Going self-employed with your own bakery?

See what’s inside Your paperwork

Walks you through the practical first steps of setting up a self-employed bakery so you're not guessing what to sort first.

See what’s inside Your pricing

Ready-to-use quote, order-confirmation and invoice templates for the custom orders and wholesale paperwork you send customers.

See what’s inside Getting found

Helps you cost cakes, bread and batches so your prices cover ingredients, packaging and your hours instead of leaving you out of pocket.

See what’s inside Your words

Content templates to help you show off your bakes and get found on Instagram and local Facebook without staring at a blank caption box.

AI Copy Kit£14.99

Helps you write order descriptions, custom-cake enquiries and listings without spending your evening wrestling with the words.

See what’s inside Money admin

A set of forms to help you keep deposits, custom-order quotes and market and wholesale takings organised in one place.

Not sure where to start? See everything for bakery or browse all LaunchKit products.

Suggested starter stack

A sensible order to build up

The same tools, grouped in the order most people pick them up. You don’t need everything at once — start with the essentials, then add the rest as your business grows.

Start with

Your map for the practical setup steps before you take your first paid order.

Add next

The quote, order-confirmation and invoice templates you'll use on custom and wholesale orders.

So your cakes and batches are priced to cover ingredients, packaging and your time.

Useful later

To help you show off your bakes and get found on Instagram and local Facebook.

To keep deposits, custom-order quotes and market and wholesale takings tidy as you grow.

Start with the Startup Guide See all bakery tools

Common questions

Before you buy anything

Do I need to buy everything before I start taking orders?: No. Most bakers start with the startup guide to get the basics organised, then add quote and invoice templates and a pricing tool as they go. It's designed to help you build up your setup at your own pace.
Are these legal or food-safety documents?: No. These are downloadable templates and guides to help you get organised and set up practically. They're not a substitute for professional advice and don't replace any food-safety, registration or labelling requirement you're responsible for as a food business.
Can I use these if I'm already selling my bakes?: Yes. Plenty of bakers who are already taking orders pick these up to tidy up their pricing, custom-order terms and invoicing rather than starting from scratch.
How do I receive the files?: They're instant digital downloads. After purchase you can download the templates and guides straight away and start using them.
Which should I buy first?: A good practical starting point is the startup guide, followed by the business documents for your order paperwork and the pricing calculator to cost your bakes. From there you can add the other tools as you need them.

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Get the admin side organised so you can focus on the work. Browse the tools built for bakery businesses.

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Going self-employed with your own bakery?

Turn your love of baking into a business: get the pricing, custom-order admin and food-business side organised before you start taking paid orders.

Instant digital downloads on currently available products · UK-focused templates and guides · Not a substitute for professional advice.

The work is one thing. The setup is another.

Pricing a celebration cake or batch so the ingredients AND your hours actually get paid, instead of working for nothing
Taking deposits and holding dates on custom orders without awkward back-and-forth when someone changes their mind
Keeping on top of the food-hygiene side and allergen labelling so every order goes out the way it should
Scaling from a home kitchen to bigger orders, markets or café wholesale without the admin spiralling
Getting found and showing your bakes off on Instagram when you'd rather be in the kitchen than writing captions

What to sort first

Your get-set-up checklist

1
Work out how you'll price your bakes
Set your prices per item or batch so ingredients, packaging and your time are all covered, with a minimum order in mind for custom work.
2
Sort your custom-order terms
Decide how deposits, date-holding and changes work so quotes go out cleanly. It's a starting point to think through, not legal advice.
3
Look into the food-business side
Registering your food business with your local authority, food hygiene and allergen labelling are things to look into and sort yourself before you sell.
4
Get your quote and invoice templates ready
Have consistent paperwork to send for custom orders and wholesale so quoting and billing don't eat your evenings.
5
Set up simple money records
Get a basic system for tracking what's coming in and going out across orders, markets and wholesale so tax time isn't a scramble.
6
Plan how customers find you
Think through Instagram, local Facebook, markets and café relationships so new and repeat orders keep coming in.
7
Look into your insurance
Cover for a food business is worth looking into early. That's a prompt to look into, not insurance advice.

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See what’s inside Your paperwork

Walks you through the practical first steps of setting up a self-employed bakery so you're not guessing what to sort first.

See what’s inside Your pricing

Ready-to-use quote, order-confirmation and invoice templates for the custom orders and wholesale paperwork you send customers.

See what’s inside Getting found

Helps you cost cakes, bread and batches so your prices cover ingredients, packaging and your hours instead of leaving you out of pocket.

See what’s inside Your words

Content templates to help you show off your bakes and get found on Instagram and local Facebook without staring at a blank caption box.

AI Copy Kit£14.99

Helps you write order descriptions, custom-cake enquiries and listings without spending your evening wrestling with the words.

See what’s inside Money admin

A set of forms to help you keep deposits, custom-order quotes and market and wholesale takings organised in one place.

Not sure where to start? See everything for bakery or browse all LaunchKit products.

Suggested starter stack

A sensible order to build up

The same tools, grouped in the order most people pick them up. You don’t need everything at once — start with the essentials, then add the rest as your business grows.

Start with

Your map for the practical setup steps before you take your first paid order.

Add next

The quote, order-confirmation and invoice templates you'll use on custom and wholesale orders.

So your cakes and batches are priced to cover ingredients, packaging and your time.

Useful later

To help you show off your bakes and get found on Instagram and local Facebook.

To keep deposits, custom-order quotes and market and wholesale takings tidy as you grow.