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Pricing your Cakes as a Home Baker

Posted by The Sugar Lane on November 22, 2009

Pricing your Cakes as a Home Baker
The most important thing to remember when pricing your cakes is that no one can bake a cake quite like you. Therefore, what you charge is totally independent of what other bakers charge. However, it is important to research what is going on in the market with others within the cake world. This information will help you set the best market value for your cakes.

Step One: Call local grocery stores, bakeries, and home bakers

The best way to get an idea of what others are charging is to call various places in your local area. This research will give you an idea of what the market is willing to pay. When you call, you simply want to ask, “What is your price for ????” Act as if you are a customer inquiring about an actual cake so that you can get an idea of what they are charging! Its important to get an idea for cakes in Buttercream as well as cake in Fondant (Sugarpaste)…..then you need to make note of all this info that they give you on paper so that you can get an idea of what others are charging. Take several of the prices they give you and come up with an average.

 Here are a few cake cakes you might want to get pricing for:

· A typical sheet cake (1/4 sheetcakes are regularly used for birthday cakes in most areas)
· A special occasion cake…. say for example an 8 in round cake in buttercream with with icing flowers on it 
· A wedding cake –Per serving pricing! Ask what their pricing is for a round wedding cake iced in buttercream for 100 people…… some may give you a base price or a per serving price!
Step Two: Figure out what Your Actual Cost Per Cake is

For a typical 8 in birthday cake, a sheet-cake and then a tiered wedding cake….

After completing step one, you should have a better idea of cake prices in your local area. As stated earlier, you’ll only use this information as a reference because your cakes are unique and what you charge is based on your time, ingredients, and expertise.

However, you should price your cakes according to your local area. Just because I may be able to get $6 per serving for a wedding cake does not necessarily mean that is what the local prices in your area will be….

Here are some things you need to consider for your individual local area!

· Wages
· Housing
· Average annual income

Are things higher in your area than most other places? If so, you need to charge more. Do people on average earn higher salaries? If that’s the case, you need to charge accordingly. Do you get the idea?
The next thing you need to do is calculate your actual cost per cake. This includes all ingredients and packing materials such as cake boards, boxes and so on!

Most people charge 3-4 times what the cake cost them to make.

Here’s another way to come up with your prices.

If your goal is to make $25 on every cake, simply figure your total cost per cake and add $25 to it. This strategy works well for birthday and special holiday cakes.

Wedding cakes are usually sold by the slice and your price is totally up to you based on your time and expertise.

As you make the decision for what you’re going to charge for your cakes, you need to consider the factors that make your cakes unique. Although, you researched what other bakers charge, their prices should not be the basis of how you set your prices. To put it plainly, they are not your competition. You must think of yourself in a separate class of your own. Here are a few things that could make you different:

· You may offer original and customized designs for your customers. You take the time to find out what the client wants and you come to as close as you can to what is agreed upon. Unlike some bakeries and grocery stores who offer templated cakes with just a few changes.

· You may use family recipes with your cakes. This is why your cakes are extremely unique. No one else uses your recipe.

· You may offer the best ingredients. Some even bake their cakes with the freshest ingredients and some of them are shipped directly from the manufacturer because you can’t get it in stores.

· You may deliver and set up your cakes. This is a valuable service for those who are planning events such as weddings, anniversaries, and large birthday parties.

· You offer the best customer service. You listen to your clients and follow up to make sure they’re satisfied. You build relationships with those who buy your cakes.
There is no one formula to use when pricing your cakes. Every area is different. However, as a cake baker, you must charge what you’re worth. Regardless of your price, if you bake a great tasting cake and love your customers, they’ll become raving fans and beg for more.

You must believe in your decorating ability if you are going to get a fair price for your cake. If you don’t believe in yourself its tough to expect anyone else to. You must know that your cakes taste great and that your abilities warrant being paid a fair price. When someone gives you compliment on your cakes that should show you that your cakes taste great and beautiful as well so you deserve to be paid for your hard work. A lot of us are not used to getting compliments and we are not sure how to take a compliment. Next time someone gives you a compliment remember to politely say Thank You I do appreciate that. And know that YOU are a great decorator.

We must remember as home bakers that we work very hard on each cake we create. When you turn on your oven it costs you money, when you are decorating a cake you are not able to spend that time with your family. You should be paid for your hard work. When we hire an attorney or anyone else to provide a service for us we don’t tell them, well you know I could go down the road and get a cheaper attorney, like people say to us often times regarding walmart and other large retails grocery stores. You must realize with every cake your creating it costs YOU in one way or another, maybe the costs are minimal however your time away from your family is something you will never get back. Therefore make sure that you charge for your time to create those one of a kind cakes that most cannot purchase from walmart or other local grocery stores. Just a little something to think about the next time a friend or family member wants a free cake from you!!

What I have done myself to price my cakes is, I called around and got local prices especially local home bakers. I priced my cakes just under theirs in the beginning, once I got more experience I priced mine just above theirs, because I could create cakes and do things that they did not.

Realize you may get a lot of ohh my, your prices are too expensive!!! But hang in there you will find those who are willing to pay what you are worth. Don’t let it get to you, it is not a personal attack on your abilities, people are so used to going to Walmart and paying for a cheaper cake, but if you can educate them and show them how your cakes and your expertise is different from Walmart, people will begin to see the quality that you can offer them..

I wish you the best and may you realize just how valuable you are to the world of cake decorating!!

 

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Mini Purse Cakes, perfect for that Sweet Sixteen Party!

Posted by The Sugar Lane on November 18, 2009

I recently made some miniature purse cakes for a how to video for my members on my website so I thought that you would like to see how they turned out!! I really had a great time making these they are not as tough as one may think to create however I will tell you they are very time consuming and once you have created some miniature cakes you will notice that they seem to take more time than a regular sized cake would have taken.

The nice thing it that you can create many different designs which are great if creating for a themed party, you could get very detailed for a Sweet Sixteen Party, omg how cute would that be. Most teen girls just love handbags and such so this is one idea that I could see being very popular for that sort of occasion.

Well I gotta run….. I will chat with you again very soon, I have some very cool Christmas Cake ideas that I am working on and will surely share them with all of you when they are all completed, until next time….you all have a caketasic week

Donna

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Gumpaste Standing Figurine

Posted by The Sugar Lane on November 12, 2009

Hello to everyone!!!

Hope that you are all doing well….Its finally here the holiday season that is, believe it or not I was in the car the other day and the radio came on when I started the car and much to my surprise I heard Rockin Around the Christmas Tree, WHHHATT  I said Christmas music already!!! I just love Christmas Music and before I knew it I was singing away Rocking around the Christmas tree, have a happy Holiday and so on I will spare you my version of internet singing, haha!!

Although I am not ready for Christmas I am so excited about all the Holiday Christmas projects that we get to do this time of the yr..I have already begun a few projects and will be posting them for you all to see like I always do.

In the meantime I created a Gumpaste standing Figurine that I thought I would share with you I hope that you enjoy seeing it, I must say it is alot of work creating figurines that are standing!!

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Teddy Bear Halloween Cake How to Video

Posted by The Sugar Lane on October 28, 2009

I have a 3 part how to Video that  just put on youtube that I thought you may want to watch…….

 

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Gumpaste Sock Monkey

Posted by The Sugar Lane on October 27, 2009

Growing up I had a sock monkey which I loved!! However over the yrs I have tried to remember what happened to that thing and cannot for the life of me figure out what happened to it! I recently decided I would try my hand at creating one out of gumpaste and below is a picture of what I ended up with……

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Making a baby blanket from a Patchwork Cutter how to video

Posted by The Sugar Lane on October 9, 2009

Here is a new how to video that I posted to youtube showing how to create a baby blanket from a patchwork cutter, I hope that you enjoy learning how to create this project!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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Trick or Treat Figurine

Posted by The Sugar Lane on October 9, 2009

The fall season has officially begun and we are now seeing colder weather and the holidays are just around the corner which has me thinking of some great cake projects. I love creating holiday themed cakes and such. Right now I am working on a upright standing Trick or Treat Bag Cake it is a fun cake to make and one that is soo exciting to decorate!! I will be sharing this cake with all of you very soon once I finally get it all finished and ready for viewing….

I have been making my favorite halloween figurine again this year and that is my little trick or treater….. here is a picture of him in case you did not get to see him last year!

 

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Princess Cake for Senea!!!

Posted by The Sugar Lane on October 6, 2009

We recently celebrated my neice Senea’s birthday she just turned a year old….Being the little princess that she is there was nothing more fitting than making her a Princess birthday cake, The smaller cake was her smash cake with a couple gumpaste butterflies and a gumpaste tiara that I made myself. The other cake was done in purple and pink accents with gumpaste butterflies as well with a purchased tiare sitting on top, I had made 3  royal icing different tiaras for that cake however they all broke on me so off to the store to purchase a tiara which I must say is the first I have purchased someting to go on a cake instead of making it myself

 

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Join Donna for a Christmas Themed Figurine Workshop in Columbus Ohio

Posted by The Sugar Lane on September 26, 2009

There is nothing like creating a Gumpaste Figurine Cake Topper that tells a story and now you get the opportunity to join me for a workshop where we will be creating a Christmas themed Sugar Figurine that Tells a Story of the most exciting time of the year! Photos of the piece that we will be creating together will be posted very soon…I will give you a hint, a little girl, a friend amd more!

I will be doing the 2 day Workshop on November 14-15 2009 from 10:00 am to 4 pm  in the Columbus Ohio area for those who are interested in joining me for 2 days of sugar sculpting, food and fun!

 

Here are the details for the 2 day workshop with me!

Where: Columbus Ohio

When: Nov. 14-15 2009

Price: $245

Deposit: $50 due immediately

Lunch will be provided for you!

I will be providing Gumpaste for all attendees

A supply list will be emailed to you.

For questions email me at donnalane7@msn.com

 Click the Buy Now Button to pay your deposit via paypal for the the Columbus Ohio Workshop…you will then need to pay the remaining balance by Nov.1st 2009

As you can imagine there are only a very few seats left at this time so be sure to get signed up immediately!!!!

                                        Buy Now Click here to sign up for the workshop with Donna

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My new website www.gumpastefigurine.com

Posted by The Sugar Lane on August 27, 2009

 

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I recently created a new website for those who are interested in purchasing my how to videos on dvd. The website is www.gumpastefigurine.com  this website is all about gumpaste figurines of course, and I have many of my pictures posted over there as well as gumpaste and fondant info for those who are just getting started in created figurines. If you have any questions as always just let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I hope that you are all enjoying the summer as it is quickly coming to an end which I must say just makes me so sad, I do not want to see winter just yet. I love the fall months it truly is my favorite time of the year but it just does not last long enough. I have already strated thinking about what it is I plan to create for the upcoming holidays…I cannot believe it is almost here when you think about it we only have less than 4 months left in the year of 2009 wow where did all the time go this year. It seems as though it was just spring, and now here we are approaching the month of september. As much as hate to see winter I just Love the holiday season as most of you do too! I love the baking  and creating. This year with my cake decorating teching site I get to share how to videos with my members  for the upcoming halloween and christmas season. I know it will be alot of fun sharing with them how to create figurines and cake projects that are perfect for halloween as well as christmas so I do have all of that to look forward to. As always I will share all of my photos and such with all of you as I do them.  Most of all I know that the holdiay season means family time and that is the most important part to me. I look forward to all the get togethers and the memories that will be created with the holiday season.

I hope and pray that 2010 will be a much better year for our economy and all those who have had to deal with some very tough times over the past few years. The most important thing is to remain positive about all of it and don’t allow it to steal your joy!!! It is so easy to watch the news channels and get all wrapped up in the issues I have found that listening to all the negatives things sometimes causes me to get a little down so I have learned to stay away from it. I figure all I need to know is the basics. After many years I now know that if I say things are going to be bad they usually are so I now say things are getting better and better in my life and you know what they do! The things you say have a huge impact on your life so as a little experiment over the next week start watching what you say out of your mouth, watch and see how it really does impact how things in your life are effected! That saying you have what you say is soo true! If the entire world got more postive about our economy and the things in life could you image how much impact it would have on the world we all live in!!!! I am going to start speaking great things for my life in 2010…It is going to be the best year of my life!

Well I have to run for now but will check in with all of you a little later, have a blessed weekend, it’s going to be a good one!!

Donna

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Blue and White Cross Baptism Cake

Posted by The Sugar Lane on August 27, 2009

I recently created a Baptism Cake that was in the shape of a cross for a little boy who was the sweetest little thing! It was a strawberry creme cake covered in buttercream icing done in a blue and white theme. I also created little gumpaste shoes to finish off the look! The border on the top of the cross is one that I have been working on for some time I get tired of the same ole thing when doing cakes so I was playing with some icing lately and was trying to come up with something that was more appealing than the plain border outling the top of a cake. The border is done in 3 layers and gives a very nice look once complete.

 

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Mini Dress Cake on a Gumpaste Hanger

Posted by The Sugar Lane on August 21, 2009

I created this mini dress cake recently and what alot of fun it was. You can do so many great designs on the dress which is the greatest thing that I love about cake decorating. If you want to do a simple look you can just cover the dress area with buttercream, then if you want to get really fancy you can do that by covering in fondant and adding flowers, pearls and the many other things that are available.

 

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Bumble Bee Love–Gumpaste Bumble Bees Cake Topper

Posted by The Sugar Lane on August 6, 2009

 I just love creating gumpaste bumble bees, one day while trying to come up with a cute cake topper for a summer cake I decided to create Bumble Bees but made them in a larger size and I must say that I am very happy with the results.

You can learn to create these adorable gumpaste bumble bees

Available for purchase on DVD… http://www.gumpastefigurine.com/Purchase_Dvd_s.html

 

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Gumpaste Baby

Posted by The Sugar Lane on July 17, 2009

Here is a Gumpaste Baby that I recently created.

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Hat Box Cake with Sugar Flowers

Posted by The Sugar Lane on July 17, 2009

I love making Hat Box Cakes because you can do soo many awesome things with the design. This cake was made with Gumpaste Roses, Blossoms Carnations and other various small flowers to fill in the different areas. I also made sugar pearl bracelets to have hanging out of the hat box cake, I think this gives it such a nice touch! I created a large Rose for the top of the Cake.

 

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How to make a Sculpted Dog House Cake with a Gum Paste Puppy…..

Posted by The Sugar Lane on June 23, 2009

I recently created a Dog House Cake instead of the typical Dog in a dog house, I decided that it would make a great fathers day theme.

We have all heard the saying about Dad being in the Dog House! So I thought, wow…this would make a great cake theme and something that you don’t see everyday. This cake has quickly become very popular and is soo much fun to create.

 I thought I would share the how-to details for this cake!

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Look at Dad’s face, he is not happy being in the Dog house, nor is the Dog he wants his house back! LOL

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Supplies to create this cake!

Baked 11 x 15 cake

Buttercream

Fondant in white, blue, green

Gumpaste, white, black, tan, orange, flesh

Knife

Cookie Cutter

Tape measure

Brown food coloring

Paintbrush

Toothpick

Ball tool

Veining tool

 

1). To get started you will need an 11 x 15 sheetcake cut into 4 squares then stacked and filled with buttercream. Then place the cake into the fridge for about 20 minutes to setup.

2). I sculpted the roof area of the cake by cutting small sections going down the sides of the first 2 layers of cake only, then I squared up the sides making them nice and straight.

3). Cover the entire cake with a thin coat of buttercream icing, make sure you smooth the butterceam out so it does not show through the fondant when its put on the cake

4).To  cover the entire cake in fondant….

5). Measure each side of the cake then cut out a piece of white fondant for each side of the house and the roof area as well.

               a). Before attaching the fondant to the cake, I used a knife to make lines going up and down on all of the wall pieces so that it would look like wood slats.

               b). Once you have done this then you can attach fondant to each side of the dog house cake.

 

6). The roof is the last area to cover in fondant and you will need to measure both sides of the roof so you will know the size of the fondant you will need…. you can use any color you would like for your roof. I also made lines in the fondant pieces for the roof before attching them to the cake.

 

7). Once all the fondant is on the cake use a knife to cut out a door area on the front of the dog house and put a piece of black fondant in the area, you can see eactly what I did by looking at the pics above.

 

8). You will need a brown food coloring (I used Wiltons dark  brown color), and a paintbrush. Put some food coloring in a small bowl with and then add water do this until you get the color you want to use to paint the dog house. Paint all the walls making sure to get the coloring into the cracks of the lines that you made with your knife it will help to make the walls look more like wood.

 

9). I used a house shaped cookie cutter to cut out a piece of gumpaste for my sign that said Happy Fathers Day, Dad your entitled to come out of the dog house for one night because of fathers day!

             a). I inserted a toothpick into the gumpaste house so it would stand up.

             b). Make a small ball of gumpaste to use as a stand to put your sign in but, let it harden up for several hours before putting the sign into it!

 

10). Create the grass by using green fondant rolled into long snake shapes and take a knife to make lots of small cuts in the fondant then place it up against the house.

 

11). Create a teardrop shape of fleash colored gumpaste to make the body for the dad figurine, then place it in the doorway area of the house.

         a). Roll a ball shape to create the head, you can attach the head to the body with water once you get the face all completed.

         b). For the arms roll of a long flesh coloered snake shape and cut in half, shape the ends smooth and use a knife to make the fingers,

        c). Make 2 holes with a ball tool or end of a paintbrush to create the eye sockets then place small ball of fondant in each socket.

        d). Roll a small ball of flash gumpaste to create the nose and attach, and do the same for the ears.

        e) To create the mouth I use the end of veining tool, or you can use the end of a icing tip to imprint a mouth.

        f). Roll out a small amount of black fondant and use water to attach to the head and use a knife to imprint lines to create the hair.g

       g). Use a black edible marker to fill in small circle shapes on the eyeballs, then make eyebrows just above the eyes.

 

12). To create the body for the puppy begin with a teardrop shape of gumpaste and do the same to create the head, just much smaller…then glue them together with water.

     a). Roll a small sausage shape to make the tail and attach to the dogs body.

     b). The eyes are done the same way as we did on the dad figurine above.

    c). For the ears on the puppy start with a flat circle of gumpaste and thin the edges with 2 fingers until you get the shape you are looking for.

    d). Roll a small ball of black gumpaste for the nose on the puppy

    e). To create the mouth on the puppy I used the veining tool  just like I did on the dad  

13). I used the same color gumpaste that I did the roof  in to create a large dog bone, start with a rectangle shape and use the end of a paintbrush to push inward at each end of the rectangle which will help to begin to shape your bone. Once the bone is all done I used small letter rubber stamps to imprint the words “Dads House” on the bone, then I used watet to attach the bone to the front of the dog house.

Thats it for the directions to complete this cake! I hope that you get a chance to create this cake…it can be modified to go with many other themes instead of Fathers Day.

Have Fun!!!

 

 

 

 

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2 Tier Baby Shower Cake and Gumpaste Baby

Posted by The Sugar Lane on June 17, 2009

 

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 I created this cake a while back and has become one of my most requested cakes because of the color scheme,  I was asked to create this cake for a great friends baby shower, the babies room is being done in a chocolate, green and a pink color so this cake was the perfect match for the baby shower theme. Sitting on the top of the cake is a sculpted gumpaste baby wrapped in a blankie and a bottle to finish off the top of the cake. 

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Fondant Teddy Bear Baby Shower Cake

Posted by The Sugar Lane on June 16, 2009

Created this cake for Baby Shower, the Teddy Bear was sculpted from fondant and the cake covered in my homemade Buttercream icing made to look like a baby blanket pattern by using a rag roller on the icing.

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Just a little update!

Posted by The Sugar Lane on June 9, 2009

Hello to all!!

I must say it is so great to wake up each day and enjoy the warm weather, I love summer time, there is so much to do but things look so pretty the trees, the flowers, everything  just comes alive in the summer time!

My son gradutated from high school and we had his graduation party this past weekend, it was soo great to get to sit and visit with family and friends that I have not seem in a while. I am so glad that it is over and now its on to getting my son all prepared for college this fall. Wow time flies when your having fun! I am so thankful for all that I have been blessed with in life… 2 great kids, an awesome husband, and all the great people in my life and even here on the web. I have met soo many sweet people over the past year that I have been doing this blog… I just love it!  Those of you who just write me to say hello and thank me for sharing my love of cake decorating are just soo awesome, thanks for taking the time to let me know that you appreciate the info that I share with you, it does mean alot to me!!! I do hope that you are enjoying the warmer weather and getting a chance to spend time with those that are important to you! Life is very short and we should take the time to let those around us know that we love and appreciate all they do. Have a great week and happy cake decorating to all!!!

Donna

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Another Set of Sugar Sneakers and a Gumpaste Monkey

Posted by The Sugar Lane on May 18, 2009

Here is another set of sugar sneakers in yellow this time and a Gumpaste Monkey for a Baby Shower Cake, I am happy with how they turned out the yellow sneakers are just so cute, then I did a display of the 3 colored sugar sneakers for a friend too. It seems lately all I get done making is my sneakers and my animals but I am not complaining since I love doing them soo much, there is nothing more rewarding than the finished product.

 

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