Ok maybe I'm wrong here... please tell me if I am. I did a cake for a friend ( yes after all I have read on this site about "friends"), it was her daughter bday. I'm kinda new to decorating for money and am not sure what to charge. So I drew up a design and she loved it. The cake was to be for 15 kids. I made the cake and only charged her $25... she is a friend and i also was hoping to maybe get to pass out a few cards if the cake went over well.
When I showed up with the cake and set it up she first said to me... is THAT what i get for $25. I could have gotten one from publix cheaper. Then she said are you sure it will feed 15 kids? The cake was 8" with a 6" stacked on top. I was kinda upset so I didn't stay for the rest of the party. But the other moms did seem to like it and i gave out a few cards before I left... one lady might use me for her wedding in June, so that's good.
I'm going to TRY to attatch a pic of cake... if is doesn't work for me it's in my pics
That's friends for ya. Not sure which stacked cake in your gallery was the one here you were talking about but anyone of them you would have been giving her "really something" for her $$. I would have felt guilty only paying $25 for one of your cakes. Chalk it up to - nobody knows what goes into making a cake, let alone making it special. Your cakes are beautiful.
Oh holy crap, if she cut the 8" cake into big huge honkin' 2x2" pieces, she'd get 16 out of that one!!!! PLUS the 6"! She's probably thinking of cutting them in triangles instead of doing it the "right" way!
YOu can tell her for me that if she bought that cake from me it would have cost her $90 (24 servings + 12 servings = 36 servings x $2.50/serving). Plus extra for all the special decors she put on it.
If she wanted a freakin' been-frozen-for-a-year-and-slapped-together cake, then she should have ordered one. Ask her to take this pic to her "favorite grocery baker" to see what they would charge her IF they would even do it.
I wouldn't lose any sleep over what this "friend" thought. And I'd manage to be booked at her next event.
That was a cute cake and more than enough for 15 kids. That was ungrateful of your "friend" to behave that way. I'd have aid, "Well, next time you can go to publix!" No more cake for her!
Elle
Is it the one with the 9 on it? If so...nice "friend". Sorry, but that's total b.s. It obviously will feed more than 15 children and it's super cute. I don't live near a Publix, but I do know what our local grocery stores charge for cakes and there's no way she could have gotten that for $25.
It's really hard to deal with money and friends.
I would say you undercharged her. People just don't understand the time and effort that goes into it.
I think $8 is min wage here...I'm guessing you spent at least $15 just on materials/electricity so that will leave you $10 for your time. Chances are you spent way more than an hour on that cake!
Perhaps you can try to explain to her nicely how much you spent just putting it together and then how much time and love went into it.
Sorry this happened to you.
Tell her to GO FOR IT.... if she can get one like that for the same price that she likes better, from a grocery store, then more power to her...... Don't you EVER make her another cake, not for ANY price....... The NERVE of some people ! That cake was adorable !
A comment like that would have definately ended my "friendship" with her and put her in the category of "aquaintences". If it's the "Cassidy" cake in your pics, she got an amazing deal.
Don't let her get you down. The cake is precious and your other cakes are beautiful.
I agree, tell her to go to publix next time she ask for a cake. It is not worth your time to deal with people like that, even if she is your friend. Spare yourself the grief. There is always going to be someone out there that want's something for nothing, especially friends and family. You did a Great job on your cake!! 
I am speechless!!! First off, that's a really cute cake, secondly, I quote a 6 & 8in tiered cake as serving 26 party servings, and thirdly, I regularly charge $70-$90 for a cake that size dependant on decoration, cake type, filling etc, so she got a STEAL! What a cow, cut her loose immediately!
I'm just doing cakes for fun. Now after reading your and other's posts, I definitely won't sell any cakes to friends or relatives! LOL You're cake is beautiful, fun and funky. I love it and would jump at the $25 bargain price. My ex-baker charges $45 for a half sheet cake!!!!
Hugs,
Diana in VA
Did she make those snarky comments in front of the other moms???
again, FRIEND is your killer word here... they are so mean to us sometimes.... and I am sorry that you went through this... family is often worse unfortunately.... the cake is lovely.... and definitely was worth way more...., so hold your head high and know you did a great job!
Oh holy crap, if she cut the 8" cake into big huge honkin' 2x2" pieces, she'd get 16 out of that one!!!! PLUS the 6"! She's probably thinking of cutting them in triangles instead of doing it the "right" way!
YOu can tell her for me that if she bought that cake from me it would have cost her $90 (24 servings + 12 servings = 36 servings x $2.50/serving). Plus extra for all the special decors she put on it.
I wouldn't lose any sleep over what this "friend" thought. And I'd manage to be booked at her next event.
Even if sliced into triangles, there was plenty of cake. I'm gonna form Cake Mafia, arm angry PMSish women with rolling pins to take care of ppl like that!
whaaaat? I would have given her her $25 back and taken the cake home with me. well probably not, but that is what I would have liked to have done!
Your cake is very pretty and worth WAY more than $25. She got a steal on that cake. I would dare her to go to any grocery store and ask them to make a two tiered birthday cake for $25. Where I live, you can't even get a 1/4 sheet cake for that!!
I say, cut her loose and keep baking. Your cakes are beautiful!!
thanks everyone for your responses. I feel better about what I do. I was kinda hurt but as mentioned before... people just don't know whatgoes into a cake. At leaswt she didn't say anything like that infront of other moms.
While I agree that what she said sounded rude, maybe she didn't mean it the way it came out. She could have been stressed out from trying to get everything "perfect" for her daughter's bday and when she saw the cake she panicked because she didn't think it would be big enough. I know i've had foot-in-the-mouth syndrome a few times when i was stressed out.
In the scheme of things...not really a thing to lose a frienedship over.
So, she liked the idea before cake was baked then had the nerve to say that to you? $25.00 barely covers the ingred. This gal is a "loon" if she thinks she can get anything even remotely like that anywhere else for that price! Is this the cake with the stars on it? BTW, all your cakes are great and I didn't see a single one that would be in the $25.00 price range. You need to up your prices and next time you do something for a friend, if they name a price they can afford, tell them what that would get them and let them know that because they a friend, you will make something more extravagant just to be nice. You can be my decorator for life if I can sucker you into getting ripped off like that again. 
You did the right thing by not taking the cake and leaving with it, but my gosh what an ungrateful, no class piece of work. Sorry to say that about your friend, but she sure isn't treating you like one.
Amy
That reply from a supposed friend would have gotten her an offer to give her back her $25 and take the cake with me!
Some ppl!!
UPDATE! My friend called me last night and told me how everyone was raving about the cake. One of the moms told her that she got a cake like that for oneof her kids and it cost her $60. So my friend appologized for saying that... and that it was more than enough cake to go around. She was quite happy when all was said and done. Especially because people from other birthday parties ( she had it at a bowling alley ) were commenting on the cake and asking her where she got it from. I left her with some cards and she gave them all out. So now i am MUCH happier!
Glad your friend recieved an education on the cost of custom cakes! And glad that she was woman enough to eat that crow with her cake!
I'm really glad that you feel better. Nothing like being underappreciated to give you the blues.
Pray she didn't tell everyone it cost her only $25.
They are going to explode if you give them a higher price.
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