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Old 15-07-2014, 20:32
Andy Birkenhead
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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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Old 15-07-2014, 20:40
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I wouldn't really know, but that looks delicious !
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Old 15-07-2014, 20:48
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That is cylinder of evil!
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Old 15-07-2014, 21:22
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I wouldn't really know, but that looks delicious !
Thank you
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Old 15-07-2014, 21:23
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That is cylinder of evil!
Erm...thank you !
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Old 15-07-2014, 21:24
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Well, let me put it another way.
How much would you pay for the cake ?
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Old 15-07-2014, 21:36
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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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Old 15-07-2014, 21:39
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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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Old 15-07-2014, 22:36
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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.
I used 3 boxes of fingers (£1 each = £3 and a box of Maltesers (£3) and a bag of Maltesers which contains 3 regular packs of Maltesers (£1.60) I bought them in the local Asda.

How does £20 sound for my cake ?
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Old 15-07-2014, 22:40
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Is it possible to cut the cake without it become a huge mess?

I would charge £15-£20
Yes it is
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Old 15-07-2014, 23:44
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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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Old 16-07-2014, 00:56
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How does £20 sound for my cake ?
It sounds about right - my wife bought something similar for my birthday and from what I remember I'm fairly sure she paid around £20 for it.
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Old 16-07-2014, 01:03
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The cake looks very nice, very chocolaty, but what's inside it?
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Old 16-07-2014, 07:29
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The cake looks very nice, very chocolaty, but what's inside it?
It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
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Old 16-07-2014, 07:56
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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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Old 16-07-2014, 08:37
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It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
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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Old 16-07-2014, 12:11
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Have a look around at other cake businesses on Facebook/the internet. See what they charge.
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Old 16-07-2014, 12:11
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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 sounds nice, maybe £20 then.
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Old 16-07-2014, 12:21
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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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Old 16-07-2014, 13:03
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It's a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in chocolate butter cream and then coated in chocolate ganache
OMG that cake sounds yummmy
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Old 16-07-2014, 13:50
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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?
I remembered that too.

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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Old 16-07-2014, 15:40
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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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Old 16-07-2014, 22:35
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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?
http://s612.photobucket.com/user/And...M0930.jpg.html
It's not a very good picture though
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Old 16-07-2014, 22:38
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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?
Yes it is
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Old 16-07-2014, 22:45
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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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