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Cake Pricing Calculator

Price custom cakes so your ingredients, your hours and your oven time are all paid for.

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Cake pricing Pink cells are yours to edit
B13=B12*(1+B7%)
ABC
Your numbers
Cake, filling, frosting
Baking, decorating, cleanup
Power, pans, insurance
Results
Labor cost$80.00
Total cost to make$109.00
Cake price$130.80
Price per serving$5.45
Profit after your wage$21.80
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Estimates for planning and education only, not financial or tax advice. Always check current platform fees and your own numbers.

How to price a cake

Add up four costs: ingredients, supplies like the box, board and decorations, your time at an hourly wage, and overhead such as power, pans and insurance. That is your cost to make. Add a profit markup on top.

With the defaults ($18 of ingredients, $6 of supplies, 4 hours at $20, $5 of overhead and a 20% markup), the cake costs $109 to make and sells for $130.80, about $5.45 a serving for 24 servings.

Pricing per serving

Many bakers quote custom cakes per serving, because it scales with size. Once you know a fair per-serving price for your usual design, you can quote any size quickly, then add extra for detailed decorating.

The formulas behind it

Every result cell is a plain spreadsheet formula, so you can check the math or rebuild it yourself.

CellResultFormula
B11Labor cost=B4*B5
B12Total cost to make=B2+B3+B11+B6
B13Cake price=B12*(1+B7%)
B14Price per serving=B13/B8
B15Profit after your wage=B13-B12

Questions people ask

How much should I charge for a homemade cake?

Start from your costs, not from what a supermarket charges. Include your hours. A custom cake that takes 4 hours often needs to be well over $100 to pay you a fair wage.

Should I include my time in cake pricing?

Yes. Time is usually the biggest cost in a custom cake. If it is not in the price, you are working for free.

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