Hi, I want to someday have my own bakery, but don't yet. I am a circus performer as well and have recently put up a little poster of my cakes at the youth circus that I coach at as an ad for myself to try to get some business and practice as well and today a dad of one of the girls in the circus called me to order a suprise birthday cake for his wife for next Saturday night. Hooray! My first real order!... There will be 50-75 people there, but he is not too worried about there being enough cake for everyone, just lots, since it will be an adult party and more than likely not everyone will want cake (in his words). So basically my questions are how much cake will I need to make (3 Tiers or how big of a sheet, or what)? And how much should I charge him?

Thanks everyone

First, in Florida it is illegal to sell cakes out your home. Just thought you should know.

Second, with that said, I think you need to do a little more research on selling cakes before taking an order. You should learn what size cake serve how many people. You should also know if your client wants a sheet cake or tiered cake and exactly how many servings he needs. You should figure out your cost, so your able to figure out your pricing.

Ok, thank you for your advice. He has told me though that he doesn't have a sheet/tier preference and is leaving the artistic license up to me. I could chock it up to practice if I couldn't sell, or sell it out of the restaurant I work in though, right? I do know about getting a business liscense and such as I went to college for Hosp./Business, but as a noob, just practicing for family and friends? I guess I don't know, but I have already told him I would make it.

..moving from Business forum.