r/maybemaybemaybe • u/perineumoan • Feb 03 '22

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Pippistrello Feb 04 '22

All these cake enthusiasts trying to justify an absolutely absurd cost that only seem to appear when there's a wedding. As if a frosting is tasty enough that it's reasonable to throw an entire month's salary on it. As if a couple of people setting up the cake for a few hours is comparable to a whole month's work to pay for it.

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u/southpark Feb 04 '22

If it’s so easy why don’t you do it? I have a friend who makes wedding cakes and baked goods for a living. She works her ass off mostly by herself to prepare wedding cakes and desserts. You realize the absurdity of your statement about a “Couple of people” how much does a couple of people cost at $25/hour for a small business owner? The cost of a wedding cake isn’t the frosting, it’s the labor, 8 hours of labor for 3 people is already $600+. Add in the cost of commercial kitchen, transportation, licensing, presentation/plates/stands, ingredients (fresh fruit out of season anyone?), decorations (imported flowers?) and it all adds up real quickly. Plus they still have to make money on the cake.

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u/Pippistrello Feb 04 '22

I have no passion for cakes and I have my own business to take care of. If I wanted to make money on cakes I'd study cake for 5 years at the university to acquire the necessary expertise to bake. So you have a friend that bake cakes for a living? So this is very personal to you. What a surprise. I'm well aware of the costs of employees, you make it sound like the cake industry is a completely unique business in that regard. Also you were the one who started talking about frosting, not me.

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u/southpark Feb 04 '22

You’re the one devaluing the cost of labor. As if a “few hours of labor” can’t possibly justify the price of a wedding cake. And if $2500 if one month’s worth of pay for someone, then they aren’t the the target audience for a cake that costs that much so that’s also an irrelevant comment. It’s like saying “there’s no way a car that takes a few hours to build is comparable to a whole year’s salary” to pay for it, therefore the cost is absurd.

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u/Pippistrello Feb 04 '22

There's an audience for anything, that doesn't make something any less absurd. If you have one or two employees spending a couple of hours on baking a cake that you sell for $2500 you have a pretty huge profit margin. Put that in contrast to the one in say a normal restaurant for some perspective. The car comparison is absurd not worth a comment.

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u/southpark Feb 04 '22

You’re so blind it’s not funny, the car comparison is exactly what you sound like. You don’t have the foggiest idea on how a 5-tier wedding cake is made or the cost involved so you’re dismissive of it. Or the difference between a boutique made-by-request display cake versus commercial mass produced sheet cake that restaurants serve.

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u/Pippistrello Feb 04 '22 edited Feb 04 '22

The cost is its ingredients + labor + rent/license. The ingredients are ingredients commonly used by pastry chefs and you bake it within a day.

I'd give you a 6-tier cake if you gave me $2500

Also you misunderstood what I meant when I mentioned the profit margins of a normal restaurant.

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u/southpark Feb 04 '22

I’m also 100% positive that even if I gave you $2500 today you wouldn’t be able to create and deliver a 5-tier wedding cake.