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5 Key Points Covered in our Masterclass on Marketing your Baking Business

We held the Amari May Bakery Business Masterclass this past Saturday on the 21st and we had a great turn-out. We hosted nineteen bakerettes; some who have small home-based baking businesses and a few who are planning on starting soon. The energy and excitement in the class this time was just amazing, we had aContinueContinue reading “5 Key Points Covered in our Masterclass on Marketing your Baking Business”

3 Points to Consider While Creating Your Bakery Brand

In order to market your small bakery business effectively, you need to know what kind of brand you’re selling for your bakery. Click this link to watch the video version. To explain branding a bit: A brand is the name of a specific/unique product, service or product (e.g. Coca Cola, MPESA, Blueband, etc.) Branding isContinueContinue reading “3 Points to Consider While Creating Your Bakery Brand”

#AmariBakingChallenge Contest

We’re holding a contest for a chance for three participants to win free tickets to our May Masterclass on Marketing your Cake Business. Each winner will also get a free printed copy of the “How to Startup a Small Bakery Business Successfully.” How to participate: Sign up via email – go to this link, enterContinueContinue reading “#AmariBakingChallenge Contest”

3 Ways to Measure your Online Marketing Efforts in Your Bakery Business

As a small bakery business owner, you might be struggling with knowing how to measure your online marketing efforts. It could be that you’re not sure which channels your using are effective in your marketing and which aren’t. Maybe you’re so busy baking and doing other bakery business activities that you haven’t had time toContinueContinue reading “3 Ways to Measure your Online Marketing Efforts in Your Bakery Business”

How to Make a Pregnant Belly Cake-Picture Tutorial

I had the privilege of making a baby shower cake for a dear cousin-in-law and it turned out very well. I didn’t have any special cake pans for the pregnant belly cake but I knew that it was possible with a few creative adjustments (and a bit of sculpting ^_^). I used mostly round pansContinueContinue reading “How to Make a Pregnant Belly Cake-Picture Tutorial”

Simple Vanilla Cake Recipe

Here’s a Simple Vanilla Cake recipe. It’s also one I use when doing a half Kg cake recipe and you can double the ingredients to get a 1Kg yield. Ingredients required: All – Purpose Flour – 163 gms Baking Powder – 4 gms Sugar ContinueContinue reading “Simple Vanilla Cake Recipe”

Vanilla Tall Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Purple Glaze

I have finally decided to try out a tall cake – it’s really been the trend in the cake world for a while. I actually had someone ask me if it’s possible to do a tall cake with colored glaze instead of colored ganache since they were looking for a simpler and more economical recipe.ContinueContinue reading “Vanilla Tall Cake with Buttercream Frosting and Purple Glaze”

3 very important points learned at the Amari Bakery Business Masterclass

We held the second business workshop on Saturday and it was amazing! Thanks to our very insightful speakers: Grace Murugi Wanjama of Cakes.co.ke (and we were doubly lucky that she came with her co-founder; her husband – Greg Wanjama), Millicent Were of Emerging Leaders Foundation and yours truly (^_^) Our attendees definitely learned a lotContinueContinue reading “3 very important points learned at the Amari Bakery Business Masterclass”

Brown Vanilla Scones with sultanas recipe

Today is a good day to share a healthy brown scones recipe ^_^ So I’ve been testing out a new product that I ordered from Naisenya Foods and I love it! I’ve never baked with Vanilla Bean Paste before but I have always been curious about it. I saw that Naisenya Foods was offering itContinueContinue reading “Brown Vanilla Scones with sultanas recipe”

5 Lessons Learned From A Successful Bakery Owner in Kenya

Here at Amari we’ve recently started doing business workshops for bakers which we first held on February 13th while we we’re launching our new book “How to Startup a Small Bakery Business Successfully.” It was an amazing event that was attended by many bakers and bakerettes who were eager to learn as much as theyContinueContinue reading “5 Lessons Learned From A Successful Bakery Owner in Kenya”