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Cake Pricing Calculator

Work out what to charge, covering ingredients, your time, overhead, and the profit margin you want.

Start with a template

Cake size

Every layer past two adds levelling, filling, and stacking. Fondant adds rolling and covering. Both land on your labour, not your ingredients.

Ingredients

£0.00

£0.00

Labour

Overhead

Adds 20% of your ingredient cost to cover rent, utilities, and equipment.

Target profit margin35%
BakerInboxCake pricing receipt
Ingredients£0.00
Labour£21.25
Overhead£0.00
Packaging£3.00
Total cost£24.25
Food cost0%
Charge this much£37.31

Per serving

£3.11

Profit

£13.06

Close, a couple of costs still estimated

  • Add your ingredients
  • Swap the 20% overhead estimate for your real figure

Aim for food cost between 25% and 35% of your selling price. Above that, your margin for labour and profit gets thin.