Baking as a Business

I completed my first order as a professional (i.e. to a complete stranger) yesterday! I was so excited to get my first order. It was a bit of a scheduling challenge with my 2 month old baby but we did it. I am usually finishing cakes the day of, but this one was completely done and in the refrigerator the night before it was needed. I even had time to make 32 homemade bagels for my husband to take to work today.

The order was simple: a chocolate 1/2 sheet cake with vanilla buttercream and the company logos of both the client and his client. The logos were cut out of fondant with an Exacto knife. They turned out really good. I am so proud of myself. I have finally taken the leap of faith into the direction of a small business owner. Not only do I have my first client, but he is also most likely to return, and is posting my business card on his company's live feed internal networking site. Yay for networking, because I am terrible at it (too shy). Anyway, on to the cake...