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Re: Getting REALLY tired of 'sheet cake' weddings...

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Posted by DeniseNH on June 24, 2008 at 16:02:43:

In Reply to: Re: Getting REALLY tired of 'sheet cake' weddings... posted by Jeff on June 23, 2008 at 21:46:19:

I changed my rules: I won't make a wedding cake under 75 servings before I allow kitchen cakes to kick in. I tell them it's just not worth getting my pans out for. They cave and everyone ends up happy. Haven't lost an order since I put the new ruling into place.

: Are you pricing your sheets cheaper than your tiered cakes? I don't! If the cake has the same construction [layers, fillings, etc.], the why sell them cheaper than your tiered cakes. Generally once I have explained that it won't make the cost of the cake any less, the client opts for a larger tiered cake.

: I have pretty much decided to stop doing sheet cakes for weddings entirely. My wedding cakes are 3.25 per serving, scratch baked, well decorated....I have won competitions! Most bakeries around here start at 5.00 per serving, not scratch baked...Every wedding now is just a small cake for pictures, then sheets in the kitchen. Well, for me, there is almost no time saved by doing sheets. My cakes are torted with 3 layers of fillings, and it's tough doing that with a half sheet. But my real problem is that I am tired of being the economy of choice. I am delivering cakes to places that are $125 per person not including the bar, with $300 flowers on the tables! Last weekend was the last straw. The bride had cookie favors on a table, and I was there when they were delivered. I asked the lady how much they were. $12 apiece! She ordered a 12/9/6 cake with 3 sheets on the kitchen. I felt really badly, although I can't exactly say why. But I am changing things as of today. ! I am raising my prices. 2. I only do decorated cakes, no sheets. QAnd if I ever run into the writer who casme up with the sheet cake for savings idea, they will get an earful!

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: I changed my rules: I won't make a wedding cake under 75 servings before I allow kitchen cakes to kick in. I tell them it's just not worth getting my pans out for. They cave and everyone ends up happy. Haven't lost an order since I put the new ruling into place.

: Are you pricing your sheets cheaper than your tiered cakes? I don't! If the cake has the same construction [layers, fillings, etc.], the why sell them cheaper than your tiered cakes. Generally once I have explained that it won't make the cost of the cake any less, the client opts for a larger tiered cake.

: I have pretty much decided to stop doing sheet cakes for weddings entirely. My wedding cakes are 3.25 per serving, scratch baked, well decorated....I have won competitions! Most bakeries around here start at 5.00 per serving, not scratch baked...Every wedding now is just a small cake for pictures, then sheets in the kitchen. Well, for me, there is almost no time saved by doing sheets. My cakes are torted with 3 layers of fillings, and it's tough doing that with a half sheet. But my real problem is that I am tired of being the economy of choice. I am delivering cakes to places that are $125 per person not including the bar, with $300 flowers on the tables! Last weekend was the last straw. The bride had cookie favors on a table, and I was there when they were delivered. I asked the lady how much they were. $12 apiece! She ordered a 12/9/6 cake with 3 sheets on the kitchen. I felt really badly, although I can't exactly say why. But I am changing things as of today. ! I am raising my prices. 2. I only do decorated cakes, no sheets. QAnd if I ever run into the writer who casme up with the sheet cake for savings idea, they will get an earful!

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