r/cottagebakery

Those of you selling at markets, what does your day look like?

Do you guys bake and freeze your CR? I've heard some sellers say that they freeze CR dough after filling/cutting, and some who bake their rolls, wrap and freeze. I've done both. Currently, I mostly do the freeze filled/shaped rolls.The first time i froze prebaked rolls and defrosted, I didn't like it (don't remember why). Frozen, filled dough is ok, but I feel I get the most consistent shape and perfect proof when not freezing. Yesterday, I found a couple of prebaked rolls in my freezer, so I left them on the counter and later warmed them in microwave and frosted. They were pretty awesome. They were perfectly shaped, so I'm guessing they were a same day fill, proof, bake batch. I could really save myself lots of production time on market day if I could prebake my CR and freeze.

Hey all! I am just starting my bakery and so far I have had a lot of really positive responses to everything I'm doing. Some feedback I have gotten recently is that my menu is pretty limited. I started out small just to see if there was interest but now I'm to the point where i need to start expanding.

I'm just curious, what are some of y'alls best sellers? What doesn't do as well as you had hoped?

Thanks everyone!

I personally use cellophane bags and a heat sealer for most of my goodies. I also print my labels at home using a regular printer and sheets of sticker paper.

Right now, I pack it all in brown take-out container with the foldable top. It was the best thing I could find at restaurant depot. I stick a label on top and call it good.

I'd like to, at some point, change to something cuter. Maybe a purple box or purple paper bag.

What about you guys? How are you packing your goodies?

I just recently started my cottage bakery. Curious how other people are finding their customers and retaining their information.

Are you actively marketing to them? Do you use social media newsletters or text messages?

I’m having the best luck on newsletters and text messages. Curious to see what everybody else is doing.

Hello all,

Thank you so much for joining r/cottagebakery

As a relatively new subreddit, I'm still trying to figure out what's best to help our community grow and become a safe place for cottage bakers to post and scroll.

Right now, I'm noticing a lot of people wanting to advertise websites they've made for cottage bakeries (such as platforms to sell on, tools for calculating product costs, etc.)

I know it's hard for home bakers to find good resources, and I also know it can be off-putting for a sub to be filled with people promoting their websites (whether good or bad).

So, my question for you all is, how do you feel about these posts? What would you prefer happen?

I can restrict self-promo to a certain day of the week.

I could not allow self-promotion at all.

I could also create a megethread for self-promotion and only allow it in there.

What are your thoughts?

Thank you in advance for your feedback. It not only helps shape the community but also helps me grow and learn as a new reddit mod.

Feel free to also comment about anything else you'd like to see for this sub.

Is it something simple that satisfies your sweet tooth? Something that brings back memories? Or something complex that fills you with pride every time you bake it.

Do you bake it often? Do you share with others or make it as just a special treat for yourself?

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Hey Bakers,

Why does Bakesy think its okay to take 3.9% + 30c of every sale, and that is on top of their $17.99/M premium. My home baker best friend always complained to me that the prices were unfair to home bakers, for what the program does.

Full disclosure: I am a computer programmer by trade, so I built my friend a simple tool to do what exactly Bakesy does.. and then some. It has since grown to be used by many home bakers and cooks.

We have since had to start charging money to support development and hosting costs, but its a very modest amount. I want to make this tool the best it can be. Would anyone be willing to just poke around the landing page? I don't want to post the link here incase its against the rules, but you can find it from my profile!

You could also make an account and check out the full app completely free (no credit card). I would really appreciate any feedback you may have!

1. What's missing from the app to make you switch from something like Bakesy or Hotplate?

2. Do you have any ideas of what we could do better to attract bakers? We really pride ourselves on nice visuals and animations :)

3. What do you like about it!?

Share what got you started on your journey to sweet entrepreneurship.

What stage of your home bakery are you currently working on?

Are you putting together any new recipes?

Is there anything you're struggling with and need advice on?

Please let us know!