Please Help With Price?

Decorating By turtlemom_9500 Updated 11 Feb 2007 , 6:38pm by turtlemom_9500

turtlemom_9500 Cake Central Cake Decorator Profile
turtlemom_9500 Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 2:40pm
post #1 of 5

I found these two cakes on this site! I have an order for one but not sure which size. what would be a good price for each cake?
LL
LL

4 replies
alicegop Cake Central Cake Decorator Profile
alicegop Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 2:53pm
post #2 of 5

Those are sooo cute icon_cool.gif

Not to be rude, but are you able to make those monkeys and things just like that? If your talents are that good, then that is WORTH something!

If I were to do in fondant a 10in and a 6 in in fondant with extra decoration I would charge $130.

That feels like a lot, but why do we charge less for non wedding cakes? The talent and work is the same.....

Figure out (1) materials (I loosely figure around $30) (some people suggest to multiply by 3, but that doesn't take into account all the extras you are doing on the cake and I have felt that undervalues the amount of work and talent that goes into the cakes!) (2) how many hours will that take you and what is your time worth? Don't you think you deserve AT LEAST 20-30 an hour since you are so talented! (3) add em together, there is your price. Now my $130 is seeming pretty darn reasonable!

leily Cake Central Cake Decorator Profile
leily Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 4:22pm
post #3 of 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by alicegop

That feels like a lot, but why do we charge less for non wedding cakes? The talent and work is the same.....




Ditto. I don't have a seperate price list for Wedding cakes. I have prices listed for Tiered Cakes, Weather they are wedding or for a birthday party I find I put the same amount of time into them.

7yyrt Cake Central Cake Decorator Profile
7yyrt Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 6:34pm
post #4 of 5

These are actually 2 quite different cakes -
The colored monkeys are a short 1 or 2 layer cake, and the brown monkeys are a tall 4 or 5 layer per tier topsyturvy cake...

turtlemom_9500 Cake Central Cake Decorator Profile
turtlemom_9500 Posted 11 Feb 2007 , 6:38pm
post #5 of 5

Yes, I'm aware of that. I was just wanting prices for each. She isn't sure what size she would need.. TIA!

Quote by @%username% on %date%

%body%