Posts by ChristaBaker

I bake entirely from scratch too. I know there are many cake decorators who use a mix (or a doctored mix) but I can always tell a mix cake, even a doctored one. Years ago I used mixes, but then I started to feel like I was cheating when...

Oh, and I also make all of my cakes from scratch, and I make that part of my selling point. I use high quality ingredients and since they are scratch-made, I can customize them for flavor or to omit certain ingredients due to allergies,...

I can totally relate even though I have been doing it for a few years now. It is a blessing and a curse to be in a state where I can legally work from my home kitchen. On the one hand, I don't have additional overhead costs, but on the...

I wouldn't put it quite that way - I would charge more simply because I am always "working out deals" and giving discounts to the majority of my clients for varoius reasons, so if I knew someone was willing to pay whatever I asked, I...

Do you ever have people request tasting samples of cookies? If so, How many samples do you give, and do you just eat the cost in hopes that you will get the order? What size cakes do you make (and how many different flavors) for a...

I'm finally getting pretty good at pricing cakes and cookies and not undercharging, but certain things still throw me for a loop:Do you charge more for multiple flavors in cakes and cookies? I have a client who wants 100 decorated...

For Manhattan you definitely undercharged. She probably would have paid someone else at least that much for just the cake. It is so hard to know what to charge when you are just getting established, and then people will come back to you...

Indydebi:Thanks for posting that! It really got me thinking. In my case, I really just do cakes for family and friends, and I consider myself a hobbyist. I have only ever sold cakes to people who approached me after seeing one of my...

I don't even live in a small town, but just outside of Boston, where people are generally used to a higher cost of living. But because I work from home, people expect that I'll charge $20-30 for a cake. Are you kidding? You would pay $20...

I am in the exact same boat. After years of using mixes, I decided that since I am starting to sell my cakes, I should start doing scratch cakes. I have found two delicious chocolate recipes, but white and yellow still elude me. I have...