Baking Guides

Pricing guides for bakers

Step-by-step guides that show you how to cost your recipes, account for your time, and set prices that actually pay you. Built around real UK baking examples — not generic advice.

Start here Costing How to cost a recipe for a small food business

Step-by-step guide to costing your recipes properly. Work out your real cost per unit — ingredients, labour, and overheads — so you know exactly what to charge.

Read guide →
Filter

All guides

A pastel pink UK cake shed with double doors swung wide open in an English cottage garden, three shelves of white treat boxes inside and a small card reader on the inside left door, hanging baskets and white picket fence, soft afternoon daylight.
Cake Shed How much does a cake shed cost — and when will it pay back? What a UK cake shed actually costs to set up, what you'll pay every month, and how long until you break even. Real numbers, real ranges, no fluff. Read guide →
A UK home baker's hand tapping a customer's contactless card against a small SumUp card reader on a market stall, with a cream cake box and a handwritten 'Card welcome' chalkboard sign visible behind
Payment Processing How to take card payments as a home baker (UK) A UK home baker's guide to taking card payments in 2026 — SumUp vs Square vs PayPal Reader, Tap to Pay, QR codes, fees, and which reader suits your volume. Read guide →
A UK home baker's market stall at a summer fair — a wooden table covered in brownies, cookies, and boxed bundles, with a small chalkboard price sign, a wicker basket of 6-packs, and a card reader on a clip stand
Market Stall How to run your first UK market stall Everything a UK home baker needs for a first market stall — fees, how much to bake, packaging, on-the-day tactics, and a post-event review. Read guide →
A pastel pink UK cake shed in a garden setting with open shutters revealing cupcakes on a cake stand and a small card reader inside, hand-painted sign reading 'The Cake Shed' overhead
Setup How to set up a cake shed for taking payments UK cake shed payments setup — reader vs QR, weatherproofing, signal, shrinkage, and the fee maths most bakers miss. Read guide →
Overhead view of freshly baked home-made vanilla cupcakes with piped buttercream rosettes in white paper liners, shown on a pale wooden surface with a muffin tin and piping bag alongside
Pricing How much to charge for cupcakes in the UK How much to charge for cupcakes in the UK without losing money on every batch. The real cost of a box of 12, the margin you should aim for, and what to charge across markets, custom orders, and themed boxes. Read guide →
Overhead grid of home-baked Biscoff Brownies with white chocolate topping and caramel swirl, shown on a pink background
Pricing How to price brownies for selling in the UK How to price brownies for selling in the UK without losing money on every batch. The real cost per brownie, the margin you should aim for, and what to charge across markets, multibuys, and delivery apps. Read guide →
Overhead view of a home-baked Victoria Sponge-style cake with buttercream frosting and piped rosettes, palette knife and piping bag alongside on a pale surface
Pricing How to price cakes for selling in the UK How to price cakes for selling in the UK without losing money on every bake. The real cost of a cake, the margin you should aim for, and what to charge across markets, custom orders, and wholesale. Read guide →
Overhead view of a home baker's worktop mid-recipe — a digital kitchen scale with flour, a bowl of flour, brown eggs, small milk jugs, and an open notebook with handwritten recipe notes
Costing How to cost a recipe for a small food business Step-by-step guide to costing your recipes properly. Work out your real cost per unit — ingredients, labour, and overheads — so you know exactly what to charge. Read guide →