Well I got a really dissapointing phone call today. A few days ago my aunt and uncle were looking through my cake album and decided they would like to order a cake for my uncles 60th party. Since it was a bad time, my grandpa was just hospitalized, we didnt really discuss it much. A few days later my uncle called my dad and asked how much for a dragon cake? I called my uncle after searching for dragon cakes on here. I had decided to make him a sculpted cake. I researched time and cake sizes, and decided on 50.00$ I called him and left a message with his daughter that it would be 50.00$ and he could call later with the date and time, etc. So today my uncle called and said .. "hey what do you have for 25-30.00$? So I told him I could do an 11X15 for 30.00$ (even though my real price is 40.00 ) and he said "what about anything cheaper"? So I said I could do a 9X13 for 25.00$ .. (even though my real price is 30.00$) He agreed to that, and so now all I get to do is a plain old sheetcake!! What a let down!!
I would have to say if it was me, I would do the dragon cake and give it to them for $25. It is family and I would love to have that picture in my album and the chance to do that kind of design.
Sounds like my family, lol. The cheaper the better. Sorry your fun cake turned into something less challenging=( Jen
It sounds to me like they should have gone to the bakery at the food store to get the cake. What they wanted and the price they expected to pay is unreasonable. Nothing bad against them of course but I find a lot of time people want something for "nothing", these cakes take time and effort and i think the prices you gave were very fair. Chin up 
I say since it is your uncles 60th birthday do the dragon cake for $25.~ take a loss on the rest. It can be part of your gift to him 
And would make a great addition to your portfolio 
And would get ya in good with the fam
thats true, I could still do the dragon cake .. I hadn't thought of that I guess cause I was pretty dissapointed .. thanks you guys!! 
Yes, do the dragon cake as your birthday gift to him, but still take the $25 to cover your supplies - that's still a $25 gift from you to him! JMO, but I think $50 would have been a steal for a sculpted dragon cake - I charge $4.50+ per serving for mine!
I have a small MMF baby dragon that I made , it's in my pictures here.
you can make one and put on top of your cake..??
If you need instructions you can pm me and I will gladly send them to you.
HTH
I agree that you should do the cake if you want, but definitely take the $25.00 and tell them that it is your gift and you are giving them a "Portfolio Discount" b/c you liked the design they chose and would love it for your portfolio. However, I would try to make them very aware that it was your choice to do the more expensive cake for less as a gift - otherwise, you could be opening that can of worms where they expect a whole lot for very little pay.
The other thing you could do is to make a compromise - create a sculpted figure for free out of fondant or rice krispies or something and place it on top of the 9 x 13 cake. Then, they still get a little dragon on there, but they don't have the whole sculpted, elaborate cake that would take a lot of your time for very little pay. That way, you still get the experience of sculpting a dragon out of something - fondant, rice krispies, or heck even a small 6 in. cake or something, and you're not doing it for pennies - the dragon part could be part of your gift. And you could still get him a small gift in addition to it b/c you wouldn't be spending too much $$$ making the small sculpted dragon. They get thier cake for $25.00, you get to do something cool for your uncle, and you throw in another small gift too just so no one feels they're paying just for your "gift". - does that make sense? Good luck! I'd love to see the pic when you're done!
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