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.

My local cake shop that would be 25-30 with fresh cream. Maybe less for 6 inch which is actually tiny

£45 where I live if from a pepper
Bakery or cake maker.
£15 if from a supermarket (won't be fresh and will be full of preservatives)

*proper bakery not pepper !!!!

£50

There’s no way on gods earth that cake is worth more than £20

those saying they would pay £40-50 are crazy

its crap

£25? Wouldn't ask for that cake to be specifically made as it's very generic. X

Thanks. I think I needed to hear that!

I'd say £45-£55?

I only paid out for a professional cake once and it was not nice, I don't think they had even used proper butter. Since then I've made my own. I think once the energy prices hike again, spending on "luxury" items like bespoke cakes will be seen as frivolous.

Giggle. It's all relative I guess.
Still wouldn't put greenhalgh's into posh though. Even if they're the only christmas puddings my mum will have

£35-£40

£15

Macarons are overrated middleclass garbage.

Maximum 40 at a push it’s not even high enough

Honestly I would have said around £20 too, but maybe the pic makes the cake look smaller than it is in person. Personally would want something more exciting than a chocolate cake for £35

Same! Looks delish!

Would expect it to be about £20 if it only serves that many, as it doesn't look particularly intricate unless I'm missing something :-/

A 6 inch cake from Patisserie Valerie is approx £30, depending on ingredients ofc

That particular one is £34.95

Patisserie Valerie

They are selling them in sainsburys.

Blooming heck - I really am a 69 year old innocent at large: there's no way I'd have expected that cake to cost more than £12 max!

Four tiny macaroons in M&S are £3.50. You have de ENT sized ones there so at least £16 for them alone. And cake shops are not like M&S so you have to expect to pay much much more. £35 is okay for a large cake like that with macaroons. Look at Waitrose, they would charge about that for a, special cake without the decoration!

12 classic macaroons £2.99 in Aldi

This is a gateaux, not a cake. That's why it looks like it does. And why it is absolutely delicious.

Well, if it’s decorated with Aldi macarons, I’d definitely be disappointed. The bakery near my house has the most amazing macarons. Expensive, but they taste so much better than supermarket ones.

I’d buy a Chocolate Gateau and a box of Macaron from M&S. But, even then, it’d be expensive.

Don’t say that!! Aldi is sacrosanct on MN and you’ll likely be thrown off the boards for uttering a word of negativity.