How Much Do I Charge For This Cake?

Decorating By preciosa225 Updated 3 Nov 2008 , 3:10am by kakeladi

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preciosa225 Posted 2 Nov 2008 , 10:52pm
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Please help. I new to this and am confused with pricing. I made this cake for my cousin's baby shower and got two requests for pricing on similar cakes. I am clueless now! The cakes are 6", 8" and 10", WASC with buttercream filling, fondant covered. The decoration and accents (including the shoes) are all fondant/gumpaste (except the train was a print out attached to fondant for support.

I live in NYC where we do not have any supercenters/discount stores like WALMART.

Please help!
LL

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SugarFrosted Posted 2 Nov 2008 , 10:54pm
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Very cute cake! Here's a bump!

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dezzib27 Posted 2 Nov 2008 , 11:05pm
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And your new? You are good! I would charge at least 3.50 per serving, and for servings check out earlenescakes.com.



HTH!!

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funbun Posted 2 Nov 2008 , 11:08pm
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Very cute cake! icon_biggrin.gif I would say at least $4.50 a serving. HTH

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preciosa225 Posted 2 Nov 2008 , 11:48pm
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Thanks all for the comments and the help! Now I am more confident about pricing! icon_biggrin.gif

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Rocketgirl899 Posted 3 Nov 2008 , 12:09am
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That cake should serve about 74......so


I would charge $5 a serving. $10 for the bow and $10 for the shoes, and another $10 for the train topper. Total: $400


Where I use to work they would charge $7.50 for cakes with 2 layers of fondant..... orlando FL.
and $30 fro all the accents... so $585

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kakeladi Posted 3 Nov 2008 , 3:10am
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I think $3.50 per serving and maybe an extra $15 or 20 for the shoes.
10 serves 39; 8 serves 25 and 6 gives 10 servings.......total servings: 79 x 3.50 = $480 plus shoes.......easy $500 icon_smile.gif

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