I need help pricing cakes for my region. I have a lady who wants a 1/2 slab b/c iced cake....any ideas on fair price....this is my first paid order....thanks soooo much
Thanks for all of your input. I priced the cake at $45 and she gave me $50 when she came...not bad for my first real paid cake
THIS IS MY FIRST PAID CAKE ORDER. ITS FOR A HOUSE WARMING. A 12 BY 18. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW MUCH TO CHARGE? KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND A PRICE LIST?
THANKS TO ANYBODY WHO CAN HELP ME.
I'm in British Columbia... and cake prices around here are about $4-$6 a slice and up. Hope that helps a litttle!
I need help pricing cakes for my region. I have a lady who wants a 1/2 slab b/c iced cake....any ideas on fair price....this is my first paid order....thanks soooo much
Where in ON are you?
Before you sell your next cake, sit down and get a good idea of how much you pay for ingredients, your labour (you have to pay yourself an hourly wage, just like any other job!) and extra things like the electricity/water/boxes/boards. Take that final number and multiply it by at least 3 times...and that is your lowest price for making each cake.
It's helpful to have a chart prepared for when people call. You can simply look up your pricing for a double-layer 10" lemon cake and KNOW that you aren't selling yourself short.
Have standard prices for all the extras too...maybe $10 for a few sugar roses or $20 extra for a gumpaste bow. It will make your business run smoothly and having that list prevents errors (like charging two clients different prices for essentially the same cake, doh! 
) MUCH less complicated!
Im not from there, so I am not sure. Just look around the site and you can come up with some ideas. Just remember, everything up north is like 2-3x more than what is it down here!
Where the heck did you get that math equation from? Guess I better visit your town and stock up on butter for $1.75 a pound? C'mon! 
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