Cakes

[TwoBoysOnly]

Just wondering if anyone makes cakes from their home to sell like people order birthday/wedding/any type cakes and you make it and they pay you?

Am thinking of starting this and am wondering if I would make much from it. I live in Brisbane. How many of you would pay someone to make a cake for you.

[cheezelkat]

It would depend on the experience and how big your portfolio was. The cake decorator I know does tastings etc and has a big portfolio of cakes she has done.

[rynosmum]

There's another member on here who makes spectacular cakes but I don't think she sells them yet either.

Ummm...I can picture her avatar (she's really pretty) but I can't remember her name - I'll come back....:o (Maybe Chemenco? Chemico?)

But in answer to your question, yes, I'd pay for someone to make a cake for a special occasion - especially if it was something really different.

AHHH.....Chenicemo!

[Foxy]

Yes I would!! I have had some very bad bakery experiences where I have paid big $$$ and recieved very poor results.

If you are good, then word of mouth will spread very quickly and I also recommend you advertise with Yellow Pages on line so new people can find you!

Good luck!

[TwoBoysOnly]

thanks all will keep practising :chef:

[Becteria]

My Aunty has a cake delivery business in the GOld Coast that does quite well. THere is a market for businesses - always having birthdayy cakes to celebrate staffs birthdays, wanting to cut down expense of staff off site purchasing cake etc...

Cake it away did it in sydney as a larger operation, the cakes arent that great though.

I have sent cakes to business contacts for delivery at morning tea with messages piped on them - great cheap and effective!!!

Good luck, i am happy to be a taste tester hee hee hee

[shed]

I want someone to make my wedding cake in May. Pity you're not in Sydenny.

[Roopee]

I do it. It takes alot of time to do and you need to be able to get away from the kids to do it. Its a job.
If i have a big wedding one to do i have to start doing the sugar flower weeks in advance otherwise i would never get it done in time.

I once did a wedding one for a friend nd she had 150 pink frangipannis on it-that took weeks to complete.

It can be costly too so make sure you quote enough or it will cost you money.

If you need any info PM me.

[TwoBoysOnly]

Thanks everyone....will have a think

[aardvark]

I've been decorating cakes since I was a teenager - let me assure you, that's quite a while, over 20 years.

I don't think that there is anyway to deliver a high quality product at a realistic competitive price TBH.

You can't charge enough to compensate you for your time. Making flowers etc for wedding cakes can be a nightmare.

I also don't like to commit to doing wedding cakes which need to be done just before the day, as with kids underfoot, I find it risky leaving it till the last minute. The old fashioned fruit cale is a different story because you can make that weeks ahead, and it improves. The problem is most people don;t want fruitcake these days.

[TwoBoysOnly]

Thanks that is the stuff I wanted to know - the truth of what it is like

[MissieK]

If you are making the cakes too, you may need to look in to hiring a commercial kitchen. The rules are pretty strict.

I paid someone just to decorate my wedding cake to save money - we baked it ourselves.

If you don't want to spend time making flowers, etc, come up with some other designs that are less time consuming - there is a market.

Another idea is to use fabric flowers - a friend of mine put real roses on her wedding cake & it looked stunning.

Melissa