How would you all price this cake? It's the "Super Enhanced" chocolate with chocolate mousse filling, iced with buttercream and fondant accents. The bears are molded from modeling paste. I'm pretty new to this and wanted to get some outside opinions of what a cake like this might be worth?
i would charge about $3/serving around here. is it 8" & 6"?
A bajillion dollars. It is GORGEOUS! What a great job!
(I second and third everyone's pricing opinions)
I am interested in the sugarveil pen too!! Where did you get it?
I am interested in the sugarveil pen too!! Where did you get it?
I don't have one but, I had looked at them on these sites:
http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=CD4000&sid=OVERTURE&TID=OV9120255&ysmwa=hzhJJcgRWOgIu-IBmFl7glnPBNRbgnBf8y3JNMzFSRN0Y0PpfEEqC6BiMjav5uDI&bhcd2=1170767014
http://www.sugarveil.com/
Maybe someday!!! 
I've only heard good things about it so far.
You can also use a regular bag with the SugarVeil icing. That would enable you to use the same technique of choosing your fonts and tracing them and then placing them on the cake. There's also a recipe for a SugarVeil-like icing on CC somewhere that you could make yourself. I'd certainly try that route if you can't afford the system right now. I'll try and find the link to the recipe.
I have the Sugarveil pen and icing and have used it for the same thing - to make neat, perfect writing. I originally bought it because I thought it might make piping easier - I really need practice on that - but I haven't used it as much as I thought I would. One thing that is very useful about the pen is the fact that you can use it to pick up small pearls and attach them to your cake. This is very helpful if you are adding lots of pearls for an intricate design or a border around a cake.
By the way - your cake is beautiful!!! Outstanding job!!
Here's how I would break it down:
8" Round = $20
6" Round = $15
Mousse Filling = $10 (2 tiers, $5/tier)
Fondant Accents = $10
Bear Toppers = $15
So that gives me a price of $70. I find that if I break a cake down into parts, it helps me itemize the costs for the clients.
Where i work we would charge 1.75 a slice. For a 6" and 8" this would be $68.25. We would then charge $10 for filling and $25 for the fondant work making the cake $103.25. It's very cute. Great job!
Did you think this cake was a disaster? maybe youposted in the wrong forum because it is wonderful.
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