Cash from Baking??

jhs4ess

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to perfect my piping but only have a cheap piping bag with a couple of plastic nozzles. Just wondering if someone can recommend a good set with a few different nozzles for a reasonable price. There are loads on ebay but just not sure of the quality.

Thanks
Emilie

Kelly-Lou

Hi ladies I have just set up a cupcake business. I have a facebook page as well as a website but can you reccommend where/how you got customers. I am struggling as i used to let people have the cupcakes really cheap or even free, so now I want to do it as a business people are put off by the prices.

rubysmummy_2

Kelly_lou can i ask how you have gone about this setting your own business up - what have you needed to do in terms of your council etc. I have been baking cakes for friends and family and they keep telling me to start a facebook page up to sell them to their friends but when i mentioned this to a lady at work she said i would have to start paying tax etc. I have tried to contact my local council but they havent got back to me as yet. Any advice would be apprecaited.

Kelly-Lou

Hiya, I had to register with my local environmental health, they came out to do a check. They were really helpful, asked a few questions and looked at my kitchen. I also have insurance and informed the tax people as I wanted everything to be right.

Kim_Possible

I was wondering if anyone could help?
I want to make Christmas snowmen or penguins for cupcakes.
I have White florist paste and White, red and green sugar paste.
I have the most of the bits required for snowman except his nose.
How could I colour the florist paste orange without have to buy a pot of orange gel or a block of orange florist paste.
As realistically I won't use orange much after this?
Ps I went to a Christmas cupcake class where we made these but I forgot to take some extra orange florist paste.
Thanks

wornoutmumoftwo

I've been a lurker for a while, and have taken the plunge and phoned the EH at the council and have been pointed in the right direction. I have to go to college and sit my food hygiene cetificate as my old one is out of date.

I just wondered what cleaning priducts I am meant to use, is it anything anti baterial or anything specific?

I need to completely gut, clean and re-wallpaper my kitchen before I even put the forms in but I'm so excited. I'm not just doing cakes though as biscuits are my favouites.

Bluefire

Haven't posted here for a while (too busy most of the time - planning a wedding, running the business & moving house at the moment) but I've just done my most successful event to date - took £360.50 in total, table cost £15 and I sold roughly 250 cupcakes. Well chuffed with that, wish I was doing a few more Christmas fairs now but then again a quiet Christmas with time to unpack might be nice!

Kelly-Lou

Hi ladies I have an order for 50 cupcakes for a wedding in august they want handmade large roses to decorate. They want them in liliac and "cadburys" purple I can colour or even buy the lilac florist paste but can't find the right colour for the cadburys purple. Can anyone help or offer any advice please

piglet25

Just been looking for the online food handler courses and came across one costing £12 from the 'safer food group' and am wondering if anyone has used them?

maisiemou

Hello Everyone! I have been reading this thread from the begining for the past couple of days and must admit it has been very informative!! I understand that all EHOs are different but can anyone tell me if the fact I live in a 18th Century cottage with and this is what I am worried about, An original pammnet stone floor Will this be acceptable? It is in no way even! It has gaps! it is more like a patio inside!! Everything else in the kitchen I believe would comply but not sure about the floor! Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thankyou