Help!! Any Suggestions Appreciated!
Decorating By BlairsMom Updated 28 Jun 2007 , 6:36pm by BlairsMom
Well I have had someone contact me and want me to do a cake like one they saw on the Cakes by Sam website.
http://www.cakesbysam.com/childrenbirthdaycakes.html
It is the Birthday Spa Cake. They only want around 30 small servings she says and I need to know what size of cakes to make and how much would you charge for something like this? This is someone I don't know, normally my orders are from people I know well! Any help or suggestions since I have never made a bow or letter would be appreciated! TIA
I would say a 9" and a 6" round would give you enough servings if she wants wedding sized (1x2x4"). If she wants larger servings (2x2x4) you would need to make larger.
Bows are easy but there is a little drying time involved in making them. There is a tutorial here on CC. http://www.cakecentral.com/article103-How-To-Make-a-Gumpaste-Bow.html
As far as letters go there are many ways to make them. They can be made from chocolate, fondant, gumpaste or Royal Icing. I made something similar for my Grandma's 80th but it was numbers. I used Royal icing for that one. I haven't done Chocolate personally but have heard of people doing it by piping and by molding. With gumpaste just or fondant and gumpaste mixed together Roll a long snake of it and then shape into the letter/s required. Attach ends with a little water and let dry. I usually use toothpicks for supports of my letters.
Hope that helps a little.
seeing how you're gonna do a two layer w/ all those fondant or gp decos i'd say $50-60 or so. depends on what you'd feel is justifialbe compensation for your time (ie what's your time and creativity worth).
If you ice it in buttercream and do fondant decorations I would suggest $3 per serving, no less than $2.75.
Figure out how much your materials are going to cost you plus your labor (the hours it takes you to complete).
HTH! 
For future reference, here's a link from CC that shows the number of servings for different size/shape pans: http://www.cakecentral.com/article14-Cake-Baking-Cutting--Serving-Guide---2-in-Deep-Pans.html
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