Help me. I did this cake for my daughters b-day last week. My friend wants me to do something similar for her, and has offered to pay me. What should I charge her? I've only done a couple of paid cakes for friends. This is a 10 in. cake with two layers. And the smash cake is a 6 in. 1 layer cake.
Thanks!
You do very nice work BTW...
If it was a stranger I would charge $40-$50 for the 10" and $10-$15 for the smash...but it's a friend and I just started charging...
My theory has been this for the past two years...(before I started charging)
I will do one free cake per family/friend...once I start charging I will do it for cost, unless they want something very elaborate, then it's half the price I would charge a stranger...
For example...I may be making a soccer themed graduation cake to feed $100 people at the $1.50 per person (sheet cake) it would have been $150.00, but I said I would charge them $75...
Hope this helps...it also depends on where you are...I live in rural NY (6 hours from The City).
My servings are 1"x2"x4"
Price per serving if there is only buttercream filling $2.00
serving's for 10" cake = 38
Total = $76.00
Smash Cake = Free for First birthday only, if not for a first birthday then it goes back to price per serving and my single layers are a little cheaper so $9.00
leily
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:57 am Post subject:
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My servings are 1"x2"x4"
Price per serving if there is only buttercream filling $2.00
serving's for 10" cake = 38
Total = $76.00
Smash Cake = Free for First birthday only, if not for a first birthday then it goes back to price per serving and my single layers are a little cheaper so $9.00
IMHO $76 is a lot!! I would NEVER pay $76 for a 10" buttercreme cake with simple designs!
Im a newbie in charging cake, but i would pay $45 for it !!
By the way is beautiful
IMHO $76 is a lot!! I would NEVER pay $76 for a 10" buttercreme cake with simple designs!
Im a newbie in charging cake, but i would pay $45 for it !!
By the way is beautiful
You are not the only one! But that is ok, however if you won't pay then I won't be making you a cake. You will need to find someone else else to make the cake. But don't forget this cake will feed almost 40 people, it isn't a cake for $76 it is a cake for 40 people.
lol, you probably wouldn't like the 6" square cake that I sold for $60 then either.
leily
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:11 am Post subject:
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You are not the only one! But that is ok, however if you won't pay then I won't be making you a cake. You will need to find someone else else to make the cake. But don't forget this cake will feed almost 40 people, it isn't a cake for $76 it is a cake for 40 people.
lol, you probably wouldn't like the 6" square cake that I sold for $60 then either.
Hun, don`t take it personal, Im just saying that depends on areas, basically here in Texas EVERYTHING is wayyyy cheaper than in other states, so I understand that you get to charge whatever you want, and regarding the 6" for $60, well I bet it was BEAUTIFUL, Im not saying is wrong, Im saying is not fair to price something when we lived in different states that charge different.
Honestly, I will love to charge that much for a 6" cake, but here we cant! Actually, the fruit cake that i have in my album, I sell it for $35, CHEAP YES!!!! And the chocolate version of that one, is $45.
And BTW if people actually pay you that amount of $$ on small cakes, man you must be good!!!!
Sorry I didnt notice the cake was a 10in/2layer...At least $45, the higher would be between $50-60 depending on your area!
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