Pricing & Costing
Batch Recipe Cost
Cost one cake recipe by the batch: ingredient lines in, cost per cake out.
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Bakery pricing calculator: three sheets from recipe to price list
These three sheets work as a bakery pricing calculator: start from the recipe, add your time and your margin, and keep every price you charge in one list. $5.99 each.
The three sheets
Pick one, or take all three
Pricing & Costing
Cake Price and Margin
One cake in, a selling price out: ingredients, your time, supplies and margin.
$5.99
Pricing & Costing
Cake Price List
Every cake you sell with cost, price and margin, and a check on each price.
$5.99
Which pricing sheet do I need first?
Start with Batch Recipe Cost if you do not know what a cake costs to make. Move to Cake Price and Margin when you want a selling price that includes your time. Add Cake Price List once you sell several cakes and want every price, cost and margin in one place.
A bakery cost spreadsheet that starts at the recipe
Batch Recipe Cost turns ten ingredient lines into a batch cost and a cost per cake. That is the number every price is built on.
A bakery costing spreadsheet that ends in a price list
Cake Price and Margin adds your time, the box and the margin you want. Cake Price List keeps every cake you sell with its cost, price and a check that the price covers the cost.
Questions
Questions bakers ask
How do I calculate the cost of bakery products?
Cost each ingredient for the amount you use, add your time and the packaging, and divide the batch by the number of cakes it makes. Batch Recipe Cost and Cake Price and Margin do those sums.
How to calculate baking prices?
Work out the total cost of the bake, then divide by one minus the margin you want. Cake Price and Margin shows the cost, the selling price, the profit and the margin side by side.
How to calculate bakery cost?
Add up what each ingredient costs for the amount you use, then add your time and the packaging. Batch Recipe Cost does the ingredient part and gives a cost per cake, and Cake Price and Margin adds your labor and supplies.
What is the best app for bakery costing?
The three pricing sheets are editable spreadsheets, not an app, and they open in Excel and Google Sheets. Batch Recipe Cost, Cake Price and Margin and Cake Price List cost $5.99 each. If you want an app, check that it counts your time and packaging before you trust its price.
Is there a free spreadsheet I can use for food costing?
The three pricing and costing sheets are not free: each costs $5.99, and they open in Excel and Google Sheets. Each one has a filled-in sample, so you can see the sums work before you type your own recipe.
How to make a food cost spreadsheet in Excel?
List each ingredient with the price of the pack, the pack amount and the amount you use, then divide and add up the lines. Batch Recipe Cost is built that way as an Excel file, with the formulas already built and locked and a sample you can clear.