I got a call from a friend of a lady we did a cake for. She wants a tiered cake with different cake and fillings in each tier. The design on the cake is really simple, time consuming but simple, however it needs to fee 150 people! So i gave her a quote of $150.00, told her half was due when she booked the event, and the other half was due a week before the event, and there was also going to be a deliver charge because they live an hour away from us. She flipped her lid, asked me if i was serious, and then hung up on me!!

Was i asking to much?!?! LOL

It gets really frustrating because people done realize how much time and money it takes to make a cake, its not easy people!

you weren't charging enough, most grocery stores charge more than $1/serving for tiered cakes (if they even do them)

My price would have been double that. She was probably expecting a price of a sheet cake for the tiered cake. Let her see if she can find it somewhere else any cheaper, she won't

That's ony $1.00 a serving! OMG - At a minimum if it's buttercream and a simple design - I ask $3.00 a serving so I would have told her $450! LoL - I don't think she would have even let me get to the delivery piece as she probably would have hung up on me too!

Oh well - people just don't appreciate the time and love that goes into making a speciality cake and for those people - I don't want to make one for them anyway!

I'm really lucky to have such awesome repeat customers that truly appreciate their works of art!

I have learned to let them go... you will find someone that is willing to pay your price..


And for what its worth you do NOT charge enough!

$1.00 per serving is pricing from the late '70s and early '80s. How can you stay in business charging so little?