I have a bride that wants a cake that is tapered at the bottom. I know how to taper the cakes, but my question is..."how do I charge for it?" If it was a regular 3 tiered round cake, it would serve 170 something with the top tier, but of course the servings will be decreased since I have to taper the cakes. Below is a picture of how she wants it tapered.



Also, how do you figure out the servings for a sculpted cake? I've been doing birthday cakes and traditional style wedding cakes for a few years, but have recently been able to step up my game and start diving into more.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wow! Very pretty cake. I would probably just up your standard per serving price a little. It's not terribly much more work, so maybe $0.50 to $1 more per serving.

I've read on here in other threads that you should charge per serving for the original un-cut cake....If you need cake to feed 50 and you know the cake cutting will take out 10 slices, then you should bake a sized cake for around 60+ and charge accordingly. That way, the extra money factors in all of your time, talent, and hard work.

HTH

Paul