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to think that people will pay £2 for a cake pop?

222 replies

theotherloobyloo · 07/12/2011 13:34

I'm planning to start a baking/cake business at home, and am thinking of just doing cake pops. DH says that I am barking to think that anybody would pay £2 for a bit of cake on a stick - is he just being a miserable git (always a possibility) or is he on the money on this one? I'm done my sums and I think that to make a go of cake pops I'd have to get about two quid a pop (as it were). All views appreciated ... even if you think that cake pops are boakworthy yummy mummy dross

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Beanbagz · 07/12/2011 14:12

I saw them in Waitrose the other day. At £1.75 i thought they were too expensive and a bit sloppy looking too (they were supposed to be Christmas puddings).

So yes, i feel that £2 is too expensive but i'm sure there are some people who would pay that much.

Quenelle · 07/12/2011 14:12

Are your skills transferable? If you could turn your talents to making some nice jewellery or pottery of some description you could charge five times that.

BetterTogether · 07/12/2011 14:13

I bought some cake pops from a Christmas Fayre a couple of weeks ago. They were priced at £1 which I thought was about right. I wouldn't pay £2, sorry.

aldiwhore · 07/12/2011 14:13

People will pay, if you target the right customers. That wouldn't be me. I HATE the whole freaking home-baking-cupcake-cakepop-business craze with such a passion its made me hate cake.

Good luck though, I know a few women in my locality who manage to make a profit, and charge what I consider extortionate prices for average products.

In otherwords YANBU if its what you want to do, YABVU for loving bloody cupcakes.

ElphabaisWicked · 07/12/2011 14:16

I wouldn't pay that.

I buy the children a cake each week on the way to swimming (we have an hour to kill intown between end of school and the lesson). The most I pay is £1 I might stretch to £1.50 if it is a really, really special choc muffin with lots of cream (for me)

bumpybecky · 07/12/2011 14:18

jewellery is a non-starter - craft fairs stuffed full of jewellery stalls

and no I wouldn't pay £2 for a cake pop, not more than 50p. I made them a few years ago, so know they can be fiddly, but no way I'd pay £2

Tmesis · 07/12/2011 14:20

I appreciate that they (full-on detailed cake pops, rather than just the quickly-dunked sort that Starbucks do) take a lot of work, but I wouldn't pay £2 for one, sorry (or at least, I can imagine circumstances where I might spend £2 on one as a one-off, but none under which I would spend £2 each on more than one).

I think it's one of those things that you can make for yourself, or for gifts, but there's a very small market for them commercially. Perhaps if you could market to the seriously rich with money to burn (or more accurately to their event organisers/party planners) or to the corporate promotions market?

misdee · 07/12/2011 14:22

no i wouldnt

7 x £2 = £14, far too bloody much for a bit of cake on a stick,

RhinestoneCowgirl · 07/12/2011 14:23

Someone donated some to our cake stall at our Christmas fair this weekend. We were selling slices of some really lovely cake for 50p but it was felt that the cake pops should go for £1 as they 'took a lot of work'.

They didn't sell out...

Crosshair · 07/12/2011 14:26

Surely the stick would get in the way of the all important cake eating?

RhinestoneCowgirl · 07/12/2011 14:27

Oh, and I make a few bits to sell (sewing) but am under no illusions that it is a viable income stream. It's just something I like doing and keeps me occupied until I find proper paid employment...

There might still be some mileage in running workshops to teach other people how to make them - saw one advertised for £50 per person (in posh bit of town)

Flisspaps · 07/12/2011 14:27

£2.00 for a cake on a stick Shock

GandTiceandaSprout · 07/12/2011 14:27

£2.00. Nope.

BurntToffee · 07/12/2011 14:30

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DamnBamboo · 07/12/2011 14:30

OP, where are you ?

MincePieFlavouredVoidka · 07/12/2011 14:30

Some people will - they always do, but I wouldnt and I dont think you are going to sell enough to prop up a business. Everyone is tightening their belts.

Xmasbaby11 · 07/12/2011 14:33

No I don't think people would pay that as they are tiny! That's the going rate for a large cupcake.

GypsyMoth · 07/12/2011 14:37

And really, it's not doing parents a favour is it? As it's kids who will pester for them.... So us parents end up ripped off again

FFSEnid · 07/12/2011 14:39

I buy my preschooler one on occasion if I go to the cafe after school drop off. I pay 70p. No way would I pay £2.

ChippingInNeedsSleep · 07/12/2011 14:40

It will be interesting to see if the opinions change this evening once more of the WOHM's appear.

I think £1.50 is a reasonable price. £2 is just that bit toooo steep.

It does depend where you live & what your target market is. If you are going to be doing them for parties etc you'd probably be able to make a bit of money doing it, whilst charging less.

DamnBamboo · 07/12/2011 14:41

I'm a WOHM.
Day off today

BurntToffee · 07/12/2011 14:42

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Zippylovesgeorge · 07/12/2011 14:43

No way would I pay more than 50 for one of those - probably wouldn't even buy them.

Can make a huge batch of normal buns for under £2.

crypes · 07/12/2011 14:45

Yea i knew quite a few people who would do me a batch of special cakes at a good price, they are not professionals just can do really good baking as a hobby. I wonder why everybody now has to turn their hobby into a big business, selling to mates and overcharging.

minciepie · 07/12/2011 15:05

No I wouldn't.

Even though I live in yummy mummy land and spend way too much on food.

It's not the price that puts me off really, it's the item. A load of food colouring and sugar, ugh. Surely people must be sick of cake and icing by now?

How about focusing more on savoury items/"posh ready meals"? (nice ready made pizzas, quiches etc packaged ready to go in the freezer). Much more useful.

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