Free Baking Tool
Cake Cost Calculator
Stop guessing what to charge. Add your ingredients (with Chennai market prices as a starting point), factor in waste, electricity, packaging and your own labour, then see a suggested price with a healthy profit margin and configurable GST.
Ingredient costing Labour & overheads Markup & profit Configurable GST
Ingredients
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line cost₹10
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line cost₹11
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line cost₹110
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line cost₹20
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line cost₹7
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line cost₹2
Overheads & pricing
Suggested price (incl. GST)
₹834
₹794 before 5% GST
Ingredient cost₹160
Waste (10%)₹16
Labour₹300
Overheads₹80
Total cost₹556
Profit at this price₹238
Margin pricing — the Butter Up method: selling price = total cost / (1 - margin%). GST is kept configurable — set it to match your own billing.
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Email yourself this pricing breakdown, plus a few pricing tips for home bakers.