Would you pay for this cake? And how much would you expect it to cost?

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The brief was "chocolate heaven"... would you be happy with this? And how much would you pay for it?

It's beautiful. I'd expect to pay around £100

I need that cake now. It looks perfect, well done!

It’s not professional. I think they’ve done a fab job. My teenage son would love it as he loves chocolate.

I think it looks amazing OP, it must have taken you ages to make that! I'd expect that to be at least £50/£60 in a bakery if made to order.

Looks fantastic, from a bakers I’d expect to pay £50 to £60, have paid £60 for something less elaborate in the past

Something you would get off of a local Facebook baker from home around £50/60 Looks ok.

Looks glorious. I'd happily pay £50-60.

I think it’s a great cake. Commercially, If probably pay £50 - £65 for it. If it’s s friend, you might want to say it cost x in ingredients snd hope that add on some more for your efforts.
I think £40 would be very reasonable mates rates.

Yes all those ‘well it wouldn’t be for me as I don’t like anything too chocolatety’ wouldn’t be asking for a chocolate cake called Chocolate Heaven in the first place but that seems to have passed them by. I don’t expect they’d be ordering Death by Chocolate for a dessert either 😏

It looks incredible, OP! Well done! Have you considered Bake Off? 😍

I know nothing about cake prices but I'd say £50+??

As your friend is insisting on paying you, I think £30 for mates rates would be fair for both. You have (hopefully) covered most of your costs and she gets a cake that would have cost her at least £60 from anywhere else.

I think it looks amazing.

I think that looks really impressive if you like big wow cakes.

Around me (London) would be £60-£80 I think.

I wouldn't order a cake like this personally as I'm a bit more low key but I know people do order them.

I'm quite surprised at some folk saying £30, the ones prior to you saying you'd made it.

Ingredients and your time plus your skills. How long did it take, 3hrs so that's at least £30 plus ingredients.

I think it would be fair for you to take a payment as you have bought ingredients, used gas etc to bake it and not forgetting the time it took. If I was a chocolate lover, I would definitely be happy with the cake you’ve baked. Well done!

You could definitely charge a fair bit for that cake it looks brilliant, maybe £80-120 depending on where you are. I would love to eat some of that with a cup of tea right now!

Ignore the snotty comments OP. Having had a go at baking novelty cakes, I now have a much better idea of just how much work goes into making something like that (as a pp detailed above) and think a lot of people just have no clue.

You've definitely got the Wow! factor for the outside and sounds like there's plenty of pretty cake for the friend to cut up and share - whether or not they eat the decorations.

You did a fab job and I bet your friend is really pleased. Just charge cost if they're insisting - though do tell them them that's what you're doing so they appreciate just how much these things do cost as it can be quite surprising!!

£50/£60

If you're in the UK you aren't allowed to charge unless you've registered with the local environmental health dept

£30-40

Looks amazing, at least 50

I think it's fabulous !
£70+ ? For a mate just cover your ingredients, I guess ?

I think it definitely fits the brief.
My first thought was "that's fucking gorgeous".
Down here ,that would be about £50, I reckon.

Last year I paid £85 for a 6 tier sponge cake for mums birthday.. it has no extra details apart from dripping frosting and a stick in balloon and a Happy Birthday sign, I would of happily paid £65-£80 for this

In fairness I posted this before the OP revealed she’d made it! I’d be happy with that as a cake made by a friend - it’s lovely and certainly much better than I could do! But a professional cake would generally be taller with multiple nice thick layers, a glossy icing, even, glossy drips and matching aesthetically arranged chocolates (and on a proper cake mat).

Looks fab. It's special and I'm sure whoever it is for is delighted.
I liked the bottle of wine suggestion or the cost of ingredients plan but just have a think first if you are going to be doing this more often as you're setting a precedent.
I'd have happily paid 50-70quid for it if on a cake mat and my three little fiends would absolutely love all the decorations and cones.