Just wondering how much to charge? Its a 2" chocolate cake, torted once with bc filling. BC layer under the fondant. 9" square. Thanks. I have that it serves 25?

First, cute cake!!! Like the colors and design. What's the ocassion?

I think generally people charge $2 a serving so that would make it around $50 but that all depends on where you live. Also I'm pretty new at this myself so I'll be checking back for the answers. lol.

I have a 10inch two layer chocolate cake with filling, covered in fondant with a bow and I charge $75.

Holy crap! $75?

I would have only charged $30-35 for this cake. I'd probably keep that price to know, but its good to know it could go higher.

No occasion. I'm in the process of going legal, so I do a cake a week (other than my friends and family orders) just to put the cake in my portfolio.

So just a practice cake that my bible study gets to enjoy. (Well, they enjoy alot of my cakes )

Any one else?

I have a 9" 3 layer round with buttercream and fondant for $28.50. Unfortunately that's what my market will bear. As far as that $75, most bows go for $30-$40 for fluffy bows. Have you sold alot of these Jax? Just curious where you are located also. Sounds like NYC prices!

If it's one layer, I think $30-35...two layer, maybe $45-50...add bows and I'd go up to $65! Just my thoughts on that for whatever they're worth!

$75 and lots of people tell me I should charge more but I think it is fair for a 2 layer 10 inch fondant covered cake. If you look at the Wilton book that size cake will serve between 30 people (for party) and 50 people (for wedding) so it is pretty cheap if you look at on a per serving basis.

Well, Jax, I guess for the area you are in that may be pretty cheap. I checked around at a couple of bakeries that do wedding cakes and they were starting out on a purely bc icing, no fondant, at $1.65 a serving. I thought that was incredibly low considering they are one of the main (and only) known wedding cake supplier here. So, when I quoted a wedding cake price on my first paying gig, I took into account that KayDay up in the north part of the state starts at around $2.25 for BC and then JennT in the south part of the state said they start out around $2.00 and up for bc, so I priced my cake right at a $2.15 a serving. Of course that was for a wedding cake. People don't usually pay quite as much for party cakes from all the websites I've looked at. There again, it really depends on where you are.

No way I could get $75 for a single-layer cake, torted or not! LOL If it's a one mix cake, or the equivalent from scratch.....I could get no more than $40 (if that!) for it decorated like you have done. In our area, we charge the "per serving" price on layered cakes/ tiered cakes. For Single layers and sheet cakes, we have fixed prices and then add on the "extras", like fondant, gumpaste, toppers, anything elaborate. You sure don't want to scare off your potential customers by overpricing for your area in the early stages of your business.

Have you checked other decorator's prices where you live?????

It's a cute cake!

Jax!!!! I re-read and see that yours is two layer, filled, fondant bow......OK, I can see that!!! ))))) Totally different animal!

I've heard the method of $12 per cake mix.......if you make 2 batches.....$24........or the whole......figure what your ingredients cost..multiply that by three and there's your figure.....so if it costs 10 to make....you sell for 30.......but of course that would change when you get into things like gumpaste flowers etc. that would take a lot more time and effort than a simply frosted cake

KHalstead~ I hadn't heard that method, but had thought of a per mix pricing grid for my non-tiered cakes. I was thinking $25 per decorated mix.........for starters....adding on the frills, of course.

Ooo...I like the $12 idea. That sure makes things easy.

$75 for a smallish single layer cake without extraordinary decoration seems very high.

i'm with ballonwhisk, for a single layer 9 inch cake, $75 is too much. depending on where you live, i would say $35-40.

By my calculations that cake would cost $37.50. Based on what I charge, I'm in the midwest.

BTW, $12 per cake mix is way to low!!! By the time you buy the mix, oil, eggs, doctoring ingredients, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, fondant, cake board, cakeboard cover....need I go on? AND dont forgot to charge each person the upkeep of your supplies. I know none of us have a cake deco supply tree in our front yard!!! Its good to have a minimum order price, mine is now $30 and sometimes I thik I need my head examined for that one.

I'd charge $65 for a two layer w filling 10 inch with that decoration.

Sorry I was thinking $12.00/mix and double it for the price. So the cake would be $24.00

I guess I would be profiting 12.00 then. And it took me 1 1/4 hours to do.

Hmm....such a fine line eh? don't want to over charge, but don't want to under either.

The price of $75 is for a 2 layer filed 10 inch cake covered in fondant with a fondant bow, not a single layer.