How to start a Home Bakery Business in 2024 (the ONLY video you need to start getting orders ASAP)

You want to start a baking business from home? That's AWESOME! 🥳 Right now you probably have a lot of unanswered questions and fears. This video gives you all the essential info and answers you need to start your Home Bakery as quickly and easily as possible - WITHOUT making the HUGE mistakes I see other home bakers make all the time.

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00:00 The 3 phases to creating a full-time Home Bakery Business.
01:09 Mistake #1: Quitting your day job at the very beginning (or too soon).
02:45 Mistake #1 (part 2): Trying to create a full-time Home Bakery AND working at a full-time day job.
03:44 Mistake #2: Believing you need fancy equipment and a big kitchen.
05:16 Mistake #3: Buying ingredients & packaging in bulk at the beginning.
07:04 Mistake #4: Winging it with your pricing.
08:26 Mistake #5: Basing your menu on what others are baking or what seems popular.
10:07 Mistake #6: Naming your business after yourself.
11:31 Mistake #7: Letting the Licensing process freak you out and then procrastinating...
14:17 Mistake #8: Waiting to FEEL "ready", "more confident", "more experienced".

[aureliaphilosophyofyum]

Hey home baker! You can download the Home Bakery Business Roadmap here 👉

[thebetterbites]

Mistake number 8 - made me so emotional.. I have never ever seen someone encouraging someone who has the potential to bake but not doing so because of these mistakes.. i cannot thank you enough for this video 😢❤🙏

[JeanneOlson-vvtl]

Baking and selling Wedding cakes got me through nursing school without steep student loans. It can be done. I don’t have a count on how many $12 hand mixers I burned out. (Yes, that’s how much they cost in the late ‘70’s.) I encourage everyone! Make connections in your local bridal business’. Make 2-4 dozen beautiful cupcakes and go give them away. Sales person’s in formal dresses department’s/wear and mens tuxedo shops. Bridal gown personnel, and florists. Everyone and anything you can think of, anywhere near the industry. Print up
Inexpensive cards. Give them away, with the cupcakes! Wear a smile and your most appropriate outfit. I’d even suggest wearing a Sunday dress with a beautiful apron. Good luck to all. And don’t forget to thank the first one that recommends a cake that you book. (PS: there’s nothing wrong with having a calendar, with more than a few “booked dates.” Encouraging others to put a deposit before the dates are gone. We can’t do x amount of cakes a day. Wink, nod, smile!)
Happy baking!

[creationsbymichelle]

I did get emotional at the end. I've let the fear of failure, fear of what others will say or think, and doing what everyone expected of me hold me back all my life. Baking/cooking is in my DNA and I've known that since I was little. I am so passionate about it and absolutely love baking/cooking for others. I'm now 45 and a single mom to 3 boys 10 and under. I'm now in the process of getting everything together to start my business. I am under the Cottage Food Laws in my area and as long as I stay under $25k a year I don't need a license or health inspection. It's still very scary because I want this to succeed and make sure I do everything right before I actually start baking. I have a sign with a quote that I keep reading to keep me motivated "Twenty years from now you will regret the things you didn't do more than the things you did".

[MumOfTolu]

Thank you for this. As a former pastry chef of 18years, a lot of people have been asking me whether I have a business but unfortunately I don’t. I thought of it but then I just thought it was going to be too much for me to handle being a single mum of 3. Just recently, I baked some bakery goods for 2 functions I attended and people asked again whether a had a business. After watching this video, you made me realise that I’ve been ready and all I needed to do was to take that step and try. Thank you so much for this. Much love from Australia ♥️♥️

[Maimbo_Chuulu]

I'm starting off as a home baker and this what I needed.

[NicolePhenix]

"where there's a will, there's a way" 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[nicolaslospetros]

Thank you for your video! I also want to share small secret that you can offer your cookies and pastry to local airbnb hosts (and they can include your goods in welcome pocket) or with local coffeeshops. We have 7 different business prior to our "opening" that interested in frequently collaboration. And to start fast better to have any contract, then dont have no contract. We take our first contracts from cortadowitch shop on etsy and our care cards from etsy too. I think that you should not spent a lot of time on administrative work, when you start business, if your business - bakery, then most of the time you should bake or farming customers, not choosing "good name" or planning ideal bakery set up

[Regalia]

Stumbled onto this video because I have been thinking hard about my passion. Love to bake, people always look forward to them and love them.. just the support system is not there. This gave me motivation! I already know my niche and everyone has told me it is a good business model… It is just cookies, but I have no interest in decorating. Thank you for this video.

[LilacDaisy]

Wonderful! I'm a home-based FLORIST and flower farmer, and I want to merge away from bouquet deliveries (not very scale-able and not nice to continue while aging). I'm the best baker in our large family, so I end up making most things at Christmas, or they complain, lol. I love it. My plan is to introduce my flower customers to my baked goods with flower niche, so that I eventually can merge 100% away from fresh flower deliveries. My floral name is perfect for floral sweet treats!

The mark up on chocolate, for my current add-on sales is ridiculous! $8.50 wholesale (just a 80g block), that they say to sell for $11.50 RRP. Customers do pay it! I fell for it because the packaging is a beautiful floral wrap, but I feel bad that the chocolate is unremarkable, and I usually like all choc!

Thank you for your advice - I'm fired up!

[suzannekeeton]

Im 74 years old and all of a sudden want to start a baking pies business from home, but not to be subjected to inpections of my kitchen.
How can I do this?
I know im old but I have always liked baking and for some reason I am passionate about starting this new venture.
I liked your video. You were honest and I felt as if you were reading my mind. I have frequently in my life STARTED things and not followed thru. But this time ---- I REALLY WANT TO FOLLOW THRU!!! Fear of failure is very much a part of this.

[manad]

I almost got emotional there at the end. Thank you for the info and the really heartfelt encouragment. I think if everyone got a few more of these level headed yet uplifting pep talks, about how you wont ever feel ready and that's okay, the world would be a better place.

[bustkateers]

My niche is essentially "like mom/grandma use to make". Simple but delicious baked goods with simple real ingredients. I don't try to be fancy with things because grandma wasn't fancy. A bite of nostalgia is what I aim for when you eat my treats.

[bonsyboom]

the advice in this video is literally perfect mashAllah im glad i found u 😊🎉

[Queennumen]

My mom and I are thinking of making Nigerian pastries so this is so helpful

[CindyMartinelli]

I love what you said about handling "Fear" and "not" feeling ready. I recon I will be watching that part a few more times as the fear emotion wells up to bring me back to center. Thank you very much for sharing!

[artfullyzen]

This was so amazing. Thank you. About to start my own baking adventure.

[daleinpieterson]

This was the best video I found relating to a start up home bakery on this platform. People are just not forthcoming with information. You are so generous in sharing your knowledge and I pray that God bless you for helping others. I'm going to start soon and I'll continue watching your videos for guidance ❤

[karinarios]

Girl! This message is spot on. Telling us how it is!! I like it! ❤ thank you so much for this video, it definitely encouraged me! May God bless you and your bakery! ❤

[ashleighcork]

Thank you ever so much Aurelia! What honest, true and realistic advice. Thank you for the encouragement too. I felt so empowered after listening to you and even though I am scared to begin my baking journey, with your guidance, I feel I can do this. Be blessed ❤️