Home Bakery Business

Bake to order from home under your state's cottage food law.

Start with This Bread is TOO Easy To Be This Good... (16 min, Brian Lagerstrom), then Easy Homemade Monkey Bread (2 Ways) (9 min, Joshua Weissman). All 38 lessons in Home Bakery Business are free. No degree. Your state's cottage food rules (often a short permit). A starter kit costs about $115. Custom cakes and cookie boxes sell for $30 to $150.

To start: No degree. Your state's cottage food rules (often a short permit). Earning: Custom cakes and cookie boxes sell for $30 to $150.

  1. Baking foundations

    Bread and sourdough.

  2. Cookies, pastry, sweets

    Best sellers.

  3. Cake decorating

    The custom orders.

  4. The bakery business

    Cottage food, pricing, orders.

  5. Start the business

    Register it, price it, and set it up properly from day one.

  6. Get local customers

    Google Business Profile, local SEO, reviews and social posts.

  7. Books and taxes

    Simple bookkeeping and taxes for the self-employed.