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glatt · 07-24-2014, 09:14 AM

At the bakery near us, the 8 inch cakes are around $40, but a specialty cake like this would have a "design fee" of $10-$20 per serving, depending on complexity. So if it has 10 slices, that could be a $200 design fee on top of the $40 cake. Of course, wedding cakes are bigger than that. You'd probably have 50 servings or more in a wedding cake, so that could be $1,000 for the design fee on a fancy cake.

They aren't cheap.

I'd imagine that just starting out, you would want to have your prices be low to attract customers. But then how do you raise your prices after that?

07-24-2014, 09:14 AM	#274
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	At the bakery near us, the 8 inch cakes are around $40, but a specialty cake like this would have a "design fee" of $10-$20 per serving, depending on complexity. So if it has 10 slices, that could be a $200 design fee on top of the $40 cake. Of course, wedding cakes are bigger than that. You'd probably have 50 servings or more in a wedding cake, so that could be $1,000 for the design fee on a fancy cake. They aren't cheap. I'd imagine that just starting out, you would want to have your prices be low to attract customers. But then how do you raise your prices after that?