Cupcakes

[Aliantha]

Haha...poor Braxton! The girls at school seem to think he's a bit of alright. lol

[Sundae]

Teen gurlz, what they know?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

The ingredients will cost about $100. The rest is labour and set up which i have allowed a whole work day for. Its not a huge profit, but i am not a trained professional either. Down the track when my reputation preceeds me, i will be able to ask top dollar.

Sounds great!

I sometimes visit a construction website and the people there will sometimes talk about what to charge for a job. And the one thing I take away from that, is that to be a successful business that makes a modest profit, you have to charge a staggering amount. You have to be willing to not take jobs that won't pay that amount. You need to consider materials, and the wage you pay yourself, and the overhead (which is a very real and significant cost) and then tack a modest profit for the business on top of that. The guys who had been working for other contractors are always amazed when they see the math broken down for them, because they are used to looking at it in terms of what they make per hour working for someone else, and it never sunk in to them that you have to cover all these other expenses.

I know you aren't at that business point yet and are just easing your way in to this, so none of this applies to you now.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

plus 50 gf choc mud cakes with ganache

Have you ever made GF baked goods before? Or are you working from a tested recipe? I only ask because the ingredients have their own properties, it's surprisingly different from working with regular flour...

[Aliantha]

I have done some gf baking before. This time i need to be very strict though, so sourcing gf chocolate as well. With the mudcake, gf is not too much of an issue because its meant to be dense anyway. The profiteroles might be trickier, but i think there will be a way.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Happy ANZAC Ali.

[Aliantha]

Thanks Bruce. Xx

[Aliantha]

I did this cake yesterday/this morning. It's choc mud with a ganache filling. I will be paid $50 for this one.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Do you and the kids get to eat the shoulder cut outs?

[Clodfobble]

I'm really glad to see how well your business is taking off, Ali. You make beautiful cakes.

[Aliantha]

Thanks Clod. . I have been really surprised by how quickly it has happened. And very grateful for all the support too.

[Aliantha]

No one ate them bruce. They are all sick of cake. Haha

[Griff]

I guess that's a danger of the business. Congrats on the success though.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Marie Antoinette didn't care... but she kind of lost her head.

[Sundae]

Pauvre petite was misquoted.

But it's true her whole protected upbringing could never give her an understanding of what it was like to live and starve on the streets. Unlike the elected representatives of today of course.