I have a client that found this cake, and she wants something similar. I did not do this. http://www.neviepiecakes.com/midsummer-nights-dream/
She wants a cost on this. It's all hand painted. Top tier and 4th tier are dummy cakes. All the rest are white. 50 servings only.
Thoughts? 
It is a beautiful cake. As kakeladi said, start with your base price and add on for the painting. You know your own ability and can probably estimate how long it would take you. Personally, I am very slow and it would take me at least a full day, maybe two for the painting alone. It really depends upon how much you want to make the cake.
to me these are shorter tiers like 3” tall, each missing a quarter of a serving by traditional standards — so just off the top of my head to get the same look i would do an 11x6x9x6x4 with the boldened tiers in foam — and the others in cake to get enough servings — because they’ll need to be cut bigger to get enough portion size — so gotta have an experienced server who can accommodate — but that shorter height is important to the look —
that six inch dummy I might set closer to the front if need be so it shows up in the painting without too much shadow — i would play around with the shape in advance with an army of dummy cakes — so I could nail it — there would be a definite front and back to the cake — I might even use an oval dummy cake in there for the 6” tier separation — with the length of the oval set front to back —
mine of my pet peeves is to set a cake on a plateau or pedestal that is too small but in this case it works for me and I don’t know why — well it makes the cake so airborne — where it’s just suspended in time there all floral flights of fantasy with the 3-d butterflies — gorgeous —
those might all be dummies in the picture — for moi there’s extra care involved to handle real cake all borderless and suspended like that just wrapped in fondant — can only be touched from the underneath— pia — but you can still use a fat dowel in the middle sticking up as a ‘handle’ — because you’re just gonna cover it with a cake when it’s removed for stacking —
i’d charge $8 to $10 a serving
no, I think i'd do 11x6x9x7x4 but i'd still set it up in advance in all dummies to check it first
i'm curious about the third tier -- it has a definite very straight white line around the bottom edge that could be caused by the camera angle --- but it also looks too even to be hand painted -- the brush always stops there -- and the paint never pools there -- could have been a piece of tape there though -- but why would you tape the bottom? stencils?
cakefan -- I would not stack them to paint it myself --
I agree, Kate, the whole think could be done with edible images. That being said, it would be just as beautiful painted.
yeah, sandra, could be -- it's still tremendous and smart work to be an edible image -- "work smarter not harder" -- and in that case I would guess that it is muy petite too
Come to think of it, it does look quite small, -K8memphis.
Going the edible image route would certainly make the cake more affordable, that is if the artist is as slow as I, haha.
Carla9900, it is a printed image, on wafer paper or sugar sheets, that you adhere to the cake. Since you do not have an edible printer, if you are interested, check with your local Walmart or grocery store, which sells cakes. There is a good possibility they have an edible printer and would make your image for you.
Carla --
or you could go online to icing images dot com
Thanks, -K8memphis! Now, who's got too much faith, lol!
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