Anyone seen or done a cake like this? Any ideas on the flowers? Any ideas on how much to charge?

the flowers are beautiful; i will be watching, myself, to see if anyone knows

very pretty cake!! I am sure someone probably knows for sure but could you use a large rose cutter and as you are thinning out the fondant/gumpaste, stretch the petal some to make it look more "open"?? That's what I might try. Then it looks like there are just smaller sized done the same way with a small flower in the middle.

charging... I am terrible at that so I would leave that response to someone else!!! I always undercharge!!!

To me, these look like fondant/gumpaste rose petals, cut out and the ends folded together. Then put a fondant/gumpaste ball on top of the petals, and voila, you have your flower! The others simply look like basic rose or flower cutouts in 2 or 3 different sizes, placed on top of each other, and again the ball on top.

Pricing is a difficult issue for me. Much of it depends on your area. For me, I would price this cake per serving ($3.00/serving for fondant) and include the flowers in that price, as they do not appear to be very difficult. However, in my area, I think that's a tad bit low, as the average fondant price is about $3.85 per serving.

HTH!
<Starkie>

For instructions in making layered flowers like this, you could check the recent Wilton Wedding book: they are called "fantasy flower," which, as Mcdonald mentioned, are really open petals with a smaller flower inside.

Here's the book: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E30A675-475A-BAC0-525BB0AADDF3EB94&fid=E6A7ADE9-423B-522D-F1F716093FC52F69

Here is also a link, for making 2-layer flowers:

http://www.wilton.com/decorating/basic/funflowers.cfm

They could also be done in RI, use the Wilton "Wild Rose" instructions, and then place another, smaller wild rose or other flower inside. But, I agree with the above posts, they are likely gumpaste/fondant. Hope this helps a bit!

Thanks for the tips! I will try them out. I think I will charge a little more, since the local bakery does $5.00/serving for simple buttercream. I was thinking $6.00/serving. Tired of undercharging!