The Business of Cake Making Podcast

Ep 154 - Cakes by Carol

This week's episode is with Carol from Cakes by Carol.

 

Bronya and Sammie have met Carol a few times and have wanted to get her on the podcast for a while.

 

Carol has been in the business for a while, is the mastermind behind The Straight Edge Smoother, and has a thriving community of cake makers all supporting one another.

 

Hang around after the music to hear when Bronya and Sammie realised who Sammie was looking like this week.

 

For extra info about her community as well as our Product of the Week, and Top Tip, head over to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

 

To follow Cakes by Carol head to:

https://www.cakesbycarol.org.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/cakesbycarol/

Ep 153 - Our Favourite Instagram Accounts

This week Sammie and Bronya are chatting about their favourite Instagram Accounts.

From accounts to less than 2k followers, to those with a couple of million, they describe who they follow and why they follow them.

In this Bigger Slice episode over on Patreon they also chat about how to get your feed back to showing you what you really want to see. There are also 2 bonus Instagram accounts to follow as well as the Product of the Week and Top Tip.

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Instagram Accounts Mentions:
@mattadlard
@thepurplecupcake_
@cakeinnovations
@minetterushingcakes
@lenniescakes
@servingcakebristol
@cbcakedesign
@jessicasalecakedesign
@yolanda_gampp
@numberninecakedesign

Ep 152 - Reviewing our Favourite Cake and Baking Books

This week Bronya and Sammie review their favourite books. 

From cake decorating books, to cookbooks, to business books, these are our go to books.

Bronya reviews:
Sift by Nicola Lamb
The Kew Book of Sugar Flowers by Cassie Brown
The Digital Marketing Handbook by Alice Benham

Sammie Reviews:
The Art of Royal Icing by Eddie Spence
Book One: Sugar Flowers and Book 1 1/2 Colour by Natalie Porter

In the Patreon Bigger Slice Bronya reviews the Get Baked Cook Book by Rick Myers, and Sammie reviews Start a Cake Business from Home by Alison Mcnicol. To listen to a Bigger Slice, sign up with 7 days free here: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

 

 

Ep 151 - Our Top and Bottom 10 Flavours to Bake

This week we are chatting about our top 10 and bottom 10 cakes to bake. Why we like to bake them. How they fit into baking for business. And which ones we love to eat!

We'd love to hear your top and bottom bakes, please let us know!

We've also got some interesting discussion points about how to bake sustainably, and seasonally.

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Ep 150 - Trends in 2025. And it's not all about cake.

This week Bronya and Sammie are talking trends in 2025. But they're not doing the usual, what's in and what's out. They're looking at other ways to sell your bakes and what bakes to sell, and how they see that going in 2025.

They talk about viral bakeries, mail order, shop fronts etc.

They do, however, talk about what's and what's out in the Bigger Slice over on Patreon. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

Ep 149 - 2024 Review and 2025 Goals

This episode was recorded before Christmas, but the sentiment is still the same.

Happy New Year!!

It has become traditional the Sammie and Bronya review their goals for the previous year and set new ones for the coming year.

In this episode they go back over what happened for them in 2024. There were some hits and some misses. Listen to see if they think they thought 2024 was a good year for them.

They also chat about what they want to get done in 2025. there are lots of new things ahead in both of their businesses. Listen to see what's in store.

If you want to listen to Sammie's Product of the Year, and Bronya's Tip for 2025 head over to our Patreon Membership. There is a free 7 day trial available:

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Episode 148a - Merry Christmas

Here to wish you a very Merry Christmas,

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Ep 148 - The Safety Expert, Natalie Stanton

In this weeks episode we are chatting to our podcast pal Natalie Stanton. Natalie is a Chartered Environmental Health Officer. We chat about her 2 courses Level 2 and Level 3 Food Safety and Hygiene in Catering.

We also asked you, the listener, to submit your questions, which we put to Natalie. It's always great to have her on the Podcast and get the facts from a real life EHO!

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Ep 147 - The Cake and Bake Show 2024

This week we are at The Cake and bake Show.

We interviewed Matty Edgell (GBBO 2023 winner), Farley Berry from Lady Berry Cupcakes, Eric Lanlard, KitchenAid, Amy from Sweet Stamps and David from The Happy Pear.

It was a great show this year with lots to see on the demonstration stages - including us!!

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Ep 146 - The Cake Shed, what is it? and how can you start your own?

This week we are chatting about Bronya's Cake Shed. She talks about what a Cake Shed is and how it's transformed her business.

The Cake Shed is an honesty box attached to the side of her house. She talks about why its such a refreshing change from other things she's done in her business.

She has recently launched a 'Start Your Own Cake Shed' course and chats all about what's in the course and where to find it.

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