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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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cocoachanneloffestivecheer · 07/12/2011 15:09

I also live in Yummy Mummy central and had no idea what a cake pop is until this thread, but I'm afraid they're not something I'd buy. A bit of a novel idea that won't have much longevity IMO.

MamaLazarou · 07/12/2011 15:15

Cake pops! I've seen it all now.

£2 for ONE MOUTHFUL of cake? Nah.

farewellfigure · 07/12/2011 15:19

They do take an enormous amount of work...really fiddly to cover and decorate. But warning...the stuff you have to buy to coat them with is absolutely disgusting. I was asked to do some for someone a while back (and charged way way more than £2 a pop!), and the candy melt coating had this warning on it.

Contains colouring and additives that may cause hyperactivity and attention problems in children.

No kidding. I made a couple of duff ones and considered fleetingly letting my DS eat one. Then I read the ingredients and they went in the bin pretty pronto. I'd pay £2, but I wouldn't buy one (if that makes any sense).

grumplestilskin · 07/12/2011 15:22

good idea from one of the other posters, I'ld pay £2 for even a small but healthy SAVORY snack out and about with LO

MeltedAdventCalendarChocolates · 07/12/2011 15:24

Not £2... If it was a very very very fancy one, with a character design or something similar I may pay £1.50... as a one off... to give DS a treat! Sorry

TheyCallMeMimi · 07/12/2011 15:27

MN - the quickest, cheapest form of market research. £2 is too steep for me.

jasper · 07/12/2011 15:30

Who ever thought up the idea of putting cake on a STICK ? What an utterly pointless thing to do

bubbub · 07/12/2011 15:32

i dunno, it depends how good it is.
whenever im in london whatever i am there for i go to hummingbird bakery and treat self to an amazing cupcake red velvet or black bottom. they are devine, never had anything like it anywhere eles and happily hand over £3.95+ for one cake.
if the qulity is there, id buy it, but it has to be special. really special

TiggyD · 07/12/2011 15:36

So a "pop" is something on a stick?

Hmmm.

Tiggy's Pop House
Cake pop £2.00
Biscuit pop £1.00
Sausage pop £1.50
Sandwich pop £4.00
Bottle of pop pop £1.50

TheSmallClanger · 07/12/2011 15:37

A couple of weeks back I helped run a cake stall for charity. We had one hedgehog of donated cake pops - at 50p at throw, they sold out. I wouldn't pay £2 and I doubt I'd have sold nearly as many if they were that much.

valiumredhead · 07/12/2011 15:40

No, way overpriced. Even Waitrose does them cheaper than that!

Crosshair · 07/12/2011 15:46

I would like a bottle of pop pop please!

MollyTheMole · 07/12/2011 15:54

Ive paid £2.20 for a full on choc cream cake that served just me 4 - 6 people

yabu

Avenged · 07/12/2011 15:55

Wouldn't pay £2 for one cake pop when I could make a whole banana cake for less than that price. I use Supermarket Value range and have also used branded ingredients like Flora, free range eggs etc. The cakes made with the Value range ingredients go down a storm and the only one I made with the branded ingredients went down like a lead balloon (I had to throw it out as no-one would eat it even though they were made were exactly the same way Confused).

LittleJennyRobyn · 07/12/2011 16:00

Grin @ the "Bottle of pop pop" Tiggy Put me down for one as well!!

hocuspontas · 07/12/2011 16:00

Even just looking at these from the Little Popcake Company makes me feel queasy. Sorry op.

valiumredhead · 07/12/2011 16:03

In that link, the first pic of pop cakes would be FOURTEEN quid! YOu can get really nice cupcakes in Waitrose for 75 - 99p.

belgo · 07/12/2011 16:03

As this thread shows, I think we are all getting a bit fed up with home run cake hobbies companies.

You have to be very consistent with the standard of the icing - many cupcakes I've seen on sale look a bit amateurish.

fivegomadindorset · 07/12/2011 16:06

No

LittleJennyRobyn · 07/12/2011 16:06

Just to add to OP,

I have never heard of Cake pops...just had to google to see what they are.

Nope, would not pay £2 for one of those. i resent paying over £1 for a single cake unless it is something that looks like it will be heaven!!!

MilkNoSugarPlease · 07/12/2011 16:07

Nope, £2 is stupidly overpriced

We have a mum at school who makes cupcakes/cake pops and she charges £1 for larger then average ones

ConOfScience · 07/12/2011 16:09

I'm out

DodieSmith · 07/12/2011 16:09

If it looked fab and not the sort of thing I could be arsed with at home I probably would.

ChippingInNeedsSleep · 07/12/2011 16:16

For £1.50 (that I said I'd be prepared to pay before) I'd want a character/animal/something - not just one dipped in sprinkles!

FootprintsOnTheMoon · 07/12/2011 16:16

IMO the way to go with a baking hobby is small scale party catering.

I wouldn't pay £2 on impulse for a home baking business. However, a friend from work did cakes for my Dds party and it was super. Not expensive for me for the quality (i.e. Smug points in not serving ASDA crap and having stuff adults enjoyed). I also though it was fairly risk free for her. No taking a risk on how much to bake, or freezing your arse off manning a stall at some forlorn fair.

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