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Permalink Reply by pieceacake on July 15, 2010 at 6:29pm

Sherra,
One thing I did when I first started is to bake several 6" cakes and take them to neighbors, co-workers, stores you frequent as "samples". Leave some business cards with the cakes.
Rebecca

Permalink Reply by sherraberra on July 16, 2010 at 10:41am

Thanks. I think I will try that. Guess I need to get some card printed first. :)

pieceacake said:

Sherra,
One thing I did when I first started is to bake several 6" cakes and take them to neighbors, co-workers, stores you frequent as "samples". Leave some business cards with the cakes.
Rebecca

Permalink Reply by JoAnn Ramos on January 5, 2011 at 3:23pm

The first thing you have to do is check your local laws!  Some states allow home kitchens, but you have to be licensed, insured and inspected.  Some states will only allow use of commercial kitchens.  I did a few calls and asked some questions and the same answers I receive are, if you are baking a cake for a friend, regardless if they are paying for it or not, thats an agreement with you and your friend and not a business transaction. So its acceptable.  Now, if you advertised, and someone saw your advertisement, called you and ordered a cake, thats a business transaction, that will be what gets you in trouble.