Tampa Bay Cake Decorators group was formed by those who love to bake and create edible art. I am proud to be a member of that group. Some of us do this as a hobby and others do it in hope of creating a small business. But unfortunately it wasn’t possible till recently. Home baking for commercial purposes was against the law in Florida. The creativity remained limited only till local fair and festival competitions, charity bake sales and baking for friends and family. To bake for profit, one had to have a commercial kitchen and lot of other paraphernalia to be a legitimate business, which is not an easy task. The creative nature of the cake baking was being strangled.
But the passion to bake and decorate cakes and cupcakes was so strong that some of us decided to take action. Members of Tampa Bay Cake Decorators community took the necessary steps towards getting the home baking business a legal status and guess what, after a very long time, we finally read the headlines…
FLORIDA HAS PASSED THE COTTAGE FOOD ACT!
Following is a link containing the 2011 legislature for detailed information.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/7209/BillText/er/PDF
Scroll to Page 29, Line 786 for pertinent information.
Thanks to all the hard work of this group here in Tampa Bay, the Cottage Food Act has passed in Florida, effective July 1st, 2011.
Now we can actually live our dreams of owning a small home based business doing what we love to do right out of our kitchens while being full time moms and caregivers. We have no more fear, only tough competition from our fellow home bakers.
Here’s to the rivals in the business of cake decoration, thank you all but now let’s gear up for a friendly competition!
