After 5 years we are entering Season 2 of the Podcast. 

This tiny-mini ep is an appeal fr new Co-Hosts. Bronya will be continuing the podcast and is inviting you to come and co-host an episode with me. If you think you have a topic or an expertise that will interest and help the listener please get in touch. Slide into the DMs or go and fill out the Co-Host Pitch Form here: https://daisycakeandco.com/be-a-business-of-cake-making-co-host-pitch-an-episode/

Boundaries are like picket fences we put up to protect ourselves in our businesses. We have both been in business a long time and have made mistakes by not having boundaries, or not enforcing them. We now have clear and firm boundaries and in this episode we chat through them and explain what they are and why we have them.

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A lot has changed in 5 years and we're seeing if we're still using the same things or if we've changed things up.

There is also our either/or question - Plain or Self-Raising Flour. Which do you use?

For our Top Tip, Product of the Week, and Bronya's Egg experiment head over to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

Do you repeatedly compare yourself to other cake makers and bakers. We chat about what happens to us when that happens and how we deal with it.

Foe more chat, Product of the Week and Top Tips head over to The Bigger Slice episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thebusinessofcakemakingpodcast/membership

What's going to be big in 2026 and will you be making it?

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To sign up to The Baker's Bulletin follow: https://daisycakeco.substack.com/

What is mindset and how can it help you in business?

Bee has a wealth of information, hints and tips to help you in 2026.

For more information, or to work with Bee head to https://www.zalacoaching.com/zalamindset https://www.instagram.com/itsbeewallis/

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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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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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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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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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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/

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.

https://theoutofhomebaker.gumroad.com/l/uroig?_gl=1*dcxjqt*_ga*NTQzMDE2OTQyLjE2NTUyNjUwMzE.*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTY2NDIxODk3NS4yNi4xLjE2NjQyMTg5ODAuMC4wLjA.

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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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.

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

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.

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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

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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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 forget to send us you suggestions for The Friday Afternoon  Bakelist - listen along here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U3mVw08Wakd5bODeaLxEq?si=8ZXmBDS4TEO6dPEsiLCdKA

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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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If you want to follow her on Instagram you can do so at https://instagram.com/waffleygoodevents

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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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Our updated episode will be released next week.

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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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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 here: https://thecakebusinessclub.myflodesk.com/foundations

The Cake Business Club: https://www.thecakebusinessclub.co.uk/

The Cake Business Club on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecakebusi

nessclub/

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To here the full episode on Patreon follow the link:

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The Baking Club Waitlist:

https://mailchi.mp/a9021b33d2af/the-baking-club-waitlist

Nadiya Hussain:

https://www.instagram.com/nadiyajhussain/

Kitty Tait

https://www.instagram.com/kittytaitbaker/

https://www.instagram.com/the_orangebakery/

https://www.instagram.com/breaducating.britain/

https://www.breaducatingbritain.com/

https://glutenmorning.substack.com/

Luminary Bakery

https://luminarybakery.com/

https://www.instagram.com/luminarybakery/

Molly Robbins

https://www.instagram.com/mollymakescakes/

https://mollymakescakes.co.uk/

https://www.mollyscreaturecreator.com/

Sylvia Weinstock

https://www.instagram.com/sylviaweinstock

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/

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

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

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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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

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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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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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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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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Christmas is a busy time already, so how can you make things easier with your business. We chat about everything from planning your supplies, social media, marketing and scheduling.

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In The Bigger Slice we also talk about whether you should charge extra over christmas. Sammie brings you a Product of the Week, and Bronya presents a Tip of the Week. We also catch up with Sammie's trip around Europe.

This episode also includes a great interview with Emma from Madame Spoons.

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Below are the time codes for each interview if you want to skip to anyone in particular. However, we recommend sitting back and taking in everyone we chatted to.

2.23 - Natalie Porter, Immaculate Confections

6.50 - Karen Davies

12.21 - Dummies Direct

15.17 - Cakes by Carol

22.09 - Emma Jayne Cake Design on Elizabeth 1st

28.25 - Renshaw

34.47 Suzanne Thorpe, The Frostery

41.15 - Sandra Farmhouse

44.04 - Jenny Chambers, Sugar Screams

53.56 - Miriam Pearson, Sweet Creations

56.46 - Christina Georgiou, Tasteful Cakes

1.01.10 - Molly Robbins

1.06.28 - Emily Hankins

This week is one of Sammie's Choices - Running a Cake Business from Home.

In this episode we talk about the practicalities of running a cake business from home. Running your own business is hard enough - running a cake business can be next level with the amount of space that is needed.

Sammie and Bronya talk about their experiences and how they make their working lives easier by  being organised, setting a routine and most importantly helping their families understand the pressures on them and their work.

This week is one of Sammie's Choices - Eric Lanlard

This week Bronya and Sammie are very excited to speak to world renowned patissier Eric Lanlard. After baking in the French Navy he came to London to learn English and never left. 

He has many TV appearances to his name, as well as 8 books, and regularly teaches at his South London Boutique Bakery and School, Cake Boy. He is still very passionate about his craft and is always looking for new and exciting flavours.

We chat to him ahead of his appearance at the Cake and Bake Show at The Ideal Home Show Christmas.

Buy your tickets to the 2024 show by following the link below https://cakeandbake.seetickets.com/tour/cake-bake-show?OfferCode=CABCAKEMAKERS

This week is one of Sammie's Choices - Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

This episode is NOT our strong point, but we have tried to tackle it anyway. We are talking Google Analytics Today!

As a cake maker what are the analytics you need to look at and how do you get there? 

Google Analytics changed from Universal Analytics to GA4 on July 1st, 2023. So what do you need to be doing to get the best out of your website.

This week is one of Bronya's Choices - The Ultimate Guide to Putting Flowers on Cakes. 

It's a topic that we are all a bit fuzzy around the edges on, so we went straight to the experts and got our information from the Food Standards Agency! The email we got back was from @food.gov.uk - you can't get much more official than that!

Who's responsibility is it if you get given a toxic flower from a florist? Who responsibility is it to put the flowers on the cake correctly? What happens if you do it wrong? How do you do it right? 

Also, rumour has it that there is a food safe florist tape on the market - we investigate.

This is a crucial episode for anyone adding fresh flowers to their cakes!

This week is one of Sammie's choices, and she brings you Maddy Shine, the Visibility Queen.

Getting discovered by your customers always feels so hard. Maddy chats about how and what we should be putting out on our marketing, and encourages us to be authentically us.

So many tips, so much information, and so much enthusiasm, you're gonna love her!

This week is one of Bronya's choices, and she brings you the most recent episode that we'll be re-listening to from this time last year.

Cake International is an important event in the cake calendar and we were delighted to have Organiser, Melanie Underwood, and Head Judge, David Close on just a couple of weeks before last years Show.

This is a fascinating episode with so many hints, tips and behind the scenes insights.

This week we chat about the journey you take your customer on from when they first find you to when you deliver their cake. How so you communicate with them, what language do you use, how do you manage their expectations and do you follow up after they've had their cake.

We will now be taking a 2 week break.

This week Bronya and Sammie chat about Branding and Marketing in your cake business. They talk about the breadth of both topics and how they both very closely relate to your ideal client.

There are also 2 great top tips this week!

We talk about paying yourself a decent wage, deciding on your profit margin, Making sure you put money away for tax and national insurance, as well as taking deposits and family and friends discounts.

This is a very important subject that so many people shy away from. Don't it's why you're in business!

This week we are chatting about having a Business Plan. We're not talking the scary type you take to a bank manager with graphs and pie charts. We're talking about a clear plan with defined goals for you to follow for business success.

Next week we'll be honing in on Niche Market. 

https://daisycakeandco.com

We have all kinds of questions from baking brownies, to wedding fairs, to getting your home kitchen registered.

This is the last episode for a couple of weeks. We will be back on July 29th 2024.

The fear of success can be debilitating and cause self sabotage or procrastination to set in. 

We chat about our experience with fear of success, and talk about how we and others have overcome it.

We chat about when and what to post, and the things that's Bronya has found successful when posting about her cake business on Instagram.

She talks about the algorithms, the times to post, why you may not be getting engagement and what happens to your reach when you don't get engagement.

Follow Bronya on instagram at @DaisyCakeCo, and follow the podcast at @TheBusinessofCakeMaking

Alice talks about marketing in a way that is straight to the point, but not intimidating. She understand small businesses need to move forward and in our chat she talks about what a marketing strategy is but how it's not a scary business thing. She talks about, in her words, taking messy action.

Alice also talks about her book, The Digital marketing Handbook, which is published June 20th - this coming Thursday. 

things have moved on a lot in the world since we last talked about this and we have got better at planning our time.

We talk about planning, preparation, boundaries, routines, distractions and being tidy.

Cake Makers, as a group, are notoriously bad at saying no. We chat about why you should say no, when to say no, and how to say no.

Saying no is empowering and will definitely reduce the stress levels in your cake business.

Scientist and highly acclaimed cake maker and teacher - hear how she changed her life, pivoted her business to make it right for her, and what she is doing now.

It was such a wonderful chat it could have lasted for hours. Also, listen out for the competition she has set for our listeners.

In this weeks episode we chat about preparing for summer, going to fair, markets and festivals and fitting all that in around your usual baking schedule.

We share hints and tips about how we've done markets in the past and what we've learnt along the way.

Martin talks us through what it means to be inclusive and how we can show our customers we are taking things seriously.

He mentions a calendar at the end, and as promised here is the link:

https://www.gottabeethnic.co.uk/resources/2024-ethnic-calendar/

We talk about Revenue, Gross Profit, Net Profit, Break Even Cash Flow and many many more. These are all terms that big businesses use, and often confuse us as smaller business owners. In this episode we relate all these terms back to running a small cake business.

These can include 'on demand' such as bespoke cakes and 'stock holding' such as fairs and markets.

Hear how we've done a bit of both. Find out the Pros and Cons and which ways we prefer to sell our cakes.

We also have an update of the proposed Guidelines for attaching Fresh Flowers to cakes from the FSA.

This podcast is available to view on YouTube

We have just and 2 weeks off the podcast and have been super busy. Therefore we catch-up and fill you in on all the things that have been going on.

Back to normal transmission next week.

Find this episode as it was broadcast LIVE on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/8rEU_2kzJdA?si=GqkBu8Lt8c9iiFjD

We asked the listener for their questions. They are a mix of cake business queries, questions about our cake businesses, questions about what we've learnt and how we work together.

Being yourself in business will keep your creativity fresh, will help from becoming burnt out, will attract your ideal client and will generally make your business more sustainable.

Are you doing things in your business because you've always done it that way, or have you thought that there may be another more efficient or cheaper way?

Bronya and Sammie chat about some of the practices you can audit to check your running your business as efficiently as possible.

Sammie is arranging a photoshoot for her cake business and other sustainably friendly wedding suppliers. Bronya has attended and been a part of many (over 15) photoshoots.

Today they chat about what they entail and how they can benefit your business.

Natalie is a former EHO and a Chartered Food Safety Expert. We ask her as many food safety questions as we could fit into 1 episode. We talk about hand washing sinks, fridge temperatures, pets, certificates and much more.

Let's face it, if you're not a cake maker you probably won't understand our excitement.

We chat about Seasonal Baking, specifically Valentines, Mothers Days and Easter.

We are then joined by Eric from the cake supplies wholesale business, Cake Craft Group. We hear insights as to how they plan their products, new products that are coming in and a special Guest Product of the Week!

This is our last episode for 2 weeks.

Cassie started her cake career when she was young at The British Sugarcraft Guild. She is now a flower and airbrush expert who is a teacher, published author and has many videos on YouTube.

For more episodes visit https://daisycakeandco.com/the-business-of-cake-making-podcast-player/

This episode is also available to watch on YouTube

He share his experience of the interview and audition process, what it was like meeting Prue and Paul and how his life has changed since being on the show.

This episode is all about Goal Setting for the new year. We are reviewing the goals we set last year.

What we achieved, what we didn't achieve and why? We are then setting Goals for 2024 to make ourselves accountable.

We are chatting all about planning our social media content. We are well know for being a bit rubbish on Social Media, so we are chatting about our Social Media Goals and plans for 2024.

Come back in a couple of months to find out how we got on!

Not only did she win Bake International Best in Show, she also won gold for her flower entry for Cake International.

Hear how she designed her pieces, transported them from Ireland and set them up on the black table clothes in Birmingham.

Listen to Part 1 straight before this to hear more from the Cake and Bake Show 2023.

Below are the timecodes for Part 2 so you can jump straight to your fave guest if you'd like.

Cake and Bake Show 2023 Part 2 00.00.55 Isabelle, Zaza Marcelle Cakes 00.14.34 The Ingredients Bar 00.17.09 Jane Ushbrook 00.29.22 Molly Robbins 00.43.23 Richard from Wright’s Baking 00.46.56 Christina Georgiou, Tasteful Cakes 01.05.12 Cake and Bake Show Round-up

Listen to Part 2 straight after this to hear more from the Cake and Bake Show 2023.

Below are the timecodes for Part 1 so you can jump straight to your fave guest if you'd like.

Cake and Bake Show 2023 Part 1 00.02.11 Eric Lanlard 00.11.19 Lisa Marley 00.15.22 Em’s Bakehouse 00.19.47 Cherish Finden 00.25.17 Kendra Groves, Wildchild Cakes 00.37.39 LissieLou 00.47.10 Natalie Stanton, The Safety Expert

Timecodes for the following features: 00.06.45 Cakes by Carol 00.11.15 British Sugarcraft Guild 00.14.39 David Brice from CakeFlix 00.19.19 Cassie Brown 00.23.33 Christina Giorgiou from Tasteful Cakes 00.30.34 Emma Jayne Cake Design 00.36.41 Fractal Colours 00.40.19 Inspired by Gabrielle Coco Chanel with Mish Pattinson 00.50.41 Emily Hankins on Inspired by Gabrielle Coco Chanel 00.56.09 Noreen from Katie Sue Designs 01.00.11 Natalie Porter from Immaculate Confections 01.03.45 Zoe from Zoe's Fancy Cakes 01.06.18 Paul Bradford Demonstration on the Colour Mill Stage 01.07.25 Shelley from Devon Maid Cakes 01.09.33 Sam from Sugarcraft Junkies with Gwen talking about their collaboration competition piece 01.12.35 Our thoughts and favourites from the competition

Sammie chats all about entering this year and how her prep went. And they chat about a few of the products they've bought.

A fell episode with interviews and observations will be available next week.

They have been baking and making cakes for a long time and have developed their techniques through wisdom, experience and making lots of mistakes.

Listen and learn as they share their secrets to decorating in the easiest and stress free way.

They chatted about all things Cake International, from how the show started, to competing, how the judges are put through rigorous training, to how feedback is given, and all the features that will be at the 2023 Birmingham Show in a couple of weeks.

Bronya and Sammie will also be there with Microphones, so if you see them tap them on the shoulder and say hi!

Policies are there to set out your business operations. Together they are your values, principles and mission statement.

Bronya and Sammie discuss the policies they have in their businesses and where they are written. Some are in their terms and Conditions, others are verbal, and others are in their marketing.

From pricing policies, payments policies, returns policies, friends and family policies, sustainability policies and everything in between. Listen to how you can introduce different policies to your business to get a clear understanding between you and your clients.

We invited you, our listener, to write in or even come onto the podcast. We have had an amazing 100 episodes and wanted to celebrate with you and your businesses. Thank you for sticking with us and listening for 100 long episodes. We look forward t the next 100!!

Sammie and Bronya chat through their process of consultation, design and booking, including supplying sample boxes and whether they invite clients to their houses or not.

Next episode is episode 100 and we want to hear from you. Voice note us, message us, come and chat. We want to celebrate you and your business while we celebrate ours!

They talk about how it will save you time, how it will position you in the market and how it will help to make you value yourself.

You have skills that people want, and that doesn't always include making wedding or birthday cakes. What else can you do in your business?

AI isn't going anywhere soon, and there are actually lots of tools that can help you in business. Sammie tried loads, Bronya tried a few, and here are their opinions of what was good and what was bad.

We first met Christina at the Cake and Bake Show last year, and then Sammie went to one of her classes and we said we just had to get her on for a chat.

She talks about how she got into cake making, and more importantly model making. She is passionate about her art and believes that everyone can and should be able to make models.

Hear about all the new things she's got coming up.

It's a topic that we are all a bit fuzzy around the edges on, so we went straight to the experts and got our information from the Food Standards Agency! The email we got back was from @food.gov.uk - you can't get much more official than that!

Who's responsibility is it if you get given a toxic flower from a florist? Who responsibility is it to put the flowers on the cake correctly? What happens if you do it wrong? How do you do it right? 

Also, rumour has it that there is a food safe florist tape on the market - we investigate.

This is a crucial episode for anyone adding fresh flowers to their cakes!

We chat about everything from ganache, buttercream, using a dam, centre dowels and we have a long chat about flowers.

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We've all been there, we're trundling through life and business quite happily and then something happens that wasn't planned. What can we do to protect ourselves and our business when things don't go as we excepted it to?

Sammie and Bronya chat through their recent experiences and how they dealt with things, and if there was anything else they could have done differently.

Bronya is talking you through a few affirmations that can help in your cake business. Running a business is hard and we should all look after ourselves. Affirmations are a way we can be kind to ourselves and positively move our businesses forward.

Back to normal next week, see you then.

As a cake maker what are the analytics you need to look at and how do you get there? 

Google Analytics changes for Universal Analytics to GA4 in July 1st. So what do you need to be doing to get the best out of your website.

For anyone who's finding it a little confusing, this episode will be made into a blog post. Join our mailing list to be informed of when the post is live on our website: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/j7z9q9

Rob invited us to his stunning school in Fareham in Hampshire and we sat and talked about how he got into the business and how his cake career has developed to owning and running his own school.

He's had an interesting journey, different from most cake makers, which with a lot of hard work has got him to where he is today.

This is the last episode on this 6 week series. See you in a couple of weeks.

Be back next week

His cake are striking, structural, flowing and organic all at the same time. He explains his background and how he developed his style. He tells us about is favourite flavours. He also tells us about the classes he'll be teaching this year.

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Rachel is a Creative Consultant and an expert in Content Marketing. Bronya has often raved about her and her work, so we are delighted to get her on to chat about the great things you can do with your content.

From tips with video, finding your style and bringing joy to your content, Rachel is here to help.

For more information go to https://www.rachelemmawaring.com/

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