The Business of Cake Making Podcast

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 an...

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 ...

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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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 res...

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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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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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 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 h...

It's been hectic here, and we're a bit delayed with this podcast. But we're back and ready to talk to you through Silly Season - otherwise known as the busy summer cake season.

Summer heralds wedding cakes, anniversary cakes and lots of parties. And it's HOT here in the UK right now. So how are we coping, and how can we help you cope?

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On this weeks episode we are talking all about Bake Diary and it's demise. Sammie has always been a huge fan and is now looking for a new app to use. Here she talk about the research she has done to swap to something different.

We are also taking Questions from our listeners and answering them as best we can. We talk about everything from bulging cakes, to cream cheese frosting, to Paperwork for your food hygiene inspection.

Don't ...

This week both Sammie and Bronya were inspected for their Food Safety by the Environmental Health Department.

They chat all about it on this weeks podcast - what they did before hand, what they were asked, what the EHO looked at etc.

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Apologies for the sound quality in this podcast. We, unfortunately, had very intermittent internet reception which effected the recording.

This week we return with more Baking Hints and Tips. Last episode we re-released an episode from 4 years ago. We have learnt and grown a lot since then, and are coming back with new and updated hints and tips for you.

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This week we are re-releasing an old episode. We decided we wanted to do an updated episode of baking hints and tips, and in the process listened back to Episode 29. We both enjoyed it so much, and know you can't get hold of it on Spotify anymore, that we thought a re-release was needed.

Our updated episode will be released next week.

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This week, after a little chat and catch up, we are talking abut ways that you can be more productive without too much effort.

There are times when it all seems like a little bit too much like hard work, so listen to some of hints and tips to make your baking and business life a little easier.

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This week Bronya and Sammie chat to Cake Business Coach, Kate Tynan. 

After being a successful cake maker in her own right, Kate has now moved onto helping other cake businesses to thrive.

In this episode we chat through everything from how The Cake Business Club works, to pricing and salaries, to her new Foundations course, competition and awards and so much more in between.

For more information about her Foundations course click ...

This week Bronya and Sammie celebrate International Women's Day by highlighting some amazing women in the Baking and Cake industry.

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