Guides
Guides for home bakers
Practical, plain-English guides to pricing, planning and running the business side of a home bakery.
How to price holiday cookie boxesCookies, packaging and your time per box, with a worked example for a box of 12.Read the guide
How much to charge for cupcakesPrice a dozen properly, with a worked example and a fair price for bigger orders.Read the guide- Cake serving chartRound, square and sheet cake servings, plus popular tier combinations.Read the guide
- How to take holiday pre-orders as a home bakerMenu, limits, order-by date, deposits and a bake schedule for Thanksgiving and Christmas.Read the guide
How to run a wedding cake tastingWhat to prepare, a scoring sheet, design questions and how to follow up.Read the guide
Free calculators
- Cake pricing calculatorPrice a whole cake from servings or tier sizes, ingredients, boards, your hours, overhead and profit.36 servings: $232.57
- Decorated cookie pricing calculatorTurn decorating minutes, ingredients and packaging into a price per cookie and per dozen.2 dozen: $70.56 a dozen
- Recipe cost calculatorList each ingredient with package size, price and amount used to get the batch cost and cost per serving.24 cupcakes: $0.26 each