Home bakery (cakes and cookies)
Birthday and event cakes from a home oven, ordered through Facebook and friends.
- Last reviewed: 27 September 2026
- Version 2
Finishing a cake order
1 of 3- 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
About the business
Good photos and a dependable taste spread the name. Orders are highest on Fridays and Saturdays and at festivals. Once it grows, with BSTI approval and a trade licence you can supply cafés or shops.
Unit economics
| Item | Range | Evidence | Suggest a correction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly working capital | ৳12,000 – ৳35,000 | Editorial estimate | |
| Selling price | ৳1,000 – ৳2,800 / unit | Market quote | |
| Variable cost | ৳450 – ৳1,300 / unit | Market quote | |
| Time to first revenue | 7 – 21 days | Practitioner verified | |
| Break-even time | 3 – 6 months | Editorial estimate | |
| Cash cycle | 7 – 45 days | Practitioner 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
- 1Settle recipes and bake samples
- 2Photograph and post
- 3Take orders with an advance
- 4Bake, decorate and deliver
Seasons
- JanHigh
- FebNormal
- MarNormal
- AprNormal
- MayNormal
- JunNormal
- JulNormal
- AugNormal
- SepNormal
- OctNormal
- NovNormal
- DecHigh
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.
Videos and interviews
9:31A successful home baking business | Sharmin Akter's inspiring story | YES Institute | cake business
Yes Tourism & Hotel Management Institute
11:02A cake business with just Tk 50,000 | Home Bakery Business Plan Step by Step
𝘾𝙤𝙈𝙈𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢
3:13
9:05Stories about this business
Tk350–400 a delivery, and no compensation when couriers ruin the cake
A home baker selling cakes online said delivery was her hardest problem — Tk350–400 per trip, and some couriers ruined cakes without paying compensation.
- Reasons
- Dependency, Spoilage
Cakes learned from YouTube, 10 days' training, a Facebook page — and a shop eight years on
A Khagrachhari mother learned to bake for her son in 2017; she began selling via a Facebook page during Covid, gained a following by late 2020 and opened a shop in town in June 2025.
- Reasons
- Loyal customers, Good quality
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
Entrepreneurs in this business
The people running this business today — you can visit them, ask questions and learn.
উম্মে হানির খাবারের ব্যবসা
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- Sells products
- Takes orders
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- Sells products
- Takes orders
- Delivers
- Teaches
Where to buy
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Carton BD
Sells cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, scotch tape and parcel poly — the everyday things needed to pack an order.
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KDS Accessories Limited
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Trustco Bangladesh
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Easy Packaging BD
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Sources
চারজন হোম বেকারের হিসাব
Collected: 15 Aug 2026Supports: 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
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