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Candy Clay Recipe For Cake Decorating, And How To Make It The Right Way

Candy clay, or modeling chocolate, is a versatile edible clay that you can use on its own or to mix into fondant to give it extra stretch when you’re covering a cake with it. This candy clay recipe is pretty easy to make, but you have to be careful to not overwork it, or the

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cake sample plates

Home-Based Cake Business: Ultimate Guide To Cake Tasting Appointments

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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My If I Drop Dead Notebook control journal

Why You Need A Business Control Journal, And A Free Printable One

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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Cake Business Names: Don’t Make These Mistakes For Your At-Home Bakery

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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Do You Need A Business License For An At-Home Bakery Business?

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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