05/22/2026
Recently I ordered my daughter’s graduation cake so that I didn’t have to do it myself. I paid a private baker, that i wont publicly shame bc that’s not my thing, to make this cake for 75 people. The size was off, first thing. But whatever, with all of the other treats I knew it would be fine. Immediately it started to crack. All over. I decided to “fix” one crack and everytime I looked there were more and more. Also this cake was THREE times what I would have charged for the same cake. I did the best I could in fixing it but it made me realize that it’s no wonder I stay so busy with the prices that I have!!! There’s no reason in the world to charge some of the prices I see, and when I saw the price for this cake I thought “man I need to raise my prices”….but no. I don’t. People deserve quality work at a rational cost. I’ve questioned my prices a million times and have been told just as many times by others that I “need to raise them”. I have the same prices as I had ten years ago, with just a minor bump upward around 2020 when things started getting crazy. I would rather work hard, and do 25 cakes in one weekend making 25 people happy, and having 25 repeat customers than do 5 cakes, making the same money, but charging so much that I can’t sleep at night 🤪
Anyway, as a seasoned baker-you can all rest well in knowing that even I have bad experiences now and then….but thank goodness I’m able to fix it! ;)
