The Business of Cake Making Podcast

Ep 172 - 2025 Round-up and 2026 Goals

This is our last podcast of 2025, so we are doing a round-up of 2025 to see how many goals we set back at the beginning of the year.

We also set 2026 goals and chat about where we'd like our businesses to go.

We return on January 5th with a guest, which we are very excited about.

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Ep 171 - Our Podcast listens

This episode we are chatting about the podcasts that we like to listen to. We include some of cake making a,d cake businesses, small business and small business advise, as well as a few others that we just generally enjoy.

We went on quite a journey with these so we hope you enjoy our picks. If you have any podcasts of your own that you listen to then please let us know!

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Ep 170 - Cake International 2025

In this episode Bronya and Sammie share their thoughts on the 2025 Cake International and Bake International. There are interviews with Molly Robbins, Jenny Chambers and the development team at PME.

Also, Sammie went shopping and shares all the bits and pieces she bought at the show.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this years Cake International. Did you enjoy it? Was it better or worse than previous years? Did you compete and how was the experience?

 

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Ep 169 - Annabel Fletcher from Bake Genie

Back in March, the much loved app Bake Diary closed it's doors. It sent the cake world into turmoil, and our Sammie nearly had a breakdown over it. 

After a very stressful summer Sammie was nearing the end of her tether. That was until Bake Genie was launched!!

A new app with all of Bake Diary's functionality and a whole lot more. Today we are chatting to founder Annabel Fletcher on the trials of bringing the Bake Genie app to the market with such speed, whilst running her own business, in order to help the desperate cake community.

She chats about what Bake Genie can do right now, and new developments she hope to bring to the app in the coming months.

For more information, head over to https://www.bakegenie.co/ and sign up for a free 14 day trial.

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Ep 167 - Allergens with Caroline Benjamin & Natalie Stanton

This week we are chatting about Allergens with Natalie Stanton and Caroline Benjamin.

Natalie is The Safety Expert, a chartered EHO, and Caroline is from Food Allergy Aware. This week they answer our questions, and some of yours, all about allergens and food intolerances, and best practices to keep your customers and yourself safe.

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Links for the episode:

The Safety Expert: https://www.thesafetyexpert.co.uk/

Food Allergy Aware; https://foodallergyaware.co.uk/

Level 2 Food Allergen Awareness in Catering Course: https://www.thesafetyexpert.co.uk/level-2-food-allergen-awareness/

Get Certified: https://foodallergyaware.co.uk/grow-your-business-allergen-management/get-certified-allergen-management/

Allergy Pal: https://allergy-pal.co.uk/

 

Ep 167- Re-release of Ep 63 - Pricing Mindset with Brette, The Out of Home Baker

We have had a bit of a nightmare with some tech for the next episode. At the moment we’re hoping we don’t have to re-record it, but anyway…….while we iron all that out we’ve decided to rerelease one of our favourite episodes from 2022:

Today we chat to Brette, from Hobblecreek Cake Company and The Out of Home Baker about how she changed her mindset around money to really charge her value and worth.

Brette decided to become the resource that she never had when she was starting her cake business, and she now coaches people to price their cakes correctly - and it's not just about the numbers. Hear how she talks about being able to serve your customers well, whilst still making a good living.

Also, listen to the story around the delivery of her most expensive cake to date - which she took up a mountain!

Get a special listener discount to her Pricing Masterclass by quoting BCM15 when you check out.

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Ep 166 - When inspiration becomes copying

This week we are chatting about the tricky topic of plagiarism. When does your research and inspiration just become down right copying? And if you do want to copy a design what should you do?

Its a tricky subject, which was harder to tackle than we first thought. If you have any opinions or thoughts on this matter we'd love to hear them!

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Ep 165 - Having a catch up and chatting about new ventures

Today Bronya and Sammie are having a catch-up and chatting over some new ventures.

Bronya has taken on a wholesale account, and is talking about the new things she is learning, and how she is dealing with it.

Sammie has been out in her Waffle van for the first time and tells us all about it.

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Ep 164. Part 2 - How to manage finance in your Cake Business

We continue this week chatting about keeping on track with finance in your cake business.

We find it difficult because it's just not us! As creatives, finance is often the last thing you want to be thinking about, but it's crucial if you are to have successful and sustainable cake business. 

Knowing what is going on with your finance will help relieve the extra pressure you may feel when running your cake business.

Because we find this subject hard work, we have decided to split this episode into 2 parts. Part 2 will be released in 2 weeks time.

If you would like to listen to the extra Bigger Slice episode, you can for just £5 a month over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

Ep 164. Part 1 - How to manage finance in your Cake Business

This week we are chatting about one of the most difficult topics - finance! We find it difficult because it's just not us! As creatives, finance is often the last thing you want to be thinking about, but it's crucial if you are to have successful and sustainable cake business. 

Knowing what is going on with your finance will help relieve the extra pressure you may feel when running your cake business.

Because we find this subject hard work, we have decided to split this episode into 2 parts. Part 2 will be released in 2 weeks time.

If you would like to listen to the extra Bigger Slice epsiode, you can for just £5 a month over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership