Recently, the thought came to me that with the new Cottage Industry laws in Florida, I could feasibly start a home-based bakery. I quickly let that thought pass, because I am a busy home-school mom to four busy kiddos! Then, a few weeks ago, I spent one morning working on some orders that had been placed with me for a cake and some cookies. It occurred to me that, given the right parameters, I could start taking more orders for baked goods, but I really didn’t want to add one more thing to my schedule that took me away from my kiddos. So, I put it off again.
But the thought wouldn’t leave me alone. I realized that a home-based bakery didn’t have to take me away from my kiddos if they were my partners. Mr. OverKill and I talked about it, prayed about it, and asked a couple of wiser friends what they thought. We were beginning to think this might be a really good idea. So, we posed it to the kiddos, and asked them to pray about it for a week. Well, they were all thrilled with the idea and were on board.
So, I am very excited to announce the opening on our home-based dessert catering service, Cravings.
Our dessert catering business will operate a smidge differently than your average bakery. Rather than bake up a storm and hope to sell our product, we will only take orders on a weekly bases, and do all our baking one day a week, Friday. Special orders can be placed from our menu(which is still a work in progress), but we will encourage our customers to order our “item of the week,” which will rotate through some of our more popular desserts and treats. For example, to kick of our business, this week’s special item is….cinnamon rolls! Orders can be placed for rolls through our Facebook page. Rolls will be ready for pick up after 4:00pm on Friday. Because we are starting off as a small family bakery, we will have to limit the amount of product we sell each week, so make sure to order early! Please like our Facebook page to stay up to date on weekly specials and ordering.
We sure are excited to see what the Lord has in store for us in this new business venture as a family.
Now, if only you shipped. ;)
How do we know how much something costs?
Melissa, Not sure if you saw my reply on FB. The cakes are all custom and prices vary depending on type of cake, and size. Let me know, and I can get you a price.