I had a girl that I work with ask if I would make her wedding cake. She wanted a 4 tier cake covered in swiss dots and satin ribbon. She actually wanted me to do the exact one that is in Mich Turners Wedding Cakes book the Parisian Pearl cake. The only thing different was that she wanted the top tier 6" and the bottom 12", and different ribbon with ivory fondant and icing. I told her that the price would be around 300-350 depending on flavors and fillings. She later told me that she wanted the two middle tiers to be dummies. I didn't change my price because I felt like it was a decent price to begin with. A month goes by and she sends me an e-mail telling me that she went with someone else that was cheaper! Am I wrong to be bugged? Did I overcharge? I live in Utah and people are cheap here, I just didn't think that they were that cheap. I have called the local grocery stores and walmart, previous times and my prices seem to compare, the only difference is that I think I do better work than the grocery store and my cakes and fillings I know taste better. You can look at the cake on Mich Turners web site www.lvcc.co.uk

You qouted a price to her that you thought was fair. Don't worry over this. Your time is valuable and if she went with someone cheaper, she may get what she paid for. Cheaper isn't always better.

I wouldn't sweat it. Some people just aren't your customers and never will be. I personally am not the kind of person who would pay for a custom cake, so it's a good thing I learned how to do it myself

Only you can say if you charged too much or too little...if the price was more than a reasonable percentage over your cost (typically 20-30%) you charged too much. If the price was near or below your cost, you charged too little.

I don't know what your price per slice is...but the 12" feeds 96 by it's self. So let's say you charge $3 dollars a slice then that would have been $288 by it's self; an 10" feeds 60 & that's $180 That's & $468 And that's only half of way through....So in my opinion you under charged her. She will get what she paid for. And that's not the type of customer you want anyway. Don't beat yourself up about it

The list price for Mich Turner's Parisian Pearl cake is £1150.00 or US$1826.

Your $300-$350 quote is a steal ..

@TexasSugar I use the Wilton chart for 4" tall cakes....It's very rare that (especially a wedding cake) is only 2" tall

Yes, it is rare, however if you look at the Wilton chart it says 2 in high then underneath it says (2 layers) indicating that the cake is 4 in high.

@Texas Sugar I do apologize! I was incorrect. I was looking @ it just now for pricing & it said 4" but in my mind I doubled it when I put it on spread sheet.

So again I do apologize

No problem.