How to calculate cost of baked goods

If you're starting a business or selling baked goods from home knowing how much to charge for your baked goods is one of the most important things you will need to know when getting started. I will show you how to cost your recipes and give you a link to free recipe cost calculators.

Home bakers, are you struggling with pricing home-baked goods? Have you been wanting to learn how to sell your baked goods but get stuck when it comes to pricing? In this step by step guide, I show you the right way to know how much to charge for cookies, pricing cakes and making a profit. This works for home bakeries, online bakery sales, farmer’s market sellers, and even commercial bakeries or retail bakery shops. Read the full article to learn more about home bakery pricing!

One of the things I'm asked most often is how I keep our food budget so low. This year my grocery budget is $320 a month and so far we are not only under budget but we are eating well too. There are lots of things I do to keep the grocery budget down, and I've covered them in other posts, and no doubt I'll go over them in future posts. But the thing that really helps to keep our food bill down is knowing how much a recipe costs. I first wrote about the CPR Calculator in August 2013, and I…

PRICING is one of the BIGGEST struggles in the cake industry! This is because everyone’s profits, needs, and costs are different! So how do you know if you’re pricing your cakes properly? Check out my new blog where I share the equations you NEED to know to start making money in your cake business. Find out now! #price #cake #bakery #baking #money #profit #cakepricing #business #businesstips #businessowner #homebaker #blog

Boxes of cake mix per number of people

This week I had the pleasure of guest posting on my friend Aurelia’s website Philosophy of Yum . She is a home baking business owner, based in South Africa, and she bakes the most wonderful goodies. She also shares brilliant baking business tips on her blog, so you should go and have a read!

Many years ago I wrote a blog post that is still by far the most popular on this blog, where I walked you through how to build a cake costs spreadsheet. This was a written guide with supporting images but looking back, it’s a little tricky to follow. So this led me to todays post, where I thought

Pricing your products as a new company is the number one important step in starting your business without a storefront. Pricing can make or break your business. You must account for all costs associated with producing your product, including overhead, ingredients, and most importantly, your time. Your time is the most underrated part of pricing … How To Price Your Products When You Don’t Have A Storefront Read More »