Help - How Much Would You Charge For This Cake?
Decorating By karmicflower Updated 21 Dec 2006 , 6:59pm by karmicflower
Hi there! I made this cake for my DD's 1st birthday and well i really have no idea what to price it at. I got an order for it from a friends co-worker, wants one just like it for her daughters birthday. I was hoping you guys could give me some help on the pricing. Its 8, 6, 4 x 4 chocolate/vanilla inside with vanilla buttercream. Covered in fondant, decorated in fondant and the bows, #1 and flowers are gumpaste.
TIA for the help!!!
Jenn
I really don't know about pricing (I made my fist cake yesterday).....but I LOVE your cake. My daughters first birthday is coming up in three weeks. Your cake has inspired me for hers. Very pretty
That is a lot of work. I would say around $80 with all the fondant decorations.
mmm... the sizes you said is for about 24 servings 2"x2"x4"-5"tall (your looks pretty tall), so what about $3-4 per slice, it looks like lots of work. OR you can also multiply your cost by 4 and add an extra fee for fondat. Hope this helps.
And I agree with Patticakes, about $80 sounds right.
karmicflower,
In my world it has 27 servings......I would charge $109 - that is $4.00 per serving, since it is all fondant and has some modeling. (But the modeling is relatively easy and there isn't any sculpting involved.....) Remember, you are creating a custom cake!
BTW you cake is very lovely!
I would charge a minimum of $100. There's a lot of specialty decorating there that isn't available elsewhere. You put a lot of time into this. Plus, it takes experience and knowledge to create a cake like this. That's worth something. And it's a beautiful cake! Very well done and I love the colors!
Thanks you all for your help, really appreciate it! I am going to tell the lady $90 since it does take alot of work to do all those bows and make all those diamonds and strips ... thanks again 
I was going to say that I would probably charge around $70 for it, but I know it is probably worth more than that.
Lot of cheapos who don't appreciate REAL talent like you deff have.
I would not go under $80.00 for the cake. People do not realize that cake decorating is time consuming, especially when it comes to fondat. I think I under charge people for cakes. But like it was said. People are very cheap. But I tell them go to a bakery and see what you get for that money. That cake is beautiful. You did a great job on it.
I live in Miami, FL, and i know a few bakeries around here that would charge more. I think $90 is fair price not expensive for my area. Thanks again for all the help!
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