usa1 said:
Mumpreneurs is a bit of an annoying term.
Some of the mums at boys`1 schools are into all this cake making. I enquired about a prices for a novelty type b`day cake for his party; she wanted £80.00. Sod that... I am brought one at Costco`s for a fraction of the price..
As a novelty cake maker myself - this is probably a reasonable price, quality cake ingredients/materials cost a bomb. Cost of materials for her would probably be £25.00+ then there's baking time approx 2.5hrs plus decorating time (depending how fast she is + complexity) at least 4hrs at least meaning, minus materials, she'd only get £9 per hour for what is considered skilled labour. Not to mention cost of petrol to drive to purchase materials and the cost of gas/electric to cook said cake.
I charged £150 for this cake: http://kelzky.deviantart.com/art/Discworld-Cake-Great-A-Tuin-2-270383885
I got £10/hr for my time once I minus'd the cost of materials - hence why I did not start this sort of business, not enough people are willing to pay the price when they can go to waitrose/costco etc and get a cheap one.