I'm from Iowa also and I probably would have charged $4.00/serving for this cake. Yes it's a shaped cake but to me it looks like it is just a round cake in the middle with a small sheet cake trimmed to fit on each side. I do think you...
http://dessert.food.com/recipe/best-ever-banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting-67256
I use this recipe for banana cake, it tastes and has a similar texture to banana bread. I have added nuts with no problem.
A full sheet at Walmart in my town is $35 and is 16x24. I worked at the bakery for four yours and the previous posters are correct when they say that Walmart sells cake at a loss. I did the ordering for my department. A...
I actually use a wallpaper scraper that I bought in the painting section at walmart.It has a really nice edge to it and works really well. It did have a handle but I removed it by unscrewing a couple screws. I bought it awhile ago so I...
www.wesellcoffee.com/page82.html36 cents for 6ct and 84 cents for 12ct, I havent ordered in awhile but I believe the shipping was reasonable. Have you tried asking bakery departments at a local grocery store? I forgot to order some in...
You also may want to consider adding something about lighting and photography. The lighting can make colors look different and sometimes colors photograph wierd. On my wedding cake (this was before I started decorating) I had purple...
My thoughts are that since you are a hourly employee that the bride is more the venue's client than yours, so it doesn't really matter who does the consultation. I've seen this a lot on the cake decorating shows. You see Buddy or Duff do...
I would price the same as you do regular cake: Ingrediants/supplies+labor+profit. For me the price for cake ingrediants is quite a bit more than cake dummies especially when you get into the larger sizes. My cake recipe costs around $5...
Honestly I don't think you have much of a case. Dulce is a very commen word, I did a search on Dulce Cakes and there are numerous bakeries that use Dulce in their name.