12/08/2024
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PLease take time to read... May be long for you but the time to create a cake even not customized definitely is longer than this. Not to mention the quality that only few bakers don't compromise in spite of price hike. 🙂
A customer's friend asked me how much it costs to make a customized cake:
𝗠𝗲: For a single tier depends on the size and details, 2,500php estimate depende pa yan kung gano kadetalye ang design.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Masyado namang mahal, tapos single tier lang?
𝗠𝗲: How much do you think it would cost you?
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 1000php maximum... Madali lang naman yon diba?! Saka mura lang mga harina at asukal tapos bake lang.😁
𝗠𝗲: Ok, since magkakilala naman tayo pwede namang ikaw ang gumawa. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Pero hindi ako marunong magbake...😂
𝗠𝗲: For 1000php tuturuan kita, nakasave ka pa ng 1,500php. You'll get the knowledge na kailangan mo. 😉
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige, pwede na din.😁
𝗠𝗲: But to get started: May mga kailangan tayong gamit:
Oven (10k-35k)
Stand mixer (7k-30k)
Hand mixer (5k-10k)
Turn table (500-2k)
Refrigerator (15k to 30k)
Baking tools like scraper, cake slicer, brush, measuring tools, mixing bowl, piping tip, piping bag, pans, cooler rack, wire whisk, spatula, sturdy working table, cutting matt, molder, cutters, plunger, silicon matt, tweezer (very hard to estimate)
Comsumables like ingredients...APF, white sugar, butter, powdered sugar, baking powder, baking soda, eggs, cream, cooking oil, food colors, fondants, tylose, cornstarch, cocoa powder, chocolate bar, sprinkles, dragees, shortening (very hard to estimate)
Cake box, cake board, cake post, cello plastic, baking paper, tissue, stapler, tape, bioplastic, sticker, glue gun, glue stick, scissors, ribbon, toy toppers, acrylic toppers, candles (very hard to estimate)
etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Hala.😣 But I don't have all these stuff. Bibili pa ba ko niyan, isang cake lang naman gagawin ko. 😐
𝗠𝗲: Well then for another 1000php more I'll rent my stuff to you para makagawa ka. 🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Sige Sige 🙂
𝗠𝗲: Okay! thursday 3am I'm waiting for you to start doing this work ha.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: What 3am??? And I can't on Thursday I only have time today.😢
𝗠𝗲: I'm sorry, but I'm only available on Thursday at 3am to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other customers na kasi. 😔
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Thursday and give up my other tasks.😣
𝗠𝗲: I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the non-productive factors.🙂
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Totoo ba? Ano naman yun?😲
𝗠𝗲: Vat, Internet connection, power, gas etc.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: Jusko! Ang dami ko namang babayaran at masasayang na oras bago ako makagawa!😲 Sige. Yung mga gamit ok naman na?
𝗠𝗲: Sure, nasa akin naman na yung ibang gamit, but for the ingredients, you'll need to buy it since sakto lang ang ingredients ko for my existing orders. And wait you'll need to find the exact brand, hindi pede un kung ano lang ang available, like sa butter and powdered sugar, may specific kaming ginagamit, pag wala kay supplier 1, hanap kay supplier 2, 3, 4 hanggang sa makita mo. Kaya pag wala sa bayan, pumupunta pa ko sa kabilang bayan.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: isang customized cake lang tapos ganyan kadami need ko hanapin?😂
𝗠𝗲: Hindi pa kasama pamasahe mo dyan.
𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿: 1,000 sa turo, 1,000 sa rent ng stuff, 500 na lang kulang para ikaw gumawa.😂 Konti nalang din naman ang idadagdag ikaw na pala gumawa.🙏
When you pay for a job, especially handcrafted, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Trainings and workshops
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Accuracy
- Guarantee
- Sacrifices
- Safety and security
No one can denigrate other people's work by judging prices. Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work can you estimate the actual cost.
