Free Cake Pricing Calculator
Find out exactly what your custom cakes should cost, including ingredients, labor, overhead, and delivery, plus what to charge for a healthy profit. Free, no signup.
A 6-inch round typically serves 8–12; a 9-inch serves 16–24.
Material costs
Flour, sugar, eggs, butter, leaveners, milk.
Buttercream, ganache, fondant, jam.
Flowers, toppers, edible prints, sprinkles.
Box, board, dowels, ribbon.
Covers trimmed layers, test icing, and the occasional mishap.
Labor
What you want to take home per hour of work.
Overhead
Your share of monthly fixed costs (utilities, insurance, equipment). Divide your monthly total by the number of orders you take.
Delivery
Pricing
Margin is profit as a share of your selling price, not your cost. A 60% margin on a $100 cost is a $250 price.
Suggested price
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$0.00 per serving
Cost breakdown
Profit
How to use this calculator
A step-by-step guide to pricing your custom cakes profitably.
- 1
Enter your servings
Add how many servings the cake yields so you get a price per serving as well as a total.
- 2
Add your material costs
Break out cake ingredients, frosting and fillings, decorations, and packaging separately, then add a waste allowance to cover trimmed layers and test batches of icing.
- 3
Add your labor
Enter your target hourly rate, then hours for baking and prep, decorating, client consultation, and setup or delivery time.
- 4
Add overhead and delivery
Overhead covers costs like utilities, insurance, and equipment. Delivery can be a flat fee or a per-mile rate.
- 5
Set your margin
Pick a target margin or enter a custom one, and add a rush surcharge if the order came in on short notice.
- 6
Review your suggested price
See your suggested price, cost breakdown, gross profit, and effective hourly rate all in one place.