The Business of Cake Making Podcast

Episode 27 - Value and Worth with Katie from Malarkey Cake School

This episode we invite Katie from Malarkey Cake School back to be a guest to discuss Valuing Yourself and Charging your Worth as a Cake Maker.

A subject close to all of our hearts we discuss how you can earn a living from running a cake business. It comes from actually knowing your costs, having confidence in your pricing and treating your customers, service and all your business practices as a whole.

Read all the shownotes and references here: https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 26 - Mental Health Awareness with Maria Ditch

Recorded during Mental Health Awareness Week, we speak to Cake Maker and Mental Health Nurse and Educator Maria Ditch.

She delves into the problems we may face as Cake Makers, how to notice the symptoms and how we can help ourselves maintain better Mental Health.

This Episode is one Bronya and Sammie have been eager to do and cannot emphasise it's importance.

Shownotes can be found at: https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 25 - Copy Caking

In this episode, Bronya and Sammie talk about Copy Caking. They cover everything from copyrighted and character cakes, to being asked to reproduce other cake makers creations.

They talk about their experience with Trading Standards, as well as how developing their own styles and not copying other cake makers cakes has bought them more work they enjoy and ultimately better job satisfaction.

Show notes can be found at: https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 24 - Christine and Phil Jensen from Peboryon, Cake Professionals and Black Box Cake

This Episode we speak to the amazing Christine and Phil Jensen. Not only are the Channel 4 and Netflix stars with their incredible cake company Peboryon on Extreme Cake Makers, they are also organisers and hosts of Cake Professionals.

Here they tell us how they started in cake making and how the Cake Professionals came about. Their aim is to ensure cake makers strive and thrive in their businesses.

Show notes can be found at Show Notes

Episode 23 - Cake Inspiration

This episode Sammie and Bronya chat about where they find inspiration for their cakes.

Sammie comes at it from the angle of flavours - where she gets new flavours, how she learns to perfect her bakes and where her flavour inspo comes from.

Bronya chats about the look of cakes. Where to go to find the best inspirations - and it's NOT other peoples cakes.

Where do you go for your creative inspiration, we'd love to know!

Visit the shownotes at https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 22 - Cake Minds with Rhu Strand and Sam Stringer

This episode we talk to founder of Cake Minds Rhu Strand, along with one of its teachers Sam Stringer.

Both Rhu and Sam are Cake International Gold Award Winners, with Rhu a previous Best in Show winner. Now they put their talents and experience to use with Cake Minds.

Cake Minds is a network of teachers with Rhu at the helm, guiding others with her expertise. There is a free magazine and classes currently online, but soon in person (just once all the Pandemic stuff is over).

Genuinely one of the best chats we've had. We felt like we met kindred cake spirits, which was only reinforced when Sammie and Rhu found they had literally been neighbours last year!!

https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 21 - Zoe of Zoe's Fancy Cakes

This Episode we speak to Zoe from Zoe's Fancy Cakes. Zoe is an internet sensation in the cake world with a big following on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

We speak to her about how she started, what it's like working with her family, how the Pandemic has changed how she works and what are the plans for her business going forward.

 

For the shownotes, Social and Website links please visit https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 20 -Our Top 16 Must Have Bits of Equipment

In this episode we discuss the bits of kit we wouldn't be without and why!. There is none of your fancy letter stencils or anything, just the basics that are in our cake toolboxes.

 

For the shownotes visit https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 19 -Photographing Your Cakes with Beth Lavin

Possibly one of the most useful episodes we've ever recorded. It's a subject we get asked about the most, and that we see people in Facebook groups asking the most - What is the best way to photograph cakes?

Branding, Product and Wedding Photography Expert Beth Lavin joins Sammie and Bronya to share hints and tips which we can only describe as Cake Podcast Gold!

For shownotes and for Beth's blog post link head to https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/

Episode 18 -Instagram with Gina from The Social teacup

This episode we are joined with Gina from The Social Teacup to talk about Instagram. She gives us some great insights into how to manage your Instagram and how to engage with your audience.

For more information and for the shownotes visit https://daisycakecompany.co.uk/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast/