Selling Cakes
Home bakery and selling alcohol
Home bakery and selling alcohol The question has arisen a couple of times about running a home bakery and selling alcohol. There are three ways alcohol could be added. 1. Either by soaking ingredients in alcohol – brandy, rum or such like. 2. Or injecting brandy into a baked cake to enhance the flavour. 3.…
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From hobby to cake business! My thoughts this week are around selling cake or even multiples of cakes! So many people are nervous to actually sell their products – they enjoyed it, it was a hobby. Someone would have crept up to them at a party ‘How much would you charge me for that?’ And…
Read MoreCustomers for Cakes – How do they find you again?
One simple way to get customers for cakes to return and order again? Have you ever wondered about ways to get any customers for cakes to return once more to you? Something happened this week that got me thinking – and I wanted to share the thought with you too. We had a visit…
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How to sell cakes And can your cake customers find you? I sometimes come across cake decorators who bemoan they just don’t know how to sell cakes. They have to face the fact they have to few or no orders. The ‘How to sell cakes and can your cake customers find you? ‘ question…
Read MoreCharging for cakes – and hate asking for money?
Charging for cakes and then asking for money… Do you have any idea of the biggest reason why people (and cake decorators) hate cake pricing, charging for cakes and asking for money? Here goes… Historically we have learnt to go to school, learn our best subject, go perhaps to college, get a job that we…
Read MoreCake Decorators – Wishing for a full cake order book?
“I wish I had a full cake order book. I hate waiting for the next order to come along.” An empty Cake Order Book. This is one of the most common challenges I hear from our Cake Decorating community. Today I want to tell you about a scenario that happened with a man I was…
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