Wedding Cake For Friend's Daughter

by Stella

I am making a 3 tier fruit cake with marzipan and fondant icing but with no decoration and a sponge cake with icing for a friend’s daughter. How much should I charge them if they are providing all the ingredients?

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Answer:

There are several things you could factor in when pricing your wedding cakes.

You may want to consider the amount of time you will spend, the size of the cakes, your level of expertise, and the discount you may want to give to a friend’s daughter.

Here are two options:

Option 1
A good place to start is by researching the cost of similar wedding cakes. There will be a range of pricing, so find a cake that is most alike in size and design or the average of several.

Next estimate the cost of ingredients. Since they are providing the ingredients in this case you want to subtract that from the price.

Finally, determine what discount, if any, you would like to extend to a friend. Keep in mind things like whether you offered to make the cake or were asked, do you really want to make the cake, are wedding cakes your profession or a hobby, and do you want the cake to be part of a wedding present.



Option 2
Try and predict how much time you think it will take you to make the cake, break it down by task, hour by hour. Then decide how much you feel your time is worth per hour, then simply multiple the two together.

Hope this helps you in making your decision.