Cupcakes - Page 19

Lola Bunny · 07-24-2014, 06:37 AM

Pretty!

glatt · 07-24-2014, 07:25 AM

Man, that's perfect.

Clodfobble · 07-24-2014, 08:21 AM

Ali, do you mind if I ask how much you charged for a cake like that? I'm just curious, you don't have to answer.

glatt · 07-24-2014, 09:14 AM

At the bakery near us, the 8 inch cakes are around $40, but a specialty cake like this would have a "design fee" of $10-$20 per serving, depending on complexity. So if it has 10 slices, that could be a $200 design fee on top of the $40 cake. Of course, wedding cakes are bigger than that. You'd probably have 50 servings or more in a wedding cake, so that could be $1,000 for the design fee on a fancy cake.

They aren't cheap.

I'd imagine that just starting out, you would want to have your prices be low to attract customers. But then how do you raise your prices after that?

Lola Bunny · 07-24-2014, 12:01 PM

Damn, that's expensive.

glatt · 07-24-2014, 12:19 PM

Most special cakes end up being in the $200-$400 range at this bakery. You can go to the link and watch the slideshow with the price information for each cake.

Aliantha · 07-24-2014, 04:22 PM

I am only charging $50 for this cake because its a favour to Adens gf, but normally around $100 for something like this. I try to pay myself $20/hour. Thats the going rate for skilled labour here. This cake took about 3 hours labour, plus ingredients and baking 'fees'.

Aliantha · 07-24-2014, 04:24 PM

A rule of thumb here is $100/tier depending on the intricacy. This cake was fairly simple really.

Aliantha · 07-25-2014, 04:47 PM

I just finished this cake off this morning.

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xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2014, 07:47 PM

Cool.

Glinda · 07-25-2014, 08:22 PM

Wow! Nice job!

Geez, when I was a kid, all I got was a lopsided Betty Crocker cake. *pout*

Aliantha · 07-25-2014, 08:35 PM

My Mum always made cakes for us. Usually novelty cakes from kids birthday cake books. They were pretty cool. Mum got into cake decorating as a real thing when I was probably around 10yrs old and I used to help her out. The cakes started getting better after Mum had some classes.

She was always a fantastic baker though.

So now, I'm carrying on and growing her legacy. It makes me proud to be able to put out nice cakes and things that people love to look at, and then find they taste as good, or even better. I think she would be proud of me.

Glinda · 07-25-2014, 08:43 PM

What a sweet legacy for your mother! I'm sure she'd be proud, too!

glatt · 07-26-2014, 06:34 AM

Are those the Wiggles? Kids still like them ?

Aliantha · 07-26-2014, 07:30 AM

Yep, Wiggles, and apparently they do.

07-24-2014, 08:21 AM	#273
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ali, do you mind if I ask how much you charged for a cake like that? I'm just curious, you don't have to answer. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-24-2014, 04:22 PM	#277
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I am only charging $50 for this cake because its a favour to Adens gf, but normally around $100 for something like this. I try to pay myself $20/hour. Thats the going rate for skilled labour here. This cake took about 3 hours labour, plus ingredients and baking 'fees'. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-24-2014, 04:24 PM	#278
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	A rule of thumb here is $100/tier depending on the intricacy. This cake was fairly simple really. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-25-2014, 04:47 PM	#279
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I just finished this cake off this morning. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-25-2014, 07:47 PM	#280
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cool. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2014, 06:37 AM	#271
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Pretty!

07-24-2014, 07:25 AM	#272
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Man, that's perfect.

07-24-2014, 09:14 AM	#274
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	At the bakery near us, the 8 inch cakes are around $40, but a specialty cake like this would have a "design fee" of $10-$20 per serving, depending on complexity. So if it has 10 slices, that could be a $200 design fee on top of the $40 cake. Of course, wedding cakes are bigger than that. You'd probably have 50 servings or more in a wedding cake, so that could be $1,000 for the design fee on a fancy cake. They aren't cheap. I'd imagine that just starting out, you would want to have your prices be low to attract customers. But then how do you raise your prices after that?

07-24-2014, 12:01 PM	#275
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Damn, that's expensive.

07-24-2014, 12:19 PM	#276
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Most special cakes end up being in the $200-$400 range at this bakery. You can go to the link and watch the slideshow with the price information for each cake.

07-25-2014, 08:22 PM	#281
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Wow! Nice job! Geez, when I was a kid, all I got was a lopsided Betty Crocker cake. pout

07-25-2014, 08:35 PM	#282
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	My Mum always made cakes for us. Usually novelty cakes from kids birthday cake books. They were pretty cool. Mum got into cake decorating as a real thing when I was probably around 10yrs old and I used to help her out. The cakes started getting better after Mum had some classes. She was always a fantastic baker though. So now, I'm carrying on and growing her legacy. It makes me proud to be able to put out nice cakes and things that people love to look at, and then find they taste as good, or even better. I think she would be proud of me. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

07-25-2014, 08:43 PM	#283
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	What a sweet legacy for your mother! I'm sure she'd be proud, too!

07-26-2014, 06:34 AM	#284
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Are those the Wiggles? Kids still like them ?

07-26-2014, 07:30 AM	#285
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yep, Wiggles, and apparently they do. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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