Cakes too cheap at school fair?

[Clary]

It was our school fair this afternoon; I went to help as requested on refreshments, carrying cakes I had made (big chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate buttercream).

Got there only to see a notice advertising cakes on sale at 20p. Surely that's ridiculous? It wouldn't have covered the cost of the ingredients in the cakes I made. Now I know people donate the cakes, but surely no-one objects to paying 50p a cake at a school fair, do they, even if it's just for a glace-iced bun?

The cost of ingredients has risen hugely in the last couple of years (a dozen eggs is £3 up from £2 a year or two ago, the butter I use is now £1.40 where it was 90p two years ago, etc) and don't PTAs need to bear that in mind? Or AIBU?

(BTW I am on the PTA and will be putting some of this to the chair).

ours were 20p and people were going home with 10 cakes! Ridiculous, I thiought they should have been 50 p too

I'm usually paying twice as I tend to buy my own cakes back!

Best way for a PTA to make money is to have a good cake stall selling teas and coffees for around the 50p mark. The mark up is good, and parents like the opportunity to chat over a hot drink.

"Best way for a PTA to make money is to have a good cake stall selling teas and coffees for around the 50p mark. The mark up is good, and parents like the opportunity to chat over a hot drink."

That's what we do, except that we charged 40p, up 10p from last year.