Wedding Cake Costs

This question comes up so regularly that I think will comment on it again. I have written about this on my wedding cake faqs (http://www NULL.barkerbakes NULL.co NULL.uk/blog NULL.html). I was reading something on the web (again) and it was claimed that a professional wedding cake maker will make a 3 tier fully decorated cake for £200, this was clearly a claim by someone who is not a professional cakemaker or knows one.  It is generally agreed between professionals that anything less than £300 is unsustainable and will mean that the cakemaker will only be doing this part time or as a hobby. A skilled professional knows the costs involved and therefore will not underprice themselves or work for free, effectively. There are, of course, many factors that determine the price, including location, competition, experience, skill, length of business establishment etc.