Cake Pricing Calculator
Simple ingredient-based pricing with labour, overheads, delivery, profit, deposit, and quote export.
Keep all costs in the same currency.
Profit is a simple add-on percentage. No recipe presets are included.
Add ingredients manually. Quantity can be grams, ml, pieces, sheets, packs, boards, boxes, or any unit you prefer.
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Use this guide to understand what each field means and how it affects the final cake price.
Cake type
The general style of cake, such as buttercream, fondant, wedding, sculpted, or gravity defying. This is mainly for quote clarity and does not automatically change the price.
Servings
The number of portions the cake is expected to serve. This is used to calculate the price per serving.
Tiers
The number of stacked cake tiers. This helps describe the order clearly in the exported quote.
Rush multiplier
Increases the labour cost for urgent orders. For example, 1.00 means normal pricing, while 1.25 adds 25% to labour.
Client notes
Use this for flavours, design details, delivery notes, inclusions, or any special client instructions.
Currency symbol
Controls the currency displayed in the calculator and exported quote. All costs should be entered in the same currency.
Profit %
The percentage added on top of your costs. This helps make sure the cake is not only covering expenses but also earning profit.
Tax %
Any tax percentage that needs to be added to the client price. Leave this as 0 if tax is not required.
Deposit %
The percentage of the final price the client needs to pay upfront to secure the order.
Rounding
Rounds the final price to the nearest selected amount, such as nearest 5, 10, or 25. This helps make quotes cleaner.
Processor fee %
The percentage charged by your payment processor, such as Stripe, PayPal, or card payment fees.
Fixed processor fee
A fixed payment fee added per transaction, such as 0.30. This is added together with the processor percentage.
Item
The ingredient, packaging, structure, colour, or material used for the cake.
Category
Groups the item type, such as ingredient, packaging, structure, colour, material, or other.
Unit
The measurement used for the item, such as grams, ml, pieces, sheets, packs, sets, or servings.
Qty
The quantity used for that item. The calculator multiplies this by the unit cost.
Unit cost
The cost of one unit of that item. For example, the cost per gram, per piece, per set, or per serving.
Line total
The total cost for that item. It is calculated as quantity multiplied by unit cost.
% of ingredients
Shows how much that item contributes to the total ingredient and material cost.
Hourly rate
The amount you want to pay yourself or charge for each hour of work.
Labour hours
The estimated hands-on time needed to make, decorate, and finish the cake.
Admin hours
Time spent on quoting, messaging, planning, ordering supplies, and client communication.
Waste %
An extra percentage added to ingredient costs to cover trimming, mistakes, testing, leftovers, or unavoidable waste.
Monthly overheads
Your regular business costs, such as electricity, rent, subscriptions, insurance, tools, website fees, or studio expenses.
Overhead method
Controls how overheads are added: per cake, per hour worked, or as a percentage of direct costs.
Cakes per month
Used when overheads are calculated per cake. The calculator divides monthly overheads by this number.
Hours per month
Used when overheads are calculated by working hours. This estimates the overhead cost per hour.
Overhead %
Used when overheads are calculated as a percentage of direct costs.
Minimum order price
The lowest price you are willing to accept for an order. If the calculated price is lower, the calculator raises it to this amount.
Delivery base
A flat delivery fee charged before distance is added.
Distance km
The delivery distance in kilometres.
Cost per km
The amount charged for each kilometre of delivery.
Setup fee
An extra fee for setting up the cake at the venue, especially for wedding cakes or delicate designs.
Total client price
The final amount the client should be quoted after ingredients, labour, overheads, delivery, waste, profit, tax, and payment fees.
Deposit due
The upfront amount the client should pay based on the selected deposit percentage.
Balance
The remaining amount due after the deposit has been paid.
Total cost
Your estimated business cost before final profit. This includes ingredients, labour, overheads, delivery, and waste.
Per serving
The final client price divided by the number of servings.
Profit margin
An estimate of how much of the final price remains after costs are covered.