no problems doing it for free unless you tell them a price.
What a request from a good friend! Doesn't she realize that you don't just "whip a cake out"! If she wants to buy a cake, OK..otherwise, no. As you said, it's not your fault she didn't get a piece. Your friend should be able to value your time and effort.
Wow!!! I just love your castle, and I'm so happy when people like my tutorial 
Do NOT make a free cake for the mom. You already have provided a cake worth hundreds of dollars -- if they want a small "sample" cake they can pay you for it. I always love it when people ask for "just a small" cake, because by "small" they mean they don't want to pay a lot for it.
If she only wants a taste, make a cupcake or some cake balls next time you make a cake. That way you won't be out the money. Since you will be using scraps. It is not your fault someone ate her mothers piece. Besides of which I think you still got the short end of the stick on the cake you made her as I am sure it cost you more than 15.00 for the ingrdients alone.
As a very wise business person once said. If you are not in business to make money, you shouldn't be in business. Making money is after all the end result. I believe that as women we are to soft and afraid to be assertive right from the get-go. I always ask myself ..how would a man respsond to the same question/scenario. Men have no problem getting paid for their time and service. My response to her 6 inch cake would have been. "I would love to do a cake for your Mom" , my 6" cakes start at $$$. Here's my card email me the details, when I receive your non ref deposit I will start the cake.
Repeat after me "I do not work for free"
Don't make it unless you are getting paid for it! I didn't get any of my son and daughter in laws wedding cake. My lost to because I heard it was good. I just wasn't ready for a slice of cake at the time it was being serve, so it was my fault, no one else. I didn't have my daughter in law tell the cake decorater, My mother in law didn't get a slice of cake would you make a 6" cake for her. I would have said how much would it cost me to have you make a 6" cake for me.
Just tell her in a nice way a 6" cake will cost $$ dollars, or you would need the money 1st. so you could get the supplies to make it, or even better tell your best friend "buy the supplies come over and we will make it to together, I'll teach you a thing or two about decorating". She all ready got an amazing cake for nothing ($15.00). WOW, talk about having your cake and eating it too!
I would have laughed at her and said "Ya right!" then if she went on I would laugh again and say "No, when I do a free a cake if someone misses out that is sad but doesn't mean I'm making another free cake"
I am doing a wedding cake for my friends daughter. She is going to pay for the supplies but even so has been going overboard in my eyes. What started out to be "You can do any kind of cake and design" to "My daughter wants to know if she can come for a tasting" To which I quickly replied "No, I don't do tastings on free cakes".
Then it went to "Can you do this special design", that I said ok to. Then it went to "Oh I love your gumpaste Orchids. Can you make them to go all down the cake?" to which I did laugh and say "NO! Do you have any idea how long gumpaste flowers take to do? You can buy them off the internet and I will gladly place them on the cake or you can get fresh ones that the florist can add to the cake"
The last thing was "My daughter wants to know if you know how to do a grooms cake" So I told her "Sure I could do that.....but not for free"
I also let her know that I will make my family and friends ONE free cake and then I charge. So opened her eyes wide and said "Are you joking?"
I told her it's no joke. It takes days to make a cake and I'm not going to do all that hard work for free anymore. Then I asked her if she would do her job for free for her friends and family and she said "no". Once she looked at it that way she understood. She really had no idea how much work went into a cake.
I don't think she will be bugging me anything else on this wedding cake as she now sees how lucky she is to even have me doing one at all.
So, be sure to explain to your friend as maybe she doesn't get it either.
Wow that was a long answer huh?
Oh my! She got a STEAL on that castle cake!!! They take a lot of time!!!
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