Cake Business: The Industry, Market and ROI

These days, there is much demand for high quality and delicious cakes and pastries. Cakes and pastries have become staples in special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, debuts, baptism, anniversaries and the like.

Because of Filipinos natural love for celebrating special events, there is big business in cakes and pastries. At present, bakeshops continue to mushroom all over the country. Established names in the business continue to thrive while newer and smaller ones have been emerging, including those that are homebased. This situation proves that demand for cake and pastry products continue to rise.

Market

Cakes and pastries are specialized products and are not usually found in ordinary stores. They can be bought in bakeshops and are a bit more expensive than the usual bread like pandesal and monay. This is because ingredients for cakes and pastries are also more expensive.

Cakes and pastries may also be sold in schools and offices, as well as in hotels and restaurants.

Capital and ROI

With only P1,000 , one can already by the ingredients needed to bake a simple cake. The most important equipment that you will need is a hand mixer.

A 100% return on investment (ROI) is possible in this kind of business. In a year's time, you will recover your costs and earn a profit.

• The Industry, Market and ROI
• Basic Ingredients and Equipment
• Basic Ingredients for Various Types of Cake
• Basic Sponge Cake with Icing
• Peach Chiffon Cake
• Butter Cake I
• Chocolate Cake
• Buko Pie I
• Mama's Delight No-Bake
  
• Choco-Chocolate Chips Cookies
• Orange Chiffon Cake
• Brazo de Mercedes
• Jelly Roll with Butter Filling
• Butter Cake II
• Banana Cup Cake
• Buko Pie II