Domnaki
I use to sell cakes part time when I was working. I retired 3 year ago, and decided to keep it strictly a hobby. Wanted freedom and no stress in my retirement.
What I use to do is keep a note of the specific time I started and finished all my decorating tasks ( the hours ) …my baking, torting, crumb coating & covering my cakes….making embellishments like flowers, molds, figures etc. Anything & everything related to the cake. Tallied price of my supplies….butter, eggs, flour…etc. Tallied my physical labour costs. Wrote this all down. Of course the more you decorate, the faster you’ll get…so will eventually reflect in your price. I also discreetly emailed/phoned bakeries in my area…..actual store fronts and online for a quote of the actual cake I was making. This was very helpful, and of course I got a range of prices. But I took this in consideration with my experience at the time. Wasn’t a 100% newbie, but not an accomplished pro either. With all this info, I figured a fair price. You probably have a rough idea how long it took to make this cake from start to finish. I would either meet the client one on one, or deal through email. Get the details. Then would get back to them with a quote. Quote was firm. I sometimes did give a % off to only close friends….and they kept that info to themselves. That was my choice. Got % down on order..the rest paid in full before delivering. I agree with Sharon ….it is difficult to quote a price…but you need to decide your cakes and you, are worth it. Otherwise you will be making them for nothing. And it will get harder and harder to get paid what you deserve. You don’t want to be taken advantage of. Then everyone will expect a well decorated cake for a cheap price. Where I live I probably could have charged $150-200 for that cake. Not sure in your area of Barcelona.
Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God. Clarky's Cakes 😎
