Loving the cakes ladies!
I don't have any pictures on my laptop but I will try to get some off my phone soon. I mainly do cupcakes but I am hoping to get more practice with larger cakes. I am getting married in 6 weeks and my dad and I are making the cake ourselves - 120 cupcakes - eeek!
I have started to think about selling my cakes. The ladies that have fb pages, how official did you do it? Did you get your food hygiene certificate and register for self assessment taxes? I would like to start a fb page and go by word of mouth before making it official but I don't want to get into trouble!
Hi, would love to see pics! Ooh how exciting doing your own wedding
cupcakes, and it's not far off you must be so excited
Yeah if you want to sell your cakes then you should make it official really otherwise you can get a hefty fine from environmental health, just like takeaways and cafes etc you must be seen to be selling safe food.
The first step is to register with your local council and they should let you know their own procedure and requirements from there.
For me I registered with the council online then an environmental health officer got in touch to arrange to come and inspect my kitchen.
The basics were -
General cleanliness (she looked quite thoroughly even Walls and ceiling)
Everything must be in a good state of repair eg sealant on tiles must have no gaps and worktops no cracks etc
I had to fill in a 'safer food better business' folder (I requested it from the food standards agency)
You must have traceability for all ingredients so that if the situation ever arose you could say where/when you bought a particular ingredient used in a
particular cake.
You need to know how to arrange your fridge eg eggs on bottom shelf
She asked me a few general questions about where I stored and cooled cakes and the sorts of ingredients used.
Must have hot and cold water and good sink drainage
All cake stuff should be kept separate from normal food and open packets must be put in sealed bags.
You should not do any domestic stuff, like washing, in the kitchen while
making cakes, also no pets or kids in kitchen while making cakes.
You must be able to give info of any allergens in anything you make.
That's the general gist but I've heard that different councils can
be more or less strict on particular things.
You should also get some insurance just in case anything goes wrong eg
someone sues you, and to cover you're equipment. I'm looking into this at the min as I have only just got my certificate from environmental health so am wanting to launch properly at the end of this month. Then the next step is registered with hmrc which I am still yet to do as I'm not completely official yet.
It doesn't cost anything to register and with my council it is not compulsory to have any official training or certificates in food safety.
Hope that helps
Emma x
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