I made homemade cupcakes for an event. It wasn't until afterwards that I found out I could get reimbursed for the items. I don't keep track of how much grocery items, so I'm asking you to help me to determine the reimbursement amount. I did use high quality ingredients; e.g., Madagascar vanilla and Ateco gel paste. I worked my butt off on these cupcakes and they turned out beautifully, but to be honest, if I had to do it over, I would have bought a box mix with that premade icing or bought them premade at the grocery bakery.
So here goes:
3 sticks unsalted butter
6 cups confectioners sugar
1 cup milk
3 teaspoons Madagascar vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons gel paste (to color the cupcake dough)
The sprinkles and cupcake holders I can do the math on myself since I recall the cost on those. Thanks.
Using generous estimates, I come up with around $9. That's assuming that you paid about $2.29 for the gel paste and used a 1-oz container and that the vanilla runs about $3 an ounce ($12 for a 4 oz bottle).
If I were you I would just donate the cupcakes. I think it is not worth the hassle of trying to figure out the cost and you don't want to appear to be cheap by itemizing the vanilla, sugar etc. Although you may have bought the items for the cupcakes you still must have a lot of the ingredients left over. JMO though.
I wouldn't ask for reimbursement...too petty I think. Don't forget to add in minimum wage for how long you worked your butt off.
If it were me, I would just chalk this one up to good will and donate them. Since you know now, next time you can get the box mixes and get reimbursed for them.
If you really want to get reimbursed for it, and do not have the receipt for it, then go back to the store where you got the ingredients, and then write down the prices for each item you bought.
Are we talking 2-3 dozen or 100 dz?
That would matter in determining whether I donated or asked to be reimbursed.
Did you use an entire bottle of the vanilla? Two bottles? How about the cost of just that & the gel paste totals?
I'm thinking that it depends on how many and what event. Are you willing to call this one a "donation" and keep it in mind for the next time? If you do this as a business, you can also claim it on your taxes as a "loss" or as a donation to a charity.
Anyways, around here specialty cupcakes go for $2.25-2.75 each ($25-28 for a dozen).
Sounds yummy, wanna send me a dozen? :)
Good luck figuring it out!
I think you'd probably need to provide a receipt to get reimbursed. Most places don't just take your word for how much money they should give you!
You have every right to be reimbursed. Go back and buy the same ingredients and submit that receipt.
Well I work in accounts payable so if you want reimbursement you should submit an invoice for the cupcakes if you are not an employee. In that case you would charge per cupcake and you could make up an invoice on the computer. $2.00 each sounds reasonable for fancy cupcakes. If you are an employee you would submit an expense report and attach your receipt for your actual out of pocket expenses. That's the way most businesses handle it.
I am with Casey C...let it go and be proud of your contribution. It's cupcakes, for crying out loud.
Call your local bakery and ask how much it would cost you to order x amount of cupcakes and charge that amount especialy since you weren't expecting the money in the first place
I would ask the cost of cupcakes at a bakery and submit that amount if I wanted to be reimbursed. If you make other donations and want to use this as a donation use that amount on your taxes.
I bought a half dozen cupcakes, baked at a bakery, at a school sale and paid $15. Since you used high quality ingredients I think that would be a fair price.
