How to Establish Your Own Cake Shop at Home

If your cake baking skill and talent is praised by a multitude of your friends and family members, then it’s about time to give it a serious thought about starting your own cake shop. Talented bakers can start their own shop at home by drafting a well-versed business plan that fits best with their budget and target market. After establishing your own cake shop by the below detailed steps, all that will be left is your own creativity and taste to play with.

Step 1Check from your state’s Chamber of Commerce the license or permits required (if any) to start your own cake baking business from home. You may also need to check local health department’s requirements for health and safety measures. The concern is some state’s may restrict you to run a business from home or may put limitations on the gross sales your cake business can make.

Step 2You need to go exclusive or very specific: make cakes for children’s birthday parties, a wedding, a sweet 16 celebration, or just small cupcakes. By carefully choosing a niche, you can now think of the promotional activities needed for your target market.

Step 3Ask the local Chamber of Commerce regarding the registration of your home business as a legal entity in state. Come up with a unique and attractive name that instantly catches your target market’s attention.

Step 4If your state requires a commercial kitchen to be set as per standards, work with a contractor to do the job. The construction of kitchen should comprehend with the local and state’s requirements. Regulations normally vary from state to state, therefore, it is better to get familiar with specific state instructions.

Step 5Craft a menu that includes the types of cakes your business will bake along with the respective pricings. Also create an ordering film for the purpose of taking orders, and do add your relevant contact information.

Step 6Search and purchase ingredients, tools and equipment, and supplies to get your baking started. If you are planning to take huge orders each week, try to buy ingredients in bulk that would not need you driving over to market again and again.

Step 7Hire a graphic designer or anyone with sufficient knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create a business logo of your brand along with designing brochures and business card templates. The brochures should include necessary information such as your business name, bakery products, ingredients used, ordering instructions for customers, delivery time, turnaround time of orders, and contact information.

Step 8Register yourself to attend local community events like food festivals, family fairs, etc. Reserving a booth or stall in such events helps businesses gain a number of new customers and assists in brand promotion. You can even offer free samples of your cakes and other products in your menu to tempt people in becoming your regular customers.

A short presentation by Leelin Bakery and Café. The Leelin family has been in the food business for the past 37 years, specializing in Filipino cuisine In California.

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