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BAKER OPERATING GUIDE
Build a business
you feel good about.
A short, practical guide for working thoughtfully with customers. This is not legal, tax, insurance, or food-safety advice; follow the requirements that apply where you operate.
Keep records clear
Use the quote to state the cake, servings, flavor, pickup or delivery, price, deposit, and decision date. Update the shared order timeline as the job moves.
Choose safe delivery practices
Use a delivery approach that feels safe for you. Do not agree to an unsafe meetup, share private home information unnecessarily, or continue a conversation that becomes abusive.
Know your responsibility
You are responsible for following the food, business, tax, insurance, and labeling requirements that apply to your work. CakeMatch reviews applications but does not replace local licensing or professional advice.
Need your state’s cottage-food starting point?
Use our resource page, then keep any license or training record private in your trust-document workspace for CakeMatch review.