Posts by cakecoachonline

You know what the problem around pricing is.    Because we enjoy making the creations so much, then there is this guilt thing going on.  Running the belief of, I cannot charge properly if I have enjoyed myself so...

I think you have to work out what is best way forward.  Some accounting packages like Sage are a one off purchase, but then they try and get you signed up for a yearly Help Line.  Sage is about £150 in UK.  ...

Hi there, the calculator is under the main banner - a clickable download button.   www.facebook.com/cakecoachonline      Good luck....:) Kx

Hi there,  my facebook page link should be showing at the end of any post I do.  I certainly see it at my end.  But in any event  try www.facebook.com/cakecoachonline    Just under the banner there is...

Hi there - I made a 'cake calculator' which is a freebie download from my facebook page.   It takes the cost of the purchases of ingredients and divides them up correctly for your recipe.  Then encourages you to price...

You might want to have a look at the online software Kashflow.  If you are talking about recording all your income and expenditure.  I know that there is facility on there to write estimates too and then turn them into a...

I think just using lack of time as an 'excuse' is the kindest way.  I lost count of the times friends asked - could you just knock me up a cake - expecting it clearly for either zero money or cost of ingredients...

I had an interesting discussing with a very talented cake maker in London. She is amazingly busy and her cake charges are on the high end. She said she felt a bit guilty to have effectively a queue for her work when other cake...

Interestingly in UK if you put the word delivery on your invoice - (and you are registered to charge and pay the UK value added tax @ 20%) I discovered that by putting 'delivery' on the invoice means that you should by law add the 20%...

In London UK we would be charging about 40p per mile, plus an Congestion Charging to get into London if relevant. The thing not to forget to recharge is any parking charges as well. Often these get forgotten as they are normally small...