re: Help with big order

Hi Dina,

I have done cupcakes for a couple of charity events – I now know that with my domestic oven and my Kenwood, I can bake, ice and box 240 cupcakes in one day.
But I was knackered.
And I don’t think I could envisage doing 2 days beforehand of baking and icing that many (plus more) biscuits/cookies.
When I looked at how much money the cupcakes raised, it would have been better for the charity if I’d have just given them the money I had spent on ingredients, oven time, electricity, cupcake cases, cupcake boxes, etc. I think you have to decide if this order is worth it, in terms of raising your profile locally.
I have never frozen my cakes, cupcakes or biscuits, because I like my customers to have everything as fresh as possible, although there are lots of cake decorators who do freeze.
Regarding the decorations, it depends if you can make these beforehand.
Also, are you required to provide the table for the stand, and decorate it?
Do you have the transport for all of this?

Hope I’ve helped to give you food for thought, and the best of luck :)