I'm just wondering what you would charge for a slab cake (3ft long!) that is going to feed 500 people?? It would be 2 layers with a filling and most likely covered in buttercream ( I love mmf but I don't know if I could roll out a piece that big!) with a logo on it. It's for a 75th anniversary of a posh golf and country club!
I don't want to undercharge but I don't want to overcharge either! I've never done a slab cake before and definitely haven't made a cake for 500 people!!!
Thanks

I would definitely charge like a wedding cake--per person. That's going to be a huge cake and the extra supplies and time figured in will warrant that.

I would say between $1,200.00 - 1,500.00 for BC iced and filled, depending on the difficulty of design.

Oh my that is a BIG cake
Please be sure to post a picture when you are done! Good Luck!

deb

holy moly!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know you could make a cake to feed 500 without fifty tiers wowwwoooooowwwwwwww.......what kind of a cake board would you use????? Hope you have a station wagon LOL

YES. I AGREE. YOU NEED TO CHARGE BY THE SLICE AND ADD IN AN EXTRA CHARGE FOR SET UP AND DELIVERY FOR SURE. THIS WILL NOT BE AN EASY CAKE TO TRANSPORT. THE GOING RATE PER SLICE IN MISSISSIPPI IS AROUND $2 A PERSON. SO I WOULD CHARGE AT THE MINIMUM $1000.00.

GOOD LUCK! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT!

LES

jdogga,

Hi when I got married I had a cake kind of that big and when the lady come in to set it up her and her son brought it in on a piece of thick ply wood (sp?) and not a problem. Hope this helps Becky

Please - post a picture when you can - I'd love to see that one!!!

Wow, I'd be careful with this one. I don't know what I'd charge. If you over do it, you may risk future business, but that is a huge cake. I don't know if I would personally charge by the slice for this type of cake. What would you normally charge for a full sheetcake that was filled and double layer? I'd take that amount and multiply by three or four, then factor in extra charges for the reinforced board you'll need, and the hassle of transporting such an enourmous cake. I could be totally naive and I'm willing to accept that, but I don't think anyone would pay $1000 in my area for that size cake. Markets are all different. I know a lot of the members here get more for their cakes than I can in my area (outside Kansas City), so like I said I could be dead wrong, but honestly if it were me, I'd probably charge about $500 for this cake (if covered in buttercream). If there is an extensive design, then I'd factor that in too.
Hope this helps!

I would probably try and talk them into several smaller cakes rather than one that big. I would tell them they could have different designs on each one and they could have different flavors etc.. that would be too big for me. Good luck!

Now that's a cake

Good luck...can't wait for the pictures

I am going to try to talk them into having smaller cakes that are the shapes of each of the 18 holes!! I think that would be alot more interesting than a huge slab cake! I have to run this idea by them and see what they say! Thank you to everyone for your help!!!

slab cakes are easy. You could even carve the darn things into the shape of a golf green or something.

Wow that is a big cake to do I would say to stick close to what you charge based on your 1/2 sheet prices. So a cake this size would cost them approx $600 plus transport/handling fees????????
I don't think it would be all that bad to do, just alot of preparation. Keep in mind that if you do separate cakes, you will have a higher cost to you since you will use more icing and more cake boards so charge accordingly.
Maybe you could make 10 1/2 sheet cakes torted and filled them crumb coat and freeze. Make all of your icing and maybe either FBCT or Royal transfers of the logo design or of course edible images if you have that sort of thing and ice, decorate it there? It is no different than taking large cakes to a wedding reception and having to finish it off there
Good luck and I can't wait to see pics

i would agree on a price before i started and asked for a deposit. that's a huge task you're taking on. good-luck, and post pictures!