Would you tip the baker for this cake?

[Cakedragon]

NC as pics will out me.

We have a small local bakery that does themed cakes to order. I ordered one for DD's 21st, it was £40 for a ten-inch round, themed on D&D - I left the details up to the baker.

She rang a week before pickup and asked if I'd mind it being rectangular as she'd had a better idea for the design. When I picked it up, it was on an 18" square board, the actual cake was 12"x9" and a two-layer sponge with buttercream so about 3-4" high.

It's so much bigger and better than I expected, and my friend (who makes cakes) said she'd probably expect to pay around £30 for the ingredients alone.

Would it be really weird to pop in and tip the baker a tenner?

Jeez you got an absolute steal there. I want to know if I'm local so I can order too! And YES, absolutely pay more if you can afford it.

If you can afford it, I would. That is a lovely cake and will make their day to be thanked.

I would normally have said you agreed a price for the cake and so that is the price the baker is happy to receive, but that cake is ace and you haven't paid a huge amount. In those circumstances I would definitely consider a tip.

It would be a nice thing to do, plus give good reviews wherever you can online. (once you've tasted the cake and know it's not been made with salt instead of sugar or something!)

I would tip a little extra and second the positive reviews being left online once you've tasted it.

That cake is awesome. Yeh id tip for that!

I’m a cake maker. She will have made a loss on that. The problem with publicising her work is that she might get lots of orders and make even bigger losses. Is she just a hobby baker?

That’s way more than a £40 cake!!!

I've already left ace reviews on her facebook page, and the cake was bloody lovely (DD's birthday was last week).

We sliced it up and reckon we got 40+ servings. DD wants to keep the dragon

Bertrand she used to be a hobby baker, she opened a little shop a couple of years ago (we're in a VERY small rural town)

I would charge-and get- 80-100 quid for that cake. Ir’s what the market in my area will bear-there are places where it would be much more. As I said, she will be making a loss at £40, so unless she’s doing it for fun and not charging for her time.....

I would expect to pay £85+ for a cake like that. Hours of work and it looks like she made a good job of it, too. At £40 I'd definitely tip her a tenner.

Oh wow, yes tip if you can - it's fabulous!

As lovely as it is to see a brilliant cake at a very reasonable price with a happy customer.... was hoping to see a monstrosity and a conversation about withholding a tip because the cake was a shit show!

 @Reccy2018 me too!

I thought this was going to be a ‘look at this shit cake, why did my partner tip the baker?’ thread 😂

But it’s a brilliant cake and i’m sure a tenner in a thank you card will be very much appreciated.

That's a beautiful cake, I'd definitely tip her!

That's superb! I'd definitely tip her another £20 for that and still think it was a great price.

That's fantastic! Definitely tip

I always tip creative people if I go ‘oh wow’ when I see the end result. I think 15-20% is a good tip. However in this case I’d be worried she’s made zero profit and doesn’t value her own time. I’d be tempted to give her £20 as a tip of that size might have her thinking people would pay increased prices. Which they should.

Another one hoping for a bad cake thread

Definitely tip the baker, it’s an amazing cake!

Wow! That's incredible.

A tip would be lovely, they obviously put a lot of effort in

Wow! Around here you'd be looking at £80+ for that! Amazing work and I'd tip £20 tbh but £10 is still kind and will make her day

Here you go - cake fails, because you wanted them