What would you price this cake? Do you think I'm being cheap or expensive?

Someone just asked me to give her a price for this cake. It's for a wedding for 40 people.

It's all buttercream 1 layer amaretto soak cake. The cake sizes on the picture are bigger than what I would do for 50 servings. I will plan to do 6" 8" 10", base on wilton chart the 8" and 10" will give me about 48 servings. She mentioned that if the flowers and ribbons are extra she can supply her own.

I calculated the cost of everything and came out to $250 ( no flowers & ribbon) including delivery and set up.

I just moved to the area (DE from MA) and I'm trying to build up a clientele thou I don't want to be cheap and I don't want to be so expensive making potential clients run away lol. I don't charge per slice neither think that charging for a wedding should be any different from a regular cake though I included an extra charge giving the fact that I will be giving this cake special attention and detail and might run around a bit getting some supplies together.

What do you all think? and what will you charge for this cake?

Thank you all! :)

I don't charge my license fee and insurance everytime I bake a cake, I rent a commercial kitchen and I included it in the price I calculated. I gave her a quote for the same exact cake including flowers and ribbons, delivery and set up and now she wants me to quote the same cake but 2 tiers only. It's so frustrated when people keep asking you to fix your prices around their budget. If they want a cheap cake that cake won't be good, they should just not waste anyones time and go straight to their local supermarket bakery.

Jason_kraft I understand everything you explained and yes it was included in the quote.

I did asked her to if she had a budget or how much was she looking to spend. She said she didn't had one and she didn't know it all depends

on how much my quote was and if she can afford it or not and if not she will go with smaller version.

It's a 2 tier cake 6" & 10", she's keeping the 6" for her anniversary and she will cut the 10" to feed 40 people.

The cake is just one tick layer about 3 inches high and 4" high with the buttercream, it's a Hispanic traditional wedding cake that is soak/sprinkle or

moist in amaretto liquor. I will give her my final quote today for the 2 tiers and if she doesn't want to pay my price she can go ask some where else :)

Wowww...and I forgot to mention that she wants this cake for March 9th and she wants it deliver to the casino 25 minutes away.

I haven't heard back from her and don't think I will and if she gets back I will tell her that, that weekend has been taken since she didn't reply

I gave the space to someone elses order. I work at a bakery and I do this on the side to save up to open up my own place so I don't have time

for people like her. Thanks all for your support :)

K8memphis, I have my own recipe I make but they have one at cakecentral as well...here's the link if you ever want to give it a try, it's delishhhh

http://cakecentral.com/a/amaretto-puertorican-cake

k8memphis, there's also a sirop you have to make and then pour over the cake evently

depends in the size of the cake just boil 1 or 2 cups of water, 1/3 cup sugar until it disolves and 3 tbls amaretto, let cool and

pour half over cake evenly, let stand, turn the other side and pour the rest, let stand for about an hour or put on freezer to set and then decorate.