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AyRojgar

Home bakery (cakes and cookies)

Birthday and event cakes from a home oven, ordered through Facebook and friends.

  • Last reviewed: 14 September 2026
  • Version 1
Finishing a cake order
Baking ingredients
A chocolate birthday cake

Finishing a cake order

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Starting capital
৳40,000 – ৳1,00,000
Market quote
Manpower
1 – 2 people
First sale
7 – 21 days
Practitioner verified
Break-even
3 – 6 months
Editorial estimate
Kind of work
Home-based · Easy

Unit economics

ItemRangeEvidenceSuggest a correction
Monthly working capital৳12,000 – ৳35,000Editorial estimate
Selling price৳1,000 – ৳2,800 / unitMarket quote
Variable cost৳450 – ৳1,300 / unitMarket quote
Time to first revenue7 – 21 daysPractitioner verified
Break-even time3 – 6 monthsEditorial estimate
Cash cycle7 – 45 daysPractitioner verified

Gross margin -30% – 83.9%. Our calculation: the low end uses the lowest price with the highest cost; the high end uses the reverse.

What you need to start

  • Oven, mixer and cake tinsEquipment
  • Cake decorating skillsSkill

How the work is done

  1. 1Settle recipes and bake samples
  2. 2Photograph and post
  3. 3Take orders with an advance
  4. 4Bake, decorate and deliver

Seasons

  1. JanHigh
  2. FebNormal
  3. MarNormal
  4. AprNormal
  5. MayNormal
  6. JunNormal
  7. JulNormal
  8. AugNormal
  9. SepNormal
  10. OctNormal
  11. NovNormal
  12. DecHigh
HighNormalLow

Where it works well

  • Strong fitChattogram · শহরে চাহিদা আছে
  • Strong fitDhaka · অনলাইন অর্ডার বেশি
  • PossibleSylhet · প্রবাসী পরিবারের অনুষ্ঠান

Risks and cautions

  • MediumSpoilage: Cream melts in the heat and cakes come back.
  • MediumDemand: Orders from friends alone do not grow the business.

Sources

  • চারজন হোম বেকারের হিসাব

    Collected: 15 Aug 2026

    Supports: Starting capital, Selling price · ঢাকা

What changed

No corrections have been published yet.

Questions and answers

  • Darun Karas Abir

    Vai bebshay ki buniyog kora jabe

Stories about this business

What workedA home baker in Kaptai, Rangamati, in an Ajker Patrika report

A 2,000-3,000 taka start, and over a lakh earned from cakes

Home baking started in 2020 on 2,000-3,000 taka has brought in over a lakh taka so far; the report gives no monthly income or staff numbers.

Capital
৳3k
Reasons
Weak demand, Good quality

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