I have a qustion how much would some of you charge to make a 3 tiered cake and the layers are 16", 12", 8" and each is 6" inches high. Covered in fondant?
ok, call me crazy, but 700 seems really high! Do people actually pay that much for cake? Is it just because of the fondant. I don't mean to sound stupid, but I havn't made that many cakes for hire. If I were to do it I would probably do it for 250-300, but I use mmf.
Now, also take into consideration that this is not my "job" but something to make a little extra money and have fun too, so maybe that is my difference.
Stephanie
Let me be a little more specific. The bride wants a cake that she found in a magazine. I don't know which one. But when I look at it each teir is extremely high - higher than the normal 4". So I am guessing but I told her I thought each teir was 6" high. She wanted to be able to pick out the pan sizes and said she really wanted a 16" base. She didn't want a whole lot of cake just the bottom layer so she could cut the cake. So her bottom layer will be a 16" choc. cake covered in buttercream and then again in fondant. She wants the 12" & 8" layers to be rice crispies (not sure why) they will then be decorated and each layer has Fondant ribbon coming down the sides with 4 bows. and the top tier has a large bow on it. The ribbon & bows will have a very small line of brown or black coloring, depending on what the bride decides. So the cake will be huge. I just don't know what to charge.
Seeing that the bottom is the only real cake, and one could make rice krispies ahead and cover them with fondant and have them done, I would lower my $700 recommendation. But a large fondant bow takes for-freakin'-ever to do. (At least it does me)
And all those other bows. And covering with fondant. It's going to be a big job. However, since you could conceivably make the krispie parts ahead and lessen your last minute workload, you might consider dropping the price. But a 16 in round 4in high serves 90, so 6in high would theoretically serve 135. At $3/serving that's at least $405, and that doesn't include your labor for the bows and covering the krispies with fondant.
Obviously you have to live with your price, and if you feel it should be less, that's completely up to you. I just figure that those are the guidelines I'd go by.
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