Start a Cake Business Today

Here’s a sweet idea from the Wilton Forums for those of you who do baby shower cakes or are thinking of offering your services to this lucrative market:

This is a really simple idea with a great payoff. It looks really hard to do because it’s a custom shape but over at Frugal Ideas from the [...]

Here’s
a cake story out of Tampa Bay Florida. A wedding cake bakery that was
asked to make a divorce cake. I found it interesting that the bakery charges
$185 for a divorce cake, but “much much more for a wedding cake.”
Divorce anyone? Some are having their cake and eating it too - Tampa Bays Local [...]

Here’s a recipe that we have been using in our business for years. This is a simple, classic white frosting that every baker has in their arsenal:
INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup water
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon powdered butter flavoring
4 cups confectioners’ sugar

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There are many ways to start a cake business of course, but take a moment to read about Warren Brown, the host of Sugar Rush on The Food Network and the owner of CakeLove and Love Café. His story should inspire you. Maybe you’re not ready to quit everything to start your own business, but [...]

OK back to the basics for all of my visitors looking for simple to follow, video instruction. More importantly, these videos are free. There is so much great information on the web for beginners. This video teaches you how long you should let a cake cool before frosting it, and also how to ice [...]

 
With your new business venture will come the costs of getting the venture off the ground. Besides equipment and ingredient/inventory costs, you will incur costs associated with getting the required license or permit and possible filing fees with the Secretary of State. These fees depend on the business type you choose to set [...]

The art and science of cake decorating, I believe is seeing unparalleled popularity and interest. With this popular awareness we have seen talented sugar artists command higher prices for their cakes. While I think it is awesome that cake decorators are making more money per slice I think it’s important in building a business to [...]

Liability Insurance is probably the most important area of business ownership that is almost always overlooked at the outset. Most people running an in house business think that their great homeowner’s insurance policy will cover them if anything should happen. I implore you to take a look at your homeowner’s policy because this [...]

How many of you watch Ace of Cakes? For those of you who don’t know, Ace of Cakes is a reality television show airing on the Food Network.
Now the question I keep hearing about Duff is: Do his cakes taste as good as they look? For most of us having our own television [...]

Deciding on business name is often one of the first things people think about when starting their business. It is not a simple decision to make, because your business name will establish potential clients’ first impressions of you. A Competitive Analysis is an often-neglected first step. That is, investigating the names of other successful bakeries. [...]