Customer Wants Big Cake, But Then Says To Serve 10
Baking By Kelbel2440 Updated 9 Nov 2018 , 5:10pm by Kelbel2440
What do you do when customers want something grand but only want a few servings? I’ve run into this multiple times for specialty cake requests. Like this Barr cake she wants, but it’s just for 10 people. A 7x11 cake would serve 20 or so pieces. Plus the cupcakes. So do you charge per serving? Here’s the cake....
My pricing by servings puts that at $62. But that’s technically $6 per guest? But I feel anything smaller would just look silly right?
Yes, you charge for all the servings any cake would make. Maybe for this design if you have sq pans you could make a 6" sq and cut/rearrange it a bit into the shape you need. Other times the baker must inform the client that it just is not possible to make something that small and then explain that leftover can be sent home w/guests &/or frozen for future enjoyment. Many of us will not turn on our oven for less than say $50 - others less than $100! It's just not worth the hassle involved. It's not your worry what it costs per guest! :(
Sounds like another example of someone who wants a cake with a lot of WOW for a little money. Exactly as the others have said, you charge your standard price per serving, regardless of the number of people she plans to serve.
they are cheaping out on you -- if you made that for fifty servings or for ten -- it's just about the same amount of work -- this is where a minimum price per order comes in handy -- where you can eliminate this type of client because even though they dumb down the servings -- the price remains constant --
this is a 2-d sculpture -- it's a sculpture because it looks like something other than a decorated cake -- that should be nothing less than $100 -- i would pass on the order and the people
Thanks for the feedback! I’m only a year into this new adventure and want all the experience I can get, but still feel uneasy charging what I should be charging for stuff!
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