Many times, in business, budgets play a huge role in planning for how the business will operate in the future. Sara's Cake Company has been looking at implementing a flexible budget. As a consultant at Sara's Cake Company, you need to explain to management the importance of flexible budgets. You need to use the information from the budget last month and compare this to the actual results (all listed in the table below) to find the direct material price variance, direct material quantity variance, direct labor rate variance, direct labor efficiency variance, variable overhead spending variance, and variable overhead efficiency variance. Make sure to analyze each variance to see if it is favorable or unfavorable.

Budgeted No. of Cakes Sold:

2500

Actual No. of Cakes Sold:

2700

Cake Production per Labor Hour:

2

Sales Price per Cake:

$15

Budgeted Cost Per Cake:

Flour

$1.25

Yeast

$0.05

Sugar

$0.25

Eggs

$0.75

Butter

$0.15

Frosting

$0.95

Production Payroll

$4.50

Actual Cost Per Cake:

Flour

$1.05

Yeast

$0.05

Sugar

$0.25

Eggs

$0.55

Butter

$0.15

Frosting

$0.75

Production Payroll

$4.50

Budgeted Cost of Labor per Hour:

$9.00

Budgeted Hours of Production:

1250 hours

Actual Cost of Labor per Hour

$9.25

Actual Hours of Production:

1400 hours

Budgeted Variable Overhead Rate Per Labor Dollar:

$0.25

Actual Variable Overhead

$2,500