On our office notice board we have two posters from people home baking - one sells at £15 for 12 and they are nice looking but standard cupcakes.
The other person sells deluxe themed cupcakes for £25 for 12. She has ones that look like animals, and christmas trees etc - all super cool.

Who gets the most orders ?

Tbh, they are factors I'd only really considered as I typed the post! I generally make cupcakes as they make more sense for my life and the amount of people who will eat them. I have made a large cake for a colleague's birthday this weekend though and I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to manage it!

*waves at GG!* Long time no see. You'll be fine with the cake chick! I do have a top tip though... If you're using fondant/ready rolled icing to cover it, then I can I point you in the direction of this It's a powder which, when added into the fondant icing helps to aid decoration. I use it all the time when modelling cupcake or cake toppers. It helps things keep their shapes, but is still totally edible. I used it when I made this birthday cake for my sister last year. Helped the flowers to keep their shape. I swear by it.

Now you mention it we have had the fancy ones twice in the office once for a birthday, and the christmas tree ones at christmas. Not tried the others.

Hey Shutter! *hugs* hope you're well.

That cake looks amazing! I'm not that clever, I just use buttercream and some piping. It was a bit thrown together as I was out all day and had loads of work still to do so it got squeezed in. My colleague likes anything cakey so it should do!

you get a box of 4 cream cakes from a supermarket for about £2

to me, that sets the benchmark at about 50p or so per cake.


Once you get to £1 a cake, it's too much.

Include me out at that price.

They're closer to £2 a cake if you got to places like Bea's of Bloomsbury, Hummingbird Bakery etc.

I'd say maybe £10 for 6, £18 for 12 would be fair.

Takes into account the fact you won't use that much more time/oven power mixing the extra half dozen as all the ingredients would be ready anyway from the first 6, and gives an incentive to buy more.

Go up to say £25 if someone wants specific, special decoration.