Sound businesses that are worth mega amounts have started in this way. Since you already seem to have a market, and a knack, you just have to turn this into a paying venture.
Sit down and work out how much it will cost you to set up your kitchen better, to turn out say 20 a week and then 50 a week. Then cost out how much the ingredients cost for one cake. lets say that is 6 dollars. What you need to do is add a 200 percent profit on to that, to cover the setting up of your business, the labour involved and delivery.
Then get a nice poster drawn up with a picture of the pound cake and your contact details. Write on it that you cater for birthday cakes, weddings,retirements, anniversaries etc.
And can do three sizes.
Then have 50 copies done on a color copier and post them at your church, school, local library. Then go to the local tea shops and ask if they would be interested in stocking your famous homemade pound cake (for a discount for quantity of course) "Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say."
You can set up a thriving little business with your talent, and could branch out into other cakes too.
Sit down and work out how much it will cost you to set up your kitchen better, to turn out say 20 a week and then 50 a week. Then cost out how much the ingredients cost for one cake. lets say that is 6 dollars. What you need to do is add a 200 percent profit on to that, to cover the setting up of your business, the labour involved and delivery.
Then get a nice poster drawn up with a picture of the pound cake and your contact details. Write on it that you cater for birthday cakes, weddings,retirements, anniversaries etc.
And can do three sizes.
Then have 50 copies done on a color copier and post them at your church, school, local library. Then go to the local tea shops and ask if they would be interested in stocking your famous homemade pound cake (for a discount for quantity of course) "Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say."
You can set up a thriving little business with your talent, and could branch out into other cakes too.