How much would you say I was asking for this cake?

[Cosmos45]

Just out of curiosity really.. I make cakes as a hobby, they are buttercream decorated rather than fondant and I have made some recently for a few local people (NHS workers and stuff). Someone local asked me if I would make them a cake, I do not know this person but it was someone who knew someone type of scenario.

I sent this message:

"I don't actually have a cake business but I do make cakes for family and friends. I have been asked recently to do a few for people - the ingredients, box and board come to about £9 and I am starting to ask for a small amount (say £10) to cover a bit of my time. I only do swirly icing types ones and I could do you pink swirly one, I will send a picture of the type of thing I mean"

Reading that, how much would you have given me for the cake when you came and picked it up?

Yes, my fault entirely for not being specific, and yes she gave me £10. It's ok, I was a bit embarrassed and then went back through the message and thought, I can see why she thought I meant £10 but I would have paid someone £20 I think. I hope I have attached a picture of the cake, and I also put it in a proper white cake box.

@Thighmageddon - please stop being a dick.

I am amazed at the amount of people not seeing you are saying £9 for ingredients etc plus £10 for your time

Would recommend £20

it reads like you want £10 in total.

I would have paid £10 too I had to re read it a few times to see you wanted £19?
I do think £20 is a lot for that kind of cake tbh you can buy them cheaper than that in the shops (that by no means doesn't mean it's not worth £20! Taking into consideration your time etc) but I wouldn't pay that and would have assumed you meant £10

What a lovely cake!! It looks so pretty OP

It looks lovely! 😋

Seems lots of people don't know how to read English properly! @Cosmos45 clearly has the word and in the text. And I'd give you €30 for that fabulous cake @Cosmos45 if I was buying it👌

How many portions is that?

@FreeKitties - yes it really does come to about £9 a cake. But that's probably because I am not ordering in bulk/catering sizes for things as it is a hobby. There are 2 blocks of butter used (1 for the cake and 1 for the icing) - so that's £3.20 just on those, 3 eggs about 70p, the boxes were £1.50 each and the boards about £2 each, then you have vanilla, jam, sugar, icing sugar etc. I have just actually ordered some boards and boxes on amazon though in bigger packs rather than buying them from the supermarket or from Hobbycraft which should make them cheaper.

Normal person = £19
CF/thick as mince = £10

I think your message was ambiguous. You should have said 20 quid all in.

@LizzieMacQueen - I guess it depends on how hungry you are, but I would say about 8 portions?

@Hollyhobbi - thank you..

Having seen the cake I'd think it a bargain at £20. It looks lovely!

£19 seemed obvious to me.

@BestestBrownies Excellent post!!

God that cake looks good! I LOVE buttercream.

Wow! That looks beautiful. They got a bargain!

£19 but you need to state the total clearly.

I'd charge more for my time. Think about hourly rates.

It's a very pretty cake

@BestestBrownies - ha ha ha! I love that phrase "thick as mince"..

The wording is ambiguous and I can well imagine a CF trying to give you £10 and insist that's what the message said. £19 is a bargain for such a beautiful homemade cake!

I would have paid £40 for that
I bake all the time
I haven't sold a cake before
Bless you it's so tricky xx

That cake is gorgeous op.
Well worth £20 imo.