that is one lovely cake! it almost looks like it might be all covered in BC?? (which would be even more impressive). at any rate, i agree with some of the others who said that she probably wasn't trying to be rude when she offered $200. that actually a pretty good chunk of money for some people. she most likely is not a "cake person" and has no idea what goes into making one.
i balked at the prices the drywallers wanted to charge us to finish our bonus room...until i saw first-hand all the work that went into it. geeze, they didn't charge enough!
Oh, honey, no. That cake is at least 500-600, if not more. That is way too much work for that little!
I would say "sure, but it would only be 8 inches tall for the whole thing, a miniature".. how clueless.
Sorry, fondantgrl, I was still on page one when I responded. I didn't yet realize someone had already suggested it 
If she wants 4 pillows for $200, she should try Sears.
What I usually do is say, "Well, the ingredients for that many cakes would cost approx. $XXX, plus the icing, plus the fondant, plus the cake boards, plus the time to do it, plus, plus, plus." I've said it before, but I use a garage/repair shop as the point of reference - you don't just pay for the replacement part, you pay for the mechanic's time, disposal of old part, disposal of oil, etc. And mechanic's charge a hell of a lot more than cake decorators do per hour!
Stick her head in your KA and knock some sense into her 
Personally i think the cake is pretty awful but i'd love to make it - i've never made a pillow cake before unfortunately tho mine would probably look like a burst sofa rather than an elegant stack of satin pillows 
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