When you run a cake business from home you’ll face certain challenges that a storefront bakery doesn’t. One common problem is how to handle requests for cake tasting appointments if you do wedding cakes. I’ve managed tasting appointments in a few different ways through the years, and some work better than others. I’ll go through […]
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Every business needs some type of Standard Operating Procedures, and a home-based business needs a control journal where you can write yours down. My Control Journal is a notebook that I put together and update periodically so that someone can pick it up and know what to do in the event that something happens to
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If you’re thinking of starting an at-home bakery business, you’ll obviously need to find a name for it. But before you start printing business cards, you’ll need to do a little research to make sure that the name you want to use is legally available! You should give this a lot of thought and not
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If you want to start an at-home bakery business, you’ll need to make sure that you can do it legally, depending on where you live. This is REALLY important, because if you sell food illegally, or in an area where home-based bakery businesses aren’t allowed, you can end up having to pay a lot of
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If you want to try to DIY your own wedding cake but you’re not sure if you should, take the time to read through this guide. This is a complete tutorial showing how to make a simple wedding cake, and I’ve added a lot of tips that will help you be successful. If you read
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If you deal with edible ink printers at all, you’ll know that they require some serious maintenance as far as cleaning them goes, and that at some point, your edible ink printer won’t print at all.. I had three printers in use at all times when I was selling printed wafer paper, and I ended
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I’ve seen a lot of people asking about printing their own edible wafer paper or icing sheet images at home, but printing on wafer paper isn’t as simple as putting a sheet into a regular inkjet printer. Edible paper has to be handled in specific ways in order to maintain the “edible” part of the
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If you’re wondering how edible ink printers work and whether you should add one to your cake decorating business, read this first! Edible ink printers are great for creating custom cakes, but most of the people I know who get them end up throwing them out the window in frustration at some point. I printed
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Printing on wafer paper can be a little complicated because of having to maintain the printers, but the settings are fairly straightforward. The settings for wafer paper printing should usually include A4 as the paper size, matte photo paper as the paper choice, standard or auto print quality, and prevent paper abrasion should be turned
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Edible ink is used to print on wafer paper or icing sheets for cake decorations. It’s basically made from food coloring and some other ingredients, but what are those other ingredients? With the recent rise in food sensitivities and allergies, it’s good to know what you’re going to be eating if you decide to eat
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