How much would you expect to pay for this cake?

[lancsgirl85]

Picture attached. This is the exact cake from the cake shop I went into today. It is 6 inches and serves 8-10 people.

I just want to know if my expectations are way off as I was extremely shocked at the price.

Depends what the actual cake part is made of and tastes of and the chocolate overlay - if it's cheapo, marge and cooking choco then £20 at a stretch.

If the cake is full of lusciousness then £45+ - even in the NE.

At my local bakery, 10 macarons cost around 15 pounds.

And at Iceland they cost £3.50.

Seriously... what's with the macaron love, everyone? These look like cheap frozen ones to match the crappy decoration vibe in general.

A 6 inch cake to serve 8-10 people??! 😯*misses point of thread...

This is the ingredient list. I wouldn't pay £45 for palm oil. Bleurgh.
How 'handmade' are these cakes? Never tried Patisserie Valerie but a previous poster's description of the taste of disappointment sounds about right.

6 inches though.thats a bite!

Nope.exactly my thoughts.remember serving suggestions are to make money not actual relative guidelines for anythi g informative

£50

I just assumed that the bakery made their own rather than picking them up at Iceland though. there's a big taste difference to the ones hand made and the ones that are mass produced.

I looked up anges de sucre, as mentioned in an earlier post. Do they taste as good as they look, @LovelyRaita? I want to have a celebration in London just so I can try one of their cakes!

It looks very drab and I’d assume the macarons aren’t good quality (along with the rest of the cake) so I wouldn’t have bought it in the first place.

I think charging 18-20 pounds for it would just be bordering on cheeky.

Just read the full thread OP and saw it was 35 pounds.

It wasn’t worth that. It’s drab and looks mass produced.

Someone asked what’s the love for Macarons? Honestly, a proper Macaron is delicious but you have to pay quite a bit for a really good one or make them yourself.

I’d pay about £40 for a perfect cake with more aesthetic value.
this particular one looks amateurish. The dripping and side of the cake is wonky, the macaroons appear to have been shoved on with nary a hint of precision.

I think the price is fair purely because macarons are so expensive. If it wasn’t topped with them I’d say closer to £25.

You’d be surprised. Most cakers I know buy macarons to use on their cakes. Most cake decorators I know are in it for the looks not the taste basically. And their customers are too so that’s fine I guess. But they’re not talented bakers. Macs aren’t even that hard, it’s just a faff. I used to make them weekly when I worked in cafe, it’s so therapeutic to me!

Well a slice of homemade cake round where I live, Northamptonshire, is between 3.50 and 3.75, so considering there is no washing up or service costs involved I would say sub 40 for sure.

My cake lady charges £35 for a standard 9 inch cake. Something with lots of detail would be £50. So this I would expect less than £35. Maybe in the region of £25

Looks like a PATISSERIE VALERIE cake so it should be £35. Definitely wouldn’t pay any more.

Looks like a posh Lidl one. So £3? And the servings as recommended would be microscopic. It looks about right for 4...

£30-£50.

The macarons alone are probably £20-£25.

We have a very good local cake shop, and this would be about £60.

£35 is so cheap for a cake! They ussually cost about £80+

It looks shit. I can't believe that was made by a professional.

ASDA Large Chocolate Celebration Cake - serves 16 (£9.50) with a pack of ASDA Extra special 12 macaron selection (£3) stuck on top... Extra chocolate to re-ice it to give it the handmade wonky look (£2.50) I'd say, around £16?

I could let you have one similar to the one you posted for around £45

It depends, is it organic ingredients is the chocolate Ganache did they use vanilla flavouring or extract etc? A normal cake £25, quality ingredients £35+