I need advise on how to price a character cake I am making. It's for a friend at work's daughter's birthday. I am Planning on making here the wilton tigger cake pan. Any suggestions on price? This is the first cake I am charging for.
thanks in advance?
The reason why an average bakery won't do character pans is because you aren't allowed to sell ones like Tigger. They are for home/personal use only.
That being said, I know many people will make them and charge anywhere from $20 and up depending on design.
I personally will not be offering them for sale.
Yes, it is a violation of copyright to sell a copyrighted character without having obtained the rights. There is a thread on it here:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopic-403663-0.html
However! 
I used to do character cakes for my son when he was little, and those suckers take a LONG time -- not counting the physical therapy you need for your hand after making a bizillion stars to cover the thing lol 
I bet your ingredients and board/box cost at least $15, so I wouldn't charge a penny less than $50 for one.
I no longer charge for them thanks to the folks here enlightening me on the legality of it.
I now will only do them for very good friends who have a child that I love almost as much as my own (which I can count on one hand with fingers left over thankfully). Thankfully most of their kids would rather have a really cool airbrushed small cake over a character pan now anyway.
If my son begs me to ever do one for him he's going to get a bag full of frosting with a star tip on it and will be helping decorate it. 
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