Someone called me today asking me to make a cake for 330 people, but they want the top two tiers to be fake, and the bottom layer to be cake? How would I price it??

Cake for 330 and only 3 tiers....2 that are fake? Not gonna happen. Regardless, I believe most people on here charge the same as they would for real cake less 20%. For example - if the "real cake" would cost $100, you would charge $80 for the dummy tier.

Yep. Just about 80% of the total price. And I think there are some gross miscalculations with serving charts somewhere. Unless you are triple stacking 16" rounds.

I was about to say "1 layer for 300 people?!?!?". Not possible. You might want to point that out to them.

I know, I was going to tell her it's impossible to feed 330 with one layer, but she did mention they were giving away another cake, as it's a Jamaican wedding, but they wanted something to offer that's just normal, like a vanilla cake. I'm going to see how many people she wants to feed with that first. But, if dummy tiers on top, and say she only wants the bottom to feed 100, wouldn't I just charge for 100 people? I mean, styrofoam isn't much?

It's not just the styrofoam....it's your time to decorate it to match the real cake. Buttercream, fondant, flowers, etc, etc.....all take time!

I knew you would get here eventually indydebi . I have bookmarked your blog....makes it perfectly clear!

I was about to say, have you everdecorated styrofoam. When you do you'll see why people charge 80% (I charge 75%) of an actual cake. Also, are you ok with another cake being there that you didn't make? For me thats a serious quality control issue.