Neitzen claims this cake seller makes RM180,000 per month. True or clickbait?

DO PEOPLE need a degree or a doctorate to succeed financially in the contemporary period? Where success is concerned, people always imagine it to be embodied by doctors, engineers, architects or bankers. 

But can a lowly custard cake seller break the stereotype and gain financial success?  Check out this video post on X by netizen @mynewshub who highlighted the business model of a successful cake seller.

According to @mynewshub, the man sold a slice of his cake, also known as Rizz Quesillo, for RM15. 

He did the maths, stating that each cake makes up eight slices, which should provide a revenue of RM120. A sale of 50 cakes a day should make up RM6,000, and a month, a whopping RM180,000 right?

But of course, it is inaccurate to assume that everyday is a good day. Every entrepreneur understands that business has its peaks and troughs.

Meanwhile, a good number of netizens pointed out that the price was quite expensive compared to elsewhere.

Take it from @meranamheyyy who said people were selling caramel cake at RM8 for three slices in Melawati. However, @xxx_wcc countered that those cakes are about half an inch in height only.

Then there was @ABeg97 pointing out that the cakes at Secret Recipe were selling at only RM12. @azrlazm added that Secret Recipe also has air conditioning, unlike the environment on the streets where it is sweltering.

“Glory to Khairul Aming for making cooking videos so we can avoid this pricing,” said a sarcastic @yollahni.

However, @joy_ziz55738 said sympathetically that the customers also need to count the time, energy and model required to make the cakes.

Check out the picture comments too:

On another note, netizsens should also note that these are not normal caramel cakes but Quesillo.

Quesillo is a popular Latin American custard dessert, particularly known in Venezuela as a creamier, hole-filled cousin to flan, made with condensed milk, eggs, milk, and caramel. Often flavored with rum or vanilla, it is baked in a water bath and served chilled. 

We suppose the novelty of a foreign dessert should serve as a valid argument to sell on the premium price point. But we can’t deny that the portion is huge, at least from the video recording. — Focus Malaysia