Starting price base for fondant/gumpaste work
I"ve finally got all my pricing figured out except for the "extra" stuff you can do with fondant/gumpaste. I really dont have a clue where to start. I was hopen ya'll might be able to give me some ideas. Like for example, something simple like a pair of baby booties, what would you charge for those? Or, I'm doing a cake for a friend(at not charge) for her college graduation. I'm going to do a sheet cake in buttercream & a small like 4x4 inch gumpaste cap to put in the corner with some fondant tassels. If I was to do something like that for a order I wouldn't know what to charge for the cap. I do make my own MMF. I haven't tried anything complicated yet, like the flowers or people. Thanks for any tips
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Permalink Reply by kay Etherington on
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I sort of use ebay as a guide then add £5.00 at least to it. I charge £15.00 for plain booties then if they are lacey or flower ones see file below I will charge £20 to £25. A Baby like one below £25.00 as i will put it in a basket, crandle or angel wings and when i do a topper i usually make a little teddy, rattle, bib etc
a cap i would prob charge around £10 to £15.00
hope that helps
Kay
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Permalink Reply by Jane Gaddes on
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Have no idea on pricing but Kay OMG!!!!, you are so very clever!!!! Loved both sets of booties, and the baby, just perfect. Have you been doing this for a long time?, are you self taught or did you do classes?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Ponder on
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Kay, thank you for sharing, that really helped alot, to atleast know where to start. Your work is beautifull. The baby is just amazing, it looks so real.
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I did a city and guilds about 20 years ago x
still enjoy making cakes now and then the booties came from template on cakecentral.com flower booties are not mine i have copied them very easy. flowers are the petal plunger dots in middle royal icing
baby mould from first impressions x
easy peesy lemon squeezie
Jane Gaddes said:Have no idea on pricing but Kay OMG!!!!, you are so very clever!!!! Loved both sets of booties, and the baby, just perfect. Have you been doing this for a long time?, are you self taught or did you do classes?
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first impression mould for baby easy peesy and cheating lol x you can change it about i have used the tutorials on you tube for clay babies ooak etc for making babies to
i have moulds for faces though to hard to do the faces perfect on gumpaste
Jennifer Ponder said:Kay, thank you for sharing, that really helped alot, to atleast know where to start. Your work is beautifull. The baby is just amazing, it looks so real.
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Permalink Reply by Nikki Riley on
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Jennifer, how did you figure out your pricing? I just did my first wedding cake and under priced it by a lot! It was a lot of work! I'm worried I'm gonna be charging to little or maybe too much and not get business. Any advice would be appreciated?
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Nikki, I just checked out some of the websites of decorators in my area & stayed within range of theres, I also have a friend who used to cater here a couple years ago, that helped me with what I could set my prices at for my area, i'm pretty rural. My last wedding cake I could've charged more for, so I had to adjust my pricing a little bit. Pricing is hard, it took me about 3 weeks of really thinking about it, even with my friends help. The biggest help though was the local website pricing. my website is
www.jenniferannscakecreations.webs.com if your interested
Nikki Riley said:Jennifer, how did you figure out your pricing? I just did my first wedding cake and under priced it by a lot! It was a lot of work! I'm worried I'm gonna be charging to little or maybe too much and not get business. Any advice would be appreciated?
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Thanks Jennifer. I'm gonna check around town & see what the going rates are.
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Its very difficult unless you have a good following I think its really hard to get what u deserve for ur cakes. People don't realise how much work goes into them
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Permalink Reply by Windy Jimenez on
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Thanks! I was about to post this same question. People are asking me to create for them fondant/gumpaste figures and I had no idea how much to charge additional for the work.
kay Etherington said:I sort of use ebay as a guide then add £5.00 at least to it. I charge £15.00 for plain booties then if they are lacey or flower ones see file below I will charge £20 to £25. A Baby like one below £25.00 as i will put it in a basket, crandle or angel wings and when i do a topper i usually make a little teddy, rattle, bib etc
a cap i would prob charge around £10 to £15.00
hope that helps
Kay
kayskakes.co.uk
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