This year's snowfall for November has reached a new record news said 😂 Last year we were buried in, this year we are, bloody hell, how should we dig up our way out of the house 😂

Cupcake starts at $3.50 here for only buttercream, and it goes up from there depending the flavors, toppings, and decorations 😁

I do understand homemade, small industry products, arts and crafts, most of the time are much more expensive compared to store-bought, big chains and big companies, and that would make sense esp. when it is customized per the customer's order/request.

But a mini loaf (not small, but mini loaf) of banana bread sometimes is offered at $9, that is a no-no for my purse, especially when I know it is not done at a licensed kitchen, that is asking too much.

A licensed baker can charge much because they have to pay this and that, for papers and tax, if you know what I mean. And even so, a customer or two would sometimes protest of the price of a slice of cake that is filled with ganache, covered in buttercream, decorated fully in fondant and 3D shaped, and the whole cake will be enough for 30 ppl, a slice would be $4 (let's say), when a cake like that would take long hours to make, precision and details and headache. So for a mini loaf of banana bread at $9 is jaw dropping for me 😅

The majority of bakers at farmer's market and bazaars in my city don't apply for any licensing, so I can't justify spending that much for a small amount of baked goods 😅 That's why we prefer to get arts and crafts.