Hi all,
Pricing cakes is one of the most challenging aspects of cake decorating. What would you price this one at? It is 8/9/10" supposed to feed 40+ at a party. Buttercream with fondant accents. Doctored cake mixes w/different flavored fillings. I charged $150...
The 8/9/10 feeds 20/24/28 party servings, if you go by the Wilton chart. Thats 72 servings. That gives you just over $2.08 a serving. So, if you are happy with that, you did well.
an 8" feeds 20? I was thinking more of 10/15/20 servings out of those tiers. hmmm
DO NOt go by the party serving chart, cause that is gonna lose you money. #1 it's based off single layers not double, which unless your doing a sheet cake, your cakes are double layer. A "wedding" serving is a nice size peice of cake. It can also get confusing doing "party" and "wedding" servings with your prices. Heck, the cake you made is the size of a wedding cake. Why should the servings be different? An 8-9-10 is 94 servings. For that cake I get a price of $410, $5 a serving. There is a lot of work on that cake. You WAY undercharged for that cake.
And it was that middle layer that upped the price for me! That middle layer is a PIA to do, zebra stripes not so much. Beautiful cake by the way. Can I tell you one more thing. Don't worry about losing clients due to pricing. If they have a problem with it, they are not the clients for you.
And it was that middle layer that upped the price for me! That middle layer is a PIA to do, zebra stripes not so much. Beautiful cake by the way. Can I tell you one more thing. Don't worry about losing clients due to pricing. If they have a problem with it, they are not the clients for you.
yes, I totally agree, that middle layer took 5x as long as the zebra. thanks so so much for your input! =)
DO NOt go by the party serving chart, cause that is gonna lose you money. #1 it's based off single layers not double, which unless your doing a sheet cake, your cakes are double layer. A "wedding" serving is a nice size peice of cake. It can also get confusing doing "party" and "wedding" servings with your prices. Heck, the cake you made is the size of a wedding cake. Why should the servings be different? An 8-9-10 is 94 servings. For that cake I get a price of $410, $5 a serving. There is a lot of work on that cake. You WAY undercharged for that cake.
Yep. 
DO NOt go by the party serving chart, cause that is gonna lose you money. #1 it's based off single layers not double, which unless your doing a sheet cake, your cakes are double layer. A "wedding" serving is a nice size peice of cake. It can also get confusing doing "party" and "wedding" servings with your prices. Heck, the cake you made is the size of a wedding cake. Why should the servings be different? An 8-9-10 is 94 servings. For that cake I get a price of $410, $5 a serving. There is a lot of work on that cake. You WAY undercharged for that cake.
Yep.
ditto.
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