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Through her love of baking, Natasha Harris owner of Suga Mumma Bakes has created a successful online custom cookie box business. Natasha ships her stunning cookie box creations all over Australia, supplying to both corporate and private customers. 1. How did your sweets business or journey begin? Growing up I always had a love for baking, something I learned from my grandparents who live in Germany. My hobby turned into a busin… Read more

A picture is worth a thousand words, especially if that picture is edible and topping a delicious cookie! Photo cookies & edible image cookies are a perfect option for almost any occasion, and with easy to use edible ink printers readily available they can be produced with ease!Edible ink printers allow you to reproduce any photo, design or theme that you desire onto edible icing sheets. They produce perfect decorative toppers for shortb… Read more

It's hard to believe when you see her creations that our feature caker this issue primarily does this as a hobby! Sonya Monterosso from  Fairytale Sweet Sensations, loves the creative side of making sweets of all kinds. She definitely has a huge amount of skill, creativity and passion for her "hobby", which shines through in all of her stunning and delicious creations. 1. How did your cupcake/sweets business journey begin? I alwa… Read more

Dale Jackley, from Jackley's Bakehouse, has quite the tale to tell! His dream of owning his own bakery business came to fruition through a lot of hard work, but at a frightening cost to his health. Fortunately, Dale was able to recover and, also adjust his business to support a healthier work/life balance. 1. How did your sweets business or journey begin? My whole baking journey started 20 years ago as an apprentice baker at Brumby's. A… Read more

A relocation to Tasmania proved to be the perfect time for talented cookie/cake maker Allison Jackson to take her skills to the market and start up her own "sweet" business. Now Ally's Sweet Treats is growing each day and keeping this creative baker super busy. 1. How did your sweets/cake/cookie business or journey begin? I have always enjoyed baking but when I had my children, I started doing their birthday cakes and it just grew from the… Read more

The purchase of an existing business and a passion for baking has realised the true potential of Family-run Little Cupcakes. This Melbourne cake shop specialises in the most scrumptious looking cupcakes and cakes. Beautiful presentation and delicious flavours make these morsels absolutely irresistible. 1. How did your cake/sweets business or journey begin? Our journey began in 2014 when we took over the existing business fr… Read more

Storage Whether you are storing blank or preprinted edible icing sheets they should be stored properly to retain freshness and ease of peeling from the backing sheet. Any contact with moisture will damage the edible icing sheet and make it difficult to apply on your sweet’s surface. This also applies to humid conditions. Very dry or hot conditions can also adversely affect your edible icing sheets. Store your edible icing sheets… Read more

There is no doubt that edible images are a game-changer in the cake and sweet decorating world. They allow creators to efficiently and cost-effectively achieve a theme, personalise a product and even apply branding for corporate clients. Most of all they save makers so much time! Add in  pre-cut edible icing sheets and you can reduce your decorating time even further. Pre-cut icing sheets are A4 icing sheets with stamped circles cu… Read more

Janet Yuksel from Illawarra Cake Print is a testament to how a love of cake decorating can evolve into a business and then how that business evolves and adapts to a niche market. Janet identified a market for printed edible images, then found her customers also wanted the whole "shebang" - so Janet started making the cakes as well! 1. How did your sweets business or journey begin? I ordered a cake from for my daughters 1st birthd… Read more

There is definitely a recurring theme of a love of baking - turning into a hobby - turning into a business amongst our customers. Michelle Wright developed her business Vanilla and Blossom Cakes exactly this way. How wonderful it is that so many people can turn their hobby into a business! It certainly makes for an enjoyable work-life! 1. How did your sweets business or journey begin? I always loved baking and started as a hobby… Read more