Hello, question, was talking to a lady in Michaels. She was looking to do her daughters wedding cake. She started asking me questions about making cakes and told me her daughter wanted a shell/beach theme. She asked me if I knew how to do that and I gave her some tips on it. She asked me what would I charge to make it for her. The wedding is in two weeks, she wanted three tiers. I asked how many people and she said 70-80. I told her $210.00. Was I too high?? Opinions please. Thanks Cheffie 
not at all that is about $2.60 per serving. My wedding cake was 3.75 a serving when I got married. A wedding cake is a lot of work. If you are working for less than $8.00 it is so not worth it for you. Your time and tallent is worth something, not to mention the ingredients and material required to get it done. Don't forget delivery, gas isn't free. If she thought it was too much, the lady was just rying to get something for nothing.
Absolutely not. I will not do a wedding cake for under 5 dollars a slice now. Why? Cuz ingredients for wedding cakes cost more due to the sheer amount you end up using!
Rachel
theres a joke!!!
don't feel bad at all...short notice, beach theme (lots of shells, lots of work) and 70 ppl...
she should have taken your offer for $210 b/c she wont get quality and a cake like your for a penny less
I know as I was leaving she was looking for a shell shaped pan.I guess I could have offered to do the shell shaped cake but I still would have charged at least $75.00 to do that one. I wish I could be a fly on the wall at the wedding and see what she ends up with. 
Cheffie
I told her $210.00....Opinions please. Thanks Cheffie
If she agreed to pay for it...then no..it wasn't too high!
she cant buy the pans for 30.00 HAHAHAAHAHAHAH
Alone you would be out 100.00 if not more in just suplies icing cake mixes ,I bet she wanted filled layers also right ???? HAHAHAH I would have laughed so hard .
My first wedding cake I charged the bride for the cost of everything and 25.00 delivery and set up fee it was alittle over 130.00 but that was cause it was a friend of a friend and my first wedding cake and we agreed that I didnt know how it was going to turn out and that she couldnt have been mad at me lol.
Dana
I doubt she could do sheet cakes from a mix with canned frosting for that many people for $30, unless she's going to flip and decorate them directly onto the serving table without using a board, ROFL! 
Some people truly don't get it. And they probably never will.
I just hope her daughter is ok with the fact that her mom doesn't know how to do a cake and is cheaping out on her wedding cake! 
Laura.
Now the kicker she wants a cake for $30.00. It was so hard for me not to burst out laughing right there in the store. I just thanked her and wished her luck. Cheffie
I hope you gave her your phone number. She's going to have a rude awakening if she thinks shes going to find this wedding cake for $30.00. She's going to have to come back down to reality and look for a cake decorator. But then again, knowing that she's looking for a $30.00 cake I don't think I would make it for her if she did decide for me to do it for the $210. She may end up looking for someone to screw over just to get her $30.00 cake!
Lazu_Susan
ROFL $30.00 she must be nuts. That wouldnt cover the ingredients. I have had several people like that too. I get to the point that I am like if you dont want pay then I am not making it. I thought a lady asking for $100 3 tier cake was nuts this lady needs to be in a institute...haha.
OMG--I wonder if the poor bride knows that her MOM is trolling the cake decorating aisles at local craft stores trying to arrange a hook-up for a $30 wedding cake 
Sounds like mommydearest is PO'D about having to get a wedding together in 2 weeks and would get a secret delight out of telling guests, "Well, I know it's a crappy cake, but what could I do with only 2 weeks notice??????" I'll be she winds up with cupcakes with sprinkles on top!
It really would be fun to be a fly on the wall at this "affair"
Now, if she calls you at the last minute for the cake, make sure that you double your first price --and don't back down!
RAe
Dodibug I have a feeling you are not to far off. I didnt give her my phone number because I didnt want her calling me up next week in a panic. I dont think I would see any money except the deposit of which see probably wouldnt want to pay anyway. Im sure its for the best but it takes all kinds doesnt it!! Cheffie
ok.... i now know that, other than fellow cc members, everyone else is insane....some of these threads that have been coming up lately.... its like all the crazy people are coming out of the woodworks.... maybe i should stay indoors until its safe to return to normal life.lol
Well I wish the lady the best of luck. 
You can't even get a full sheet cake at Kroger or anywhere around here for under $45. And that's with just the simple roses or balloons or something like that. I can understand if she doesn't have the money to spend that much, but in that case, see if you can borrow someone's pans and buy a few cake mixes for $1, or ask family members or something for donations. I could do a 1/4 sheet for her for $30
If she is lucky she might be able to find the cake topper for $30
Yikes! The bride would be better off eloping if they are trying to keeps costs down. I have NEVER heard of a $30.00 wedding cake...how ridiculous is that? And, what nerve that she even dared to ask such an insulting question. Some people just don't have a clue. Thanks for the laugh.
aliekitn99
dang that is a cheap lady. here at a Save-mart store you can't even get a non decorated cake for less then 24.00 and that is just the cake and you will still ahve to decorate it. she is dreaming
May be she can get a round cake at wal-mart or a bakery for that .
Two weeks before the wedding and she hadn't even ordered a cake yet?
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