Hi there, I live in the UK and am in the same position but I really want to say I think your cakes are fantastic and well worth paying for.
I’ve just had my visit from the Environmental health which went well and now I’m on to the next stage of trying to grow my business through word of mouth and facebook.
I firstly started to work out how much it cost me to make a cake as from this you can then get a good idea of what to charge. When I say work out the cost, I mean for everything, for example 350g flour, baking parchment used, cake board, boxes, electric, marzipan, icing sugar, food dyes, the time it takes you to make the cake, bake it, decorate it, wash up, etc. This process made me want to scream as its very time consuming, however, when it comes to giving a quote its totally necessary. I normally ask for 50% of the cost price of the cake then the remainder on pick up. This can be done via paypal – they have a business option which is free. I hope I have helped, didn’t want to sound patronising:-) Let me know how you get on:-)
