wedding cake pricing .... I know it's an ongoing topic ... but here we go again :D

This is what I just sent as a reply for a wedding cake inquiry (I’m so new at this and giving a quote always scares me):

Based on our phone conversation I have compiled an estimate for a 4 tier square, butter cream wedding cake.

The cake will include the following:

• 4 square tiers: 6”, 8”, 10”, 12”
• each tier will be 3” high
• each tier will be torted into 3 layers
• the 6” and 10” cake will have strawberry cream filling between each torte
• the 8” and 12” cake will have raspberry cream filling between each torte
• each tier will be covered with butter cream
• each tier will have zebra print fondant accents applied
• the cake will be delivered and set up at your event location: Aylesford Lake. The location will need to be available for cake set up a minimum of 3 hours before the event.

The cost for this wedding cake will be $545.00. A 50%, non refundable, down payment is require to confirm the order with the balance paid 1 week before delivery.

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FYI: The location is approx 1/2 hour drive over very rough roads, so I will not be pre-assembling any of the cake.

Your thoughts!!!

What do you include when a quote is requested? How much information do you include? Did I forget anything? Should I have included more or less information? I hope I didn’t mess it up.

Thanks,
Joyce