Monday, July 1, 2013

25th Birthday Cake

This cake I appropriately named Chocolatepalooza!  It is an 8" round single layer chocolate cake decorated with chocolate, pink, and purple buttercream icing.  I made it especially for a small family birthday celebration for twins who really love chocolate! 
 
Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 1.5 = $3.83 (1 chocolate, .25 pink, .25 purple)
Chocolate Cake: $1.93
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 1.5 = $9
Final Cost: $19.64
 



Penguin Cupcake Cake

This was my first ever cupcake cake!  I was a little nervous about how the cupcakes would stick together with the icing, but was super easy.  This is a 15 cupcake cake with 8 yellow cupcakes and 7 chocolate cupcakes all decorated in white, black, grey, and orange buttercream icing.  It ended up being about the same size as a 9x13 cake, but this only fed 15 people whereas a 9x13 cake feeds many more depending on the size of the slices.  Below is my final price:
 
Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2.25 = $5.74  (1 white, .5 gray, .5 black, .25 orange)
15 Yellow and Chocolate Cupcakes Mixed: $1.20
Foils and Plating: $2.50
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3 = $18
Total: $27.44