08/22/2022
Pricing Cakes and what customers don't think about 💡
When people usually order a custom cake the important factors are: what kind of cakes does the baker offer, how good they look, and probably one of the most important si the cost.
Very often customers would love the result, however still wondering or questioning why the cake costs "that much" when it's just flour, eggs, and some butter.
Well, that's not just flour, eggs, and butter. For the icing it's either chocolate or butter. And if you are looking for a delicious taste and good quality, it is not a store brand chocolate, but professional confectionery chocolate, which costs twice or three times more expensive then a store-bought. However, it includes actual cocoa beans and butter.
Then, the bakers count their labor time. And it is not just baking the cake. It is also prepping, baking, cleaning, discussing the order details, and packing. While packaging is another additional cost.
Bigger cakes require better packing, this means stronger and better quality of a cake board, bigger box additional packing items: ribbons, stickers, instructions etc. The baker with the thin golden cake boards from amazon or Hobby Lobby will have a very different pricing from the baker who uses high cake boards with additional support from a professional commercial baking store.
Last but not least, the total pricing includes utilities and appliance usage.
And lastly, when you schedule a pick up and then an hour before your pick up time something goes wrong and you need a baker to bring your cake to you, just remember that we all people. Being a home baker or a baker who uses a commercial kitchen, doesn't mean we work only on one cake. We also have a daily schedule, other cakes to do and pick-ups to arrange.
We are all humans. Good communication and patience is the key to better understanding.
Enjoy your cakes!