Bakery Pricing & Profit Calculator

Bakery Pricing & Profit Calculator

By Dessert First Academy

Know what your baking costs and what’s left after ingredients, packaging, your time and overheads.

Pricing your products can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re trying to account for more than just ingredients.

This easy-to-use spreadsheet helps you calculate the costs behind each recipe, compare retail and wholesale prices, and understand your estimated profit.

Built around the practical needs of home bakers and small bakery businesses, it gives you a clearer starting point for pricing your work.

What it calculates

• Ingredient costs per batch and per item.
• Packaging, labour and allocated overheads.
• Selling fees.
• Your break-even price.
• A suggested selling price based on your chosen profit margin.
• Estimated profit per item, profit per batch and profit margin.
• Retail and wholesale results side by side.

Simple to use

Enter your information into the blush-coloured cells and let the formulas do the calculations. No spreadsheet formula knowledge needed.

Your workbook includes four clearly labelled sheets, step-by-step instructions, ingredient dropdowns and a sample cookie recipe to help you get started. Formula cells are protected against accidental edits.

Who it’s for

Home bakers, cookie businesses, market stallholders and small bakery or café owners who want to understand their product costs and make more informed pricing decisions.

What you receive

One downloadable .xlsx spreadsheet, with space for up to 60 ingredients in your ingredient library and 24 ingredient lines per recipe.

Cost one recipe at a time, then save a separate copy for each product.

Before purchasing

You’ll need spreadsheet software that opens .xlsx files. The working calculator has been tested in MobiSheets and Microsoft Excel using a real recipe and checked against manual costings. Compatibility with other apps has not yet been verified.

Amounts are displayed in AUD. GST is not calculated automatically. Profit estimates depend on the costs you enter and are shown before income tax.

This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. For use within your own business; please do not share or resell the workbook.

Take the guesswork out of your next pricing decision.