Is $250.00 Enough??????????????
Decorating By sweet_as_tisse Updated 15 Oct 2006 , 1:40pm by boonenati
i have my first wedding cake to make and the bride has chosen a 2 tier cake the sizes will be 10" and a 7" with each cake being around 4" high covered in mmf with gumpaste swirls attached to the cake painted silver then i will be making some larger ribbon style roses and leaves to put on the top of the cake and also on the middle tier and around the bottom.
i did tell her around $250.00, but i think she was a bit shocked, the cakes will be mud cakes with a ganache filling.
i have worked out the raw costs and that totals roughly $125.00. am i under cutting myself or is a total of $250.00 a reasonable price!!!
i also know that some people in my town, in the past have paid $200.00 just to have a wedding cake decorated that did not include making the actual cake. these cake were also the older style of cake decorating which i am more on the modern side.
I do live in a semi small town, so i have taken that into consideration with the above price.
any input on this would be greatly appreciated....
thanks guys
kylie
I dont think so, for your talents i would pay that & i live in a small area..
BTW i really love your bratz cake... did you use fondant to do the black outlining??
Hi Ibsmeck
thank you for your response i am going to charge the $250.00.
as for my bratz cake the black outline is licorise, its the really soft variety that you can roll into snake shapes.
kylie
Was her shock a good shock or a bad shock. Your price sounds very reasonable and possibly a little on the low side. If her shock was a good shock, maybe you could throw in a small anniversary layer on the side to show her how much you appreciate her business. I always try to throw in something a little extra for my clients so that they know that I appreciate them as much as they appreciate me.
Hey blush1
her shock was bad shock i think, i am doing more on this cake for that price to show my appreciation as she is my first wedding cake.
she is getting a super decorated cake so that i may get more business from her word of mouth, and now she gets to be the first bride to have her cake sit on one of my newest inventions ( the cake pillow).
when i looked at some cake sites that sell and decorate wedding cakes they would be charging heaps more for the cake i will be making. i have told her she is getting this cake under price as it is my first one.
i guess you could say she is being my guinea pig!!!!!
kylie
WOW.......... pookster
that cake is fantastic, alot of work went into that one.....
glad you charged $800.00 for that one...maybe i am undercharging myself.
when i have it finished and posted here i will be interested to hear what you all think and whether the price was right or not.
the wedding is on the 9th of december so i will post the cake around this date.
thanks
kylie
Kylie
Where in Australia are you? I think it sounds like an absolute bargain!! I would charge over $300 for a cake like that. It will be a LOT Of work to bake those cakes, tort them and decorate them, plus all your ingredients. In the end you'll ge lucky to get $5 an hour, depending on how fast you work. I would guess that if she was shocked at the price she has not done any research at all on what cakes cost. You could suggest that you can cut $50 off the price, if she supplies you with all the ingredients!!! haahhahahahaha, you give her a list, and a heart attack is sure to follow soon after : )
Nati
PS: Love your cakes by the way : )
hi Nati
i am in victoria about 3 hours away from melbourne towards adelaide, a little town called STAWELL.
i know i am problably not charging enough but it is my first so i will let this one slide.
do you know how much of a compliment it is to me for you to say that you love my cakes!!!! my god yours are amazing, if i am as good as you one day i will certainly charge more. you are so very talented Nati.
kylie
hi Nati
i am in victoria about 3 hours away from melbourne towards adelaide, a little town called STAWELL.
i know i am problably not charging enough but it is my first so i will let this one slide.
do you know how much of a compliment it is to me for you to say that you love my cakes!!!! my god yours are amazing, if i am as good as you one day i will certainly charge more. you are so very talented Nati.
kylie
Kylie
I have actually heard of Stawell, i may have even driven past there on my way to Adelaide once upon a time : )
Oh and dont worry about not charging enough for your first cake. I had NO idea what to charge when i first started, and no idea how to calculate the costs ( i was only adding ingredients of the cake, not all the other bits and pieces [IDIOT!!])
This was my first wedding cake (that i sold)
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo-13457.html
I charged her under $400, i can't remember if it was $350 or $375, whatever it was, it was nowhere close the the $1000 that it's worth. Live and learn eh? 
And also, on the compliments, im serious, your Matisse cake is fantastic, and so are your Bratz cakes, i love them!!! Oh yeah and the topsy turvy cake is sooooo cool!!!!
cheers
Nati
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