what would you expect to pay (cake)

michelle145, Mar 1, 8:17pm
for a large madiera cake, iced with butter icing for a wedding? ?

margyr, Mar 1, 8:30pm
i would expect to pay; cost of ingredients, board, decorations and $15. 00 an hour labour. it would take about an hour and half to make, and depending on decorations anywhere from an hour to 3 hours to ice, so at a very rough questimate $80-$100.

michelle145, Mar 1, 8:31pm
Thank you. I thought about $100, but when i mentioned this. . was given the impression it was too expensive... manythanks :)

margyr, Mar 1, 8:35pm
haha, yep alot of people think you should do these things for love. one of the reasons i gave up icing cakes.

margyr, Mar 1, 8:39pm
also you could always get them to buy all the stuff needed and just charge an hourly rate for the making and icing.

michelle145, Mar 1, 8:42pm
Its stink. Im just the 'middle man' i think $100is more than fair :) oh well, like it or lump it I say :)

darlingmole, Mar 1, 11:23pm
well stackofrecipes would just come over here and find out what post and then post it up on their own unoriginal site

griffo4, Sep 24, 9:58pm
lt just cost me $275 for a mud cake 2 tier with white truffle layer instead of almond icing then icing on top. lt was lovely but l was looking for the gold in it, lol