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Home Baking as a Side Hustle

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A practical, South African guide to turning good home baking into a safe, lawful and profitable side hustle. Twelve chapters follow a school secretary in Soweto taking weekend cake orders, the environmental health practitioner who inspects her kitchen, and a young baker selling vetkoek, muffins and rusks at a Polokwane taxi rank: choosing a niche and making a first plan; the rules for selling food, the certificate of acceptability, zoning and trading permits; a home kitchen fit for business; food safety, hygiene and the temperature danger zone; allergens, honest labels and date marks; the science of ingredients, weighing and scaling recipes; bread, rusks, scones, muffins, and safe deep-frying for vetkoek and koeksisters; cakes and cupcakes, and how to fix faults; icing, decorating, stacking and delivering celebration cakes, and which decorations are not food; costing and pricing that pays you; taking orders, deposits, safe payments, markets and complaints; and records, SARS, the Consumer Protection Act, POPIA and growing. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, an inspection checklist, hygiene logs, an allergen matrix, a label template, costing and order forms, a baking-faults chart, a glossary, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a business portfolio, kitchen safety rules, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Baking as a Side Hustle
  2. Chapter 2: The Rules for Selling Food
  3. Chapter 3: A Home Kitchen Fit for Business
  4. Chapter 4: Food Safety and Hygiene
  5. Chapter 5: Allergens and Labels
  6. Chapter 6: Ingredients and the Science of Baking
  7. Chapter 7: Breads, Rusks and Traditional Bakes
  8. Chapter 8: Cakes and Cupcakes
  9. Chapter 9: Icing, Decorating and Celebration Cakes
  10. Chapter 10: Costing and Pricing
  11. Chapter 11: Taking Orders and Selling
  12. Chapter 12: Running It Properly and Growing
  13. Appendix: Checklists, Logs, Forms, Glossary and Where to Learn More

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