Dozen-order worksheet

Cupcake Pricing Calculator

Use this cupcake pricing worksheet when a customer asks for a dozen, several mixed flavors, or a party tray. It keeps batter, frosting, liners, boxes, decorating time, delivery, and target margin in one quote ledger.

Pricing checklist

Keep the quote tied to the real order

Quote by dozen

Set quantity and yield to match how the order will be sold, especially when one batch makes more than the customer ordered.

Separate packaging

Include liners, inserts, cupcake boxes, labels, and bags instead of burying them inside ingredient cost.

Count decorating labor

Add time for piping, color changes, toppers, sprinkles, setup, cleanup, and boxing.

Active worksheet

Load a preset, edit every row, or clear the ledger for a custom order.

Quote inputs

Pick a starter order, then adjust the yield, labor, overhead, add-ons, and pricing mode for this quote.

Editable worksheet

Bakery preset

Labor and overhead

Overhead mode

Packaging and add-ons

Use add-ons for delivery, rush timing, premium decoration, or packaging that is not already listed in the ingredient ledger.

Pricing mode
Margin protects a percent of the final price; markup adds a percent to cost.

Keep margin below 100%; most home bakery retail quotes land between 35% and 55% once labor is counted.

Ingredients and supplies

Enter package costs and the recipe amount used. Matching units convert directly; saved bakery densities handle common weight-to-volume rows.

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Editable ingredient, packaging, and decoration cost rows
ItemTypePackage costPackage sizeUsedLine cost
$2.53
$1.21
$8.99
$1.37
$1.08
$2.20
Current row totalbefore yield, waste, labor, and margin$17.38