What Does My Lemon Flaxseed Cake Have To Do With Working From Home
On Valentine’s Day this year, I baked a lemon flaxseed cake for my hubby. It was “Almost guilt-free,” due to the low-fat ingredients and healthy addition… Flaxseed. It was absolutely delicious. I’m not saying that because I made it… well, cut me some slack, I think I deserve a cookie for that (He he).Anyway, my family and I enjoyed it a lot.So what in the world does lemon flaxseed cake have to do with working from home? You might be thinking, “Vernette you are a little off here.” Well, I’m not. I thought I would share this recipe with you and explain why I’m showing off my cake.Well, there are many people who have a passion for baking and don’t know how to get started in their own home-based baking business. You see, I can bake well, even without a recipe in hand, but have I ever thought of making baking a business venture? Absolutely not. I’m not that great (smile), and furthermore I never had the drive.However for the moms and dads who can bake exceptionally well, why not consider a home-based baking business? Before you get started think about a niche for your baking business. What about baking for weddings? Maybe you can cater for birthday parties, banquets, etc.You can also specialize in baking custom cakes for special occasions, such as customized picture cakes, etc. So many niches to choose from. Well, if you’ve decided on your niche market and want to own a home-based baking business, here’s how to get started:First of all, baking must be your passion in order to become successful in this business. You’re going to be baking your life away (most likely). Also, in setting up this type of home business, you’ll have to do your homework. You want to make sure that you’re in accordance with all of rules and regulations. When dealing with food, strict rules do apply, especially for home businesses.To get started, I advise you to get in contact with bakers, caterers, other home-based food businesses, personal chefs, etc. I’m sure that you will find lots of these people in your area and they can share with you what they went through to get started and also share any information with you about licensing.In addition to speaking to other business owners in your area, make sure you call up your town, county and state licensing office. Ask them for all the guidelines that a home-based baking business would need to follow. One of the first things that you would need to do is make sure that your kitchen is up to par because it will have to pass an initial health inspection.If your kitchen passes inspection and you get started, you should have it in mind that you will be visited frequently by health inspectors. These inspectors just want to make sure that you’re still in compliance. If you want to grow your business to make it extremely profitable, you can go on a large scale beyond your local area by selling baked goods to commercial establishments. You can also sell through the mail, etc.Maybe you’d like to target busy parents and focus on baking children’s birthday cakes or providing homemade cupcakes or cookies for the birthday child to take to school. You can even cater to the health-conscious, and bake, for example, low calorie brownies with some type of healthy ingredients, Flaxseed bread and any other breads with nutritional ingredients.You also have to think about how you’ll market your product. Are you interested in selling directly to customers in and around your town, or do you want to supply stores with your finished products?Would you contract with a caterer to provide desserts for special events, or would you be hired directly by the client to create a show stopping cake? How about setting up a Website or mail order fulfillment service to peddle your wares?Depending on the volume of bake goods that you would be supplying, it would be wise to find a wholesaler who can provide you with such things as sugar, spices, flower and other ingredients in bulk. This way, you would not have to run to the supermarket often just to replenish your pantry.So with all of this said, please do your research carefully and make sure that this is what you want to do before you go full force into this. It sounds like a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work. Make sure that baking is your passion or you will give up sooner than later. By the way, here is my Lemon Flaxseed Cake recipe.
