What did this recipe really cost?
Work out what your cupcakes or homemade cake cost in Rand, including ingredients, packaging and your time. Bring your recipe, ingredient pack sizes and prices; start with one familiar batch.
When butter jumps again, your recipe answer changes with it.
Start with what you paid
Record the bag, bottle, packet or box exactly as you bought it. Add delivery when it belongs to that shop, and Stock And Spoon works out the price of the amount your recipe actually uses.
Write recipes your way
Which cup, exactly?Build the recipe from the quantities you really use. Add packaging beside ingredients, scale the yield and see the useful answer for a whole batch or one sellable piece.
Count the invisible work
In Settings, enable labour and overhead costs and enter your hourly rate. Add an electricity rate and select it as the default. Then enter labour minutes, overhead and electricity minutes on your recipe. Check the breakdown: entering time alone does not switch labour costing on.
A real view from the app
Three focused views show the purchase, the recipe breakdown and the answer you can sell from.
When butter jumps again, your recipe answer changes with it.
In baker language
Add the ingredients and packaging you buy, then record purchases with pack sizes and prices. Use the baking items from your shopping slip.
Add your finished cupcakes on Shelf. In Recipes, link the recipe to that product, add ingredient and packaging quantities, and set the yield to twelve.
Enable labour and overhead in Settings, set your rates, and enter the recipe’s time and costs. Check the breakdown, then use “What should I charge?” in Bake to test your price.
One familiar recipe at a time
Bookmark this little guide. One costed recipe is a useful start; a monthly report needs your purchases, bakes and sales recorded consistently.
Start with your usual cupcakes. Add ingredients and purchases, create the finished product on Shelf, then link your recipe to it. Include packaging, your time and running costs before choosing a price.
In Bake, record the batch you made. This uses ingredients and adds finished stock. In Sales, record what you sold and the actual selling price—including any friend’s discount.
Open Reports and choose Last 7 days or This month. Compare revenue, product cost and profit. Missing sales or excluded costs make the picture incomplete; it is not a household bank balance.
In Settings, find Local data and export a backup. Keep a copy somewhere other than this device. To restore it, import the file in Settings and review the confirmation: importing replaces the current bakery records.
Good to know
Add the new purchase and the app uses your current stock value, so today’s recipe cost reflects what is really on your shelf.
Yes. Packaging can be stocked and added to recipes just like ingredients.
In Settings, enable labour and overhead costs and enter your hourly rate. Add an electricity rate and select it as the default. Then enter labour minutes, overhead and electricity minutes on your recipe. Check the breakdown: entering time alone does not switch labour costing on.
Cost one real recipe
Open the app and load the demo to explore. When you are ready, begin your own records with one recipe and the purchases it needs.
Cost a batch
