How much should one expect to pay for this spread? (see picture)?
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One five layer Barbie cake, 25 iced cupcakes with gum paste butterflies and Tiara sugar cookies decorated with Royal Icing. Started baking Monday night for a Saturday party. Took whole week to put this all together— in order to allow cookies to dry etc.
Hey Bleweyes, why the fuck did you even waste your time responding if all you were going to do was tell me that you could have done it faster? You didn’t even answer the question. Last time I checked this was Yahoo ANSWERS, not Yahoo OPINIONS!
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Amazing, everything looks so professional and your friend’s daughter is going to love it. I do some catering on the side and if it’s for a friend, I usually just charge for the ingredients, but don’t forget that you need to charge for all ingredients. For example – you may not have bought eggs, milk, sugar, etc specifically for the cake and cookies, but you still had to use them, so charge accordingly. I have seen those barbie cakes go for $50-60 here.
If I am charging for people who are not friends, I count up all my hours of research, shopping, prep and cooking. I charge minimum wage for the research and shopping hours, and I charge $10 for the prep and cooking. Your time is worth it!
Remember that some other mothers will see what you did, tell your friend “I would normally have charged $200 (or whatever) for all of this, but it’s you and your daughter, so I want to just charge for supplies. BUT if anyone else asks, it’s $200″
You have a great gift!
