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> "D.Currie" > wrote:
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> >OR -- they've done these bake sales a dozen times and they know what the
> >market will pay for a home-baked cake. Consumers look at those things and
> >they really don't care if they buy a cake or not, they're buying as a
> >"donation" and they have no idea if it will be edible or not, so there's a
> >limit to what they'll pay.
>
> Precisely.
>
> I've bought many a baked good at bake sales, (I'm a sucker for them),
> and the results have been... uneven at best.
>
> D.
>
Man, I don't know where y'all have been going to bake sales. My mom's
church has an annual ethnic food festival, which I've written about here
in the past (I do all the cooking for the Serbian booth). In addition to
all the wonderful home-cooked ethnic foods available, most of the women
(and a few of the men) of the parish donate fantastic baked goods for the
bakery sale. The entire church hall is used as the bakery during this
festival, there is so much donated.

Cakes and pies that are cut are $2 and $3 per slice, and whole cakes go
for $25. Of course, this festival has been going on for 15 years, so
people know the quality of the goods they will see there. And most folks
understand that it takes a lot of time and in many cases expensive
ingredients in order to produce some of these fantastic desserts.

Folks don't go there looking for bargains on home-baked goods, they go
there looking for the quality they've come to expect. And they realize
that it is, indeed, a fund raiser, and don't mind paying the price if
they are assured of getting quality goods.
--
Donna
A pessimist believes all women are bad. An optimist hopes they are.