What Do I Charge For Unfrosted Cakes?
Business By kesselkreations Updated 16 May 2006 , 2:41am by boonenati
I've been asked to bake cakes for a wedding. The brides cousin is coming out of town and has voluntered to frost and decorate the cakes, but doesn't have time to bake them before the wedding. I am wondering what to charge. I was thinking of charging $ 5 per cake mix used for plain flavors (white, chocolate) and $ 7 for a specialty flavor. So for example, a 2-layer, 6 in round takes one mix so I would charge $ 5. A 10 in double layer would take 2 mixes so I would charge $10. My costs would be about half that because I was able to buy mixes for $ 1 each. Does this seem reasonable?
I've been asked to bake cakes for a wedding. The brides cousin is coming out of town and has voluntered to frost and decorate the cakes, but doesn't have time to bake them before the wedding. I am wondering what to charge. I was thinking of charging $ 5 per cake mix used for plain flavors (white, chocolate) and $ 7 for a specialty flavor. So for example, a 2-layer, 6 in round takes one mix so I would charge $ 5. A 10 in double layer would take 2 mixes so I would charge $10. My costs would be about half that because I was able to buy mixes for $ 1 each. Does this seem reasonable?
I think it sounds a little too cheap. Even if each of your mixes are only $1 to buy, are you adding to your costs, things like electricity, water, gas, ingredients you add to the mix (eggs, milk, water, flavourings). Also you need to consider how long it's going to take you to bake all the cakes, is $2.50 per mix really going to cover any of your time??
Nati
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