Inflation has hit plain cakes
 

Was thinking about treat at local store other day (won’t name store but obvious) cake caught my eye, nice 9” double layer cream cheese frosting looked might good till I seen price.

The 25 dollar 9” double layer plain cake nothing fancy. Actually 25.98 plus tax makes it close to 30 bucks.

Sorry I don’t need 25 dollar plain cake. When back brought me generic hostess cup cake that satisfied my craving. Sure I get some of usual comments. Ok flame away. :crap2:

No flaming from me. I feel the same way you do.

Working on this year’s complaint quota early? :1rotfl:

Is $25.98 significantly more than a 9" double layer cake cost in January, 2024?

If all you wanted were hostess cup cakes why were you in the bakery aisle in the first place?

Two boxes of cake mix are sure to cost much less than $25.98.

Some rather basic things have gotten out of hand

Have you found the carvel birthday cake?

The brand is a cult following, ice cream (not the best) cake, that’s been frozen along with icing. Cost $19 to $20 range until pandemic, then cake not available until 2023. Same cake this May $28.50 on sale from $32.

Cheesecake Factory used to make a chocolate million dollar cake. A slice is $17.

It will look like a bargain If you consider the $/calorie cost.:):):):):)

At Publix, I sometimes (a few times a year) get a SLICE of their chocolate fudge cake. It's a chocolate layer cake with chocolate fudge frosting between the layers and surrounding it. It's amazing, and worth the $5 indulgence a few times a year.

At Winn Dixie, I sometimes (a few times a year) get a SLICE of their carrot cake. Equally amazing, with a tangy cream cheese frosting, actual shredded carrots and if I remember right, it has crushed walnuts in it too. Worth the $4 indulgence a few times a year.

For anything else, I bake my own, using a Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines devil's food or vanilla cake mix, and my grandmother's corn starch chocolate frosting recipe (which turns out to be the recipe off the back of an Argo corn starch box, but she claimed it was hers. She also cheated at Gin Rummy.)

No complaints just wasn’t going to spend close 30 dollars for plain cake when I can make one my self for 5 bucks it that, cheaper it I make my own frosting.:spoken:

Yak yaking yak. Yes mommy. :icon_hungry:

This one wasn’t an ice cream cake and wasn’t in freezer on display on table up front. I know the birthday cakes cost a lot more, this was plain two layer 9” round cake with dreamy looking vanilla frosting.

I'm a sugar-holic, if that is actually a word.
Is this topic addressing inflation or the desire for pastry.
If it is inflation for those believing there is a magic cure, forget about it.
Candy bars when I was young were a nickel, they didn't reach the price they are today overnight.
Inflation is an ever-growing spinning wheel; price go up the demand for higher wages go up, higher wages the price of the product increases and so on and so on.
One day instead of that candy bar costing 5 cents it will end up being $50.
Unfortunately, I believe we all believe we deserve more either money or product, it's somewhat a form of greed.

Sorry you can't make a simple comment without getting jump on with both feet. I am sure others feel the same way as you but hesitate to say because of all the nasty comments. After a while this will end up as the grip page only. Happy new Year folks!

………amazing!!!!! All this sweet talk and not one comment about A1C or diabetics.

No flaming from me. We pass on allot of things, that have gone up. It's the American way to reward those businesses who offer a good value and avoid those who ask too much.

What happened to the old days when Marie shouted out LET THEM EAT CAKE.

That’s hilarious. Thanks for my morning laugh.

My mother did the same thing with Toll House cookies off of the Nestles chocolate chip bag 😊
(She played Scrabble instead)

I’m not a hater but just wondering if you are just now being impacted by this runaway inflation?

Since most everything in Dollar Tree and other Dollar stores come from China you'll be paying more than $1.25 after tariffs.

LOL, you know the OP was griping right?

I noticed organic eggs for over $10 a dozen in the store.
People living paycheck to paycheck are in big trouble.
That is why I donate to the food bank to help people.

You mean the proposed tariff tax that hasn’t been negotiated yet. What even has increased 400% plus will go up little more if negotiations don’t pan out.

Cake is dangerous. She lost her head because of cake!

Think you spelt 'ultimatums' wrong. :icon_wink:

:cryin2:So, I pointed out inflation increase and its grip. I could have brought out the whole cake department but I didn’t, then threw it all in dumpster, just think of the good I could have done? :mmmm:. I have limitations especially when it come to money and effects on my weight. My temptations was over come after weighing the situation.

Yes, I finely came out of house… :read:

Sometimes ultimatums what it takes to get fair and equal trade. :mornincoffee:

Second thought! Now if that was morel mushrooms I would have gladly paid. Morels are fit for kings :thumbup:. When you compare morel mushrooms to other mushrooms like comparing real orange Juice to tang or koolaid.

I knew we were in economic peril when two buck Chuck wine at Trader Joe’s is now well over four dollars a bottle!!!

inflation
 

If a dollar was worth a dollar in January 2021, (of course it wasn't,) in January 2025 it takes $1.22 to buy that one dollar item today. (Have you been to The Dollar Store lately? It's now the $1.25 Store.). That significant change took place over the last four years.

When inflation finally comes under control again, the value of that dollar won't increase. It'll still be the $1.25 Store, and that $20.49 cake will still be $25.00.

A Crumble cookie store is opening up on 466A. I can’t wait to hear the remarks abkht their pricing. In my opinion they're worth every penny.

Cheesecake Factory
 

One of my nephews managed a Cheesecake Factory. The profit margin on their slices of cheesecake were always obscene!

I buy birthday cakes from the grocery bakery every year. I usually order them online, 3 layers, cream cheese frosting etc. I can’t remember them being below $25 for many many years. At lease 5-7 years or more. My requests usually run $30-$40 now. For Thanksgiving this year I bought an entire Cheesecake Factory cheesecake and it was $75. You apparently don’t shop much. It’s been this way even before the pandemic. .

They don't make normal semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies. Their M&M cookies have peanutbutter chips in them, and I hate peanutbutter on or in any confections. Also not a fan of frosting on any cookies at all, and not a fan of buttercream frosting, at all.

So - in my opinion they're worth less than nothing. If you gave them to me as a gift I'd either politely decline to accept them, or I'd accept them and give them to someone else as a gift, or throw them away. Depends on who the giver is.

Great cake
 

You can save a lot by baking your own. A lot of bakeries use box mix, and the recipe on the back, but just substitute butter for the oil and add an extra egg.

I went to a local grocery store here to pick up a fruit bowl for New Year's. It was maybe a 10 inch bowl with strawberries, cantaloupe, muskmelon, and watermelon. It was $18. A dozen eggs were $9.

This is why I go to Costco. Two dozen eggs are $7

Inflation! It's frustrating, I know. But it is, sadly, like death and taxes, another normal part of life. The upward spiral is never ending. Looking back only makes it worse.
I remember big candy bars for a nickle. Coke machines that charged a dime. Gasoline for 19 cents a gallon with service (check oil and coolant and tire pressure and cleaning the windows for free). Staying at Motel 6 was $6.00! Hence, their name. (Thanks for leaving the light on, Tom Bodette).
Everything was cheaper! But the "old timers" still complained about Inflation. So, we let off a little steam, but solve nothing. If there is something we need or want, it's gonna cost more than it used too. ☹️☹️☹️😠🤬

A whole lot of folks believe a whole lot stuff. Much of what they believe makes no flippin' sense. Even absolute proof won't change their minds. When things don't work out as planned, they will have a myriad of reasons (excuses) why.
Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Try to deal with what comes. Good Luck!

I can remember that 60 years ago, most new golf balls cost about $1.25 each. Today, you can still buy a new regulation golf ball for about the same price. Go figure.

Automation.