Too expensive?

its too cheap what you quoted her ..never sell your cakes short its a lot of work its a fair price ..also cost of material goes up every years so thats a cost factor…and i am sure that the person who did them for that 60e realized that they shouldn’t of have done it for that price and she is being tricky…who knows but all in all stand by your price and work hugs

im in Canada, so I don’t know if that’s cheap or not- BUT! there will always be someone who will do it cheaper! Always . If you feel that’s what it is worth for your time, that’s what it is worth. Have a look around for prices of home bakers near you- even commercial bakeries, to compare their prices too!

I think that’s too cheap x When you add the cost of all the fresh ingredients ,boards , cake boxes , ribbons etc you are almost giving your valuable time and talent away for free ! Don’t be disheartened by this and charge what you know you are worth 😘

I agree with others saying it’s too little… I didn’t understand what cakes really cost because it was always hidden in with normal shopping, cleaning etc. I really recommend writing a spreadsheet (or getting a friend to help you) where you can add up the cost of ingredients and time for making a cake. Until I did that I always underestimated because I didn’t consider the cost of using 1tsp of real vanilla or other such things I had already in the house. In effect I was making cakes and paying people to take them, which isn’t the way to do it! X

Thanks I did think my prices were probably on the cheap side so I was surprised by someone saying they were expensive and that made me doubt myself. I will need to sit down and look at my prices again, I set them up ages ago before I really understood all my costs, I don’t think I accounted for ribbon or the paste to cover the board.

If the other person was so wonderful and cheap then why did she contact you ? :) she should be so happy and stay with them.. sometimes people are not very honest :( don’t sell yourself short :) <3.. you need to think how much money you should clear when the cake is done :) don’t drop your prices :) <3

I’m in Ireland and it’s not easy here to get a decent price for work, but I agree it is too cheap. Paul Bradford always speaks so well on this topic, basically you have to value yourself, when you include for ingredients, utilities, sundries, labour and profit you then have the correct price you should be charging. After that you may need to include extra for the quality of your skill compared to others. If your work is better charge for it. He always maintains not everybody is a customer of yours, if they don’t value your work then they are not the clients for you. Stand by your prices, increase them if you are not cover all of the above, there is always people who will get the value of your work and they are the clients you are aiming for. She says all this as if she practices what she preaches, think we all under value ourselves in this profession.

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I was told by a wise Pro baker, she would say to a customer like this….“Do you barter with tradesmen….plumbers, electricians, mechanics, etc.??”…. I think not, they’d politely laugh in your face, and say…that’s my price per hour/for the job etc., take it or leave it. Those tradesmen are skilled in there particular trade as I am in mine. if you want cheaper, your more than welcome to go to someone else, or in your case, back to your customers 1st quote.
Hold your head up high, and stick to your guns. Hope this helps.

June… That’s great advice! I’m going to use this!

I often say something similar June, although only in conversation, I’ve not yet had to say it to a customer: if you go to Armani you wouldn’t start haggling with the store clerk over the prices and tell them it’s too much, you know that’s what they cost for that level of design and quality. And bespoke wedding cakes are like the Armani of cakes, if you want a Primark price you’d have to go to a supermarket and have one of their cakes instead x