I Would Like Your Opinion On The Price Of This Cake

Decorating By Gingoodies Updated 19 Sep 2007 , 3:54am by trulyscrumptious

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Gingoodies Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 12:59am
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It will be a tiered cake to feed 130 people..

Vanilla cake, chocolate mousse with fresh banana filling, buttercream icing.

Decorations will be chocolate sea shells and cookie crumb sand.

I will proably do a stacked cake. And I will be transporting it from my home in NJ to a boat in NYC. (about a 30 -40 minute trip, depending on traffic)

The cake is for a sweet 16

I was going to charge $325

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Teekakes Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:05am
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Your 325.00 sounds very reasonable to me, especially since you are delivering the cake to them. Are you charging extra for delivery? Honestly, I think you should charge extra for delivery that far away. Yesterday I had a 30 mile one way delivery and my charge for that was $20.00 over and above the cost of the cake. People are most always happy to pay the delivery fee.

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angelcakes5 Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:06am
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Atleast that, make sure you charge for delivery, thats a distance and especially with the price of gas.

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Gingoodies Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:11am
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The price listed would include delivery and set-up

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vrmcc1 Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:14am
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assuming that 30-40 minutes is about 30 miles one way. If you charge delivery fee of $1/mi that is $60. Your are still making about $2.05/serv. Just the price you quoted ($325 for 130 serv.) is $2.50/serv.

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cwcopeland Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:18am
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I think that's a very fair price for the customer.

Can't wait to see the finished cake!

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MAGGISMITH Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:18am
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If you live in North Jersey, the going rate for a stacked cake is at least $4.00 per serving. Delivering a stacked cake is very nervewracking! I would definitely charge for delivery. I'm doing a similar cake ( stacked, white chocolate shells, cookie crumb sand) for a wedding in South Jersey this weekend for 120 people and I'm charging $525.00. (delivery included)

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angelcakes5 Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:19am
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I work for a company that alot of the salesman travel if they drive, right now the rate is $0.485 per mile. Thats what I usually charge if it out of my area, there and back

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Gingoodies Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 1:22am
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MAGGISMITH... I live in Bayonne.. thinking about it... you are probably right about the price pp. I just did a wedding cake this past weekend and it came out to about that price point. I am not sure about that pricing for a sweet 16. But, I guess a tiered cake is a tiered cake.. the nature of the event does not make a difference.

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trulyscrumptious Posted 19 Sep 2007 , 3:54am
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Sounds very reasonable to me! Go for it! thumbs_up.gif

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