I took all the decorating classes and love to decorate cakes, so when I got layed off my job last year I wanted to open my own cake shop, and its not as easy as you think
at least were i live in pa you have to contact the
health dept plus you have to make sure your house is zoned commerical contact your local borough office if your not you will have to have a hearing and it cost about 300 dollars for that, plus i couldn't have the bake shop in my house unless i had a separate kitchen for the bake shop, and one for my family plus no pets aloud, i am lucky enough that i have a rental house next to mine that i'm turning into a bakeshop but i have to turn it into a business, i've been working with the small business assoc. and the
health dept plus there are permits i need, electric has to be updated and new lighting, plus the plummer has to do alot because i have to have a 3 bay sink and a grease trap, gas lines need to be ran for the oven,
it may be very profitable for a while but
at some point if the town pulls 1/3 the C of Os or someone goes to the
health dept and it gets condemned — your fees will go up by 33 % — and it isnt a nice thing to contemplate it is so unhealthy — so forget it.