Posts by chickscreations

It is based on the difficulty of the cake a simple border with happy birthday and a couple flowers would be basic while a carved or topsy turvy cake would be a level 3. It explains it in her original post. Hope that helps.

Anyone out there use Cake Boss Software and if so what do you like or dislike about it? How do you think it has benefitted your business? I've been thinking about buying it but don't want to spend that much for something that won't be...

By the way someone will always complain they are too much but you can't work for free:)

Starbucks cake pops don't even compare to a good handmade cake pop and I would not use them as a price point starter. I do $1.50 each for plain simply dipped, $2 each for more gourmet versions salted Carmel , pink champagne and then add...

Thank you everyone for your help.  I quoted her a price of $80 and she said thank you for getting right back to me but I am going to have to pass for now!  Ugh they all want to get something for nothing guess they will be...

I live in Northern California about 1 hour north of Sacramento. I live in a fairly rural area no bakery in town they would have to go to the next town over which is about 30 minutes. It seems I get requests all the time and about 40%...

I agree with the undercutting and don't want to do that which is why I was asking.  Local business in my area charge $3 a serving for butter cream but I figured I don't have as much overhead as they do and I was posting on my...

$35 in ingriedients, 2-3 hours including baking, icing and molding all the buttons out of fondant. Then cake board and box another $5 I work outing my home so minimal overhead licensing ect $200 a year

I've been in business with my friend for about a year now we started out just doing cake pops and I make cakes for friends and family but lately I have been getting a lot of cake requests so have been doing more and more cakes for...