Hey, Y'all!

Ok. I've got 16 orders to complete the week of Christmas. Needless to say, I'm gonna be as burnt as the sides of the old oven!

I've posted two pics of cakes below that I'll be doing that week. These are for new business contacts for the cabin business. Each one will be on the smaller end--I'd say about 20 servings or less each. I'm thinking I can do both of them to be less than 12 inches tall.

The designs I'm considering are: One gift box cake (pretty much self-explanatory) with a fondant bow and some light embellishment. 6x6. About how much?

One snowman cake, like shown below. Any quotes out there?

One christmas tree, like the one shown below. About 11 inches tall. (This one involves some serious dowel/support and carving.) Any quotes out there?

One yule log cake. I'm using a single cake recipe and filling it with either Bavarian mousse, or Kahlua mousse. It's buttercream frosted.

Any help y'all could give would be greatly appreciated. I'm not shy about asking for the right money. I'm dealing with corporate here. Just that other than the cost of materials, I have no idea what they'd be worth.

PLEASE NOTE: The cakes below are not my cake work. They're from Freed's bakery in Las Vegas.

Thanks,
--Knox--

I would say between $85-120..... if it would exactly look like these.
Judging from your skill, it might even look a lot nicer than Freed's.

If they're under a foot tall...75$ each. Any taller and I think I would charge 100$ each. They look like they could be alot of work, but what fantastic ideas!

Thanks, Y'all!

I was thinking at around $60-$75 each.

GAH!!

I'm really, really (did I say really?) going to have to plan well to get through THAT week! lol

Thanks again,
--Knox--

They are really cute! What pans for the snowman?

I think the snowman looks really easy but that tree is sure different. How would you make it look like that? Be sure to post the photos of yours when you are done.

Joanne

The branches sticking out of the cake is pretzel sticks then iced green on them.

Charge through the nose for them...You won't be sorry. There's more work to some of those "little cakes" than meets the eye. Plus, if it's ritzy corporate, they won't want it to get out that they bought "these cheap little cakes"--make them feel like they got something reeeeally valuable, AND paid for it. DH always reminds me that "if it costs more, it's worth more" (however *that* works... ). They won't bat an eye at $100 apiece if your cakes look as good than those pic examples.

Plus, the extra work at Christmas.....I'd charge extra for time during that week because of the holiday alone! Make it worth your while. Post pics later!

Thanks, Y'all!

I've been looking at y'alls work. WOW! (I'm a gallery addict.)

Put this in your watched list, and I'll be sure to post the pics right after they're done the week of the 18th.


--Knox--

Wow, I can't wait to see the pictures !!!!

Wow, those look neat. I would say 100 each at least. Think about it, that is about 5 a serving. Desserts in the restaurants corporate people eat at typically cost 7-11 dollars and probably involve a lot less work too!

I think the branches might be thick chocolate with icing leaves piped on. Pretzels might get soggy?

As far as a yule log - charge at least $20 each! The catalogues charge at least $30 and probably don't taste as good as yours does.

deb

ZMAMA: You'd asked about the pans. I'm not sure which ones Freed's used on their snowman, but I'm thinking sports ball and mini ball for mine. Very well doweled and then single doweled through the boards, as well.

For the tree, I'm going to bake 4 or 5 6x2 layers and carve from that for the tall tree look. I've seen plenty of the short and fat versions of 3D trees, but I don't care for the look. Again, doweled through the board.

And for the yule log, I'm of course doing the jelly roll thing, and I'll carve it to be about 9 inches in length.

How does that sound to y'all?

--Knox--