Free Bakery Pricing Calculators
Put in what your bake costs you and how long it takes. You'll get a price that covers your time, your costs and a fair profit, in any currency.
Questions bakers ask
How do I set my hourly rate?
Start with what you would want to earn at a regular job for the same skill, then count every hour: shopping, baking, cooling, decorating, packing and cleaning up. Many home bakers start somewhere between what a local café pays and what a pro decorator charges, and raise it as their skills and demand grow.
What does "overhead" mean?
Overhead is the cost of running your kitchen business that isn't tied to one order: electricity and gas, equipment wear, licenses, insurance, website or app fees. Add up a month of these costs and divide by how many cakes or cookie orders you make in a month.
How do I time decorating for cookies?
Time yourself flooding and detailing one tray, then divide by the number of cookies. As a rough start: about 3 minutes for a simple one- or two-color cookie, 6 minutes for a medium design, and 10 minutes or more for detailed work like lettering or piped lace.
Should I have a minimum cookie order?
Mixing icing, coloring and cleaning up take about the same time for 6 cookies as for 24, so many decorators ask for at least a dozen. If you take smaller orders, the calculator still prices them, but the price per cookie will be higher.
Why margin instead of markup?
Margin is the share of the final price you keep as profit. A 30% margin means 30 cents of every dollar is profit. A 30% markup on cost only gives you about 23% of the price, so margin makes it easier to know what you actually keep.
Is my data saved or sent anywhere?
Everything stays in your browser. Your last numbers are remembered on this device only, and nothing is sent anywhere. There are no accounts, cookies or tracking.