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A fair price for my cake ?
Somebody has seen my cake and they want me to make them one. How much should I charge, bearing in mind that the Maltesers and Fingers cost me £7.60
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I wouldn't really know, but that looks delicious
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That is cylinder of evil!
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I wouldn't really know, but that looks delicious
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Well, let me put it another way.
How much would you pay for the cake ? |
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Is it possible to cut the cake without it become a huge mess?
I would charge £15-£20 |
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That kind of thing in a supermarket would be about £10.
Considering you're not a supermarket, I wouldn't charge anything less than £15. People sell themselves short with cakes and end up out of pocket. You have to consider ingredients and electricity costs, as well as your time. Maybe consider where you're getting the Maltesers and fingers from though as that seems a lot to be spending out on them. |
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That kind of thing in a supermarket would be about £10.
Considering you're not a supermarket, I wouldn't charge anything less than £15. People sell themselves short with cakes and end up out of pocket. You have to consider ingredients and electricity costs, as well as your time. Maybe consider where you're getting the Maltesers and fingers from though as that seems a lot to be spending out on them. How does £20 sound for my cake ? |
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Is it possible to cut the cake without it become a huge mess?
I would charge £15-£20
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Not meaning to sound rude, but Andy, you asked this question before about another cake, a while back. You were given good advice then, and I would've thought you would have learned something from it by now?
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How does £20 sound for my cake ?
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The cake looks very nice, very chocolaty, but what's inside it?
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The cake looks very nice, very chocolaty, but what's inside it?
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If you are just making one as a favour for a friend I would cover all costs of ingredients and cooking time etc.
If it is to make a profit I personally would be happy to pay 25 /30 quid for that cake. It looks great, have you a picture of a slice of it please? |
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It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
![]() Is the person buying it expecting "mate's rates"? If it's a one off favour £20 is fair. If you intend to do this more often then you're not really making much given your time and energy cost - unless you're initially trying to build a reputation and customer base. Silly question, is that Malteser packet part of the cake? |
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Have a look around at other cake businesses on Facebook/the internet. See what they charge.
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It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
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£25-£30 I think...
I say this because as an amateur baker I know the hard work that goes into cakery, and this really does look like a special occasion cake. I think it's the right price for a made-to-order cake this this. Just my opinion. |
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It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
that cake sounds yummmy
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Not meaning to sound rude, but Andy, you asked this question before about another cake, a while back. You were given good advice then, and I would've thought you would have learned something from it by now?
Here are your threads about costs of cakes OP. Worth taking a look through them again as, like SherbertLemon says, there's some cracking advice in them: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1734737 http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1791551 |
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£20 is too cheap.
My sister used to make cakes. She was a highly skilled decorator and her cakes would go for about £70. Im sure you could say £25 - £30 and that would be acceptable. I mean, this isn't a cake that someone is going to stick in a cake tin and eat bit by bit (I assume). This is a celebration cake. |
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If you are just making one as a favour for a friend I would cover all costs of ingredients and cooking time etc.
If it is to make a profit I personally would be happy to pay 25 /30 quid for that cake. It looks great, have you a picture of a slice of it please? It's not a very good picture though
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So, it's sort of chocolatey?
![]() Is the person buying it expecting "mate's rates"? If it's a one off favour £20 is fair. If you intend to do this more often then you're not really making much given your time and energy cost - unless you're initially trying to build a reputation and customer base. Silly question, is that Malteser packet part of the cake?
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A bit fuzzy but it still looks good. I just paid 6.95 for a slice of lemon tart with a gin and tonic sorbet and a raspberry coulis, it was the real deal though
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that cake sounds yummmy