Going self-employed
From sugar flowers to tiered wedding cakes, organise your pricing, consultations and order paperwork before you take your first booking, separate from the food-safety side you'll sort yourself.
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Piping, sugar flowers and a perfectly tiered wedding cake are the parts you love; running it as a business is the bit that catches people out. Working from your own kitchen you're not just decorating, you're pricing bespoke designs by serving and by the hours of work, running tastings and consultations, taking deposits to hold a date, writing order terms parents and couples actually understand, and planning the delivery and setup of something fragile. LaunchKit is a set of UK-focused, downloadable templates and guides to help you think that business side through and get organised. Registering your food business with your local authority, food hygiene and allergen requirements are things to look into and sort yourself, and the templates don't replace any of that. It's a practical starting point, not a substitute for professional advice.
What to sort first
Decide how you'll price bespoke designs by serving and by the hours of decorating, plus consultation and tasting fees, before you quote your first order.
Decide how you'll take a deposit to hold a date, when the balance is due and what happens on a cancellation, so nobody's surprised.
Have clear custom-order terms covering design changes, allergen information and collection or delivery. This is a starting point to think through, not legal advice.
Have consistent quote, order-confirmation and invoice templates so booking each celebration cake doesn't eat your evenings.
Decide your delivery area, charges and how you'll set up tiered cakes safely at a venue so fragile work arrives intact.
Registering your food business with your local authority, food hygiene and allergen labelling are things to look into and sort yourself, and cover is a prompt to look into too. The templates don't replace any of that.
Plan how brides, parents and local customers will discover and book you, through an Instagram and Pinterest portfolio, local Facebook groups and wedding suppliers.
Recommended LaunchKit tools
Walks you through the practical first steps of setting up the business side as a self-employed cake decorator so you're not guessing what to organise first.
See what’s inside Your paperworkReady-to-use quote, order-confirmation, custom-order terms and invoice templates for the paperwork you send couples and customers. A starting point to think through, not legal advice.
See what’s inside Your pricingHelps you work through pricing bespoke and tiered cakes by serving and by the hours of decorating, with ingredients and consultation time factored in so detailed work actually pays.
See what’s inside Getting foundContent templates to help you turn an Instagram and Pinterest portfolio into bookings and stay visible to brides and local customers.
See what’s inside Your wordsHelps you write clear order confirmations, enquiry replies and listing descriptions without staring at a blank screen after a long day of decorating.
See what’s inside Money adminA set of forms to help you keep deposits, balances, ingredient costs and delivery charges organised across all your orders.
See what’s insideNot sure where to start? See everything for cake decorator or browse all LaunchKit products.
Suggested starter stack
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.
Common questions
Get the admin side organised so you can focus on the work. Browse the tools built for cake decorator businesses.
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