Welcome to December's edition of the Savvy Baker's Scoop!

This newsletter is dedicated to supporting you, the home-based baker, in achieving sweet success.

Home-based bakers are an underserved & underappreciated group. With my years of experience in the Cottage Food's baking industry, I am passionate about helping you avoid some of the mistakes I made in the past and unlocking your full potential.

In this edition, we're diving into some festive updates and announcements just for you!

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🍬 Featured Recipe 🍬

​Peppermint Candy Cane Kiss Cookie​

If peppermint is your holiday love language, this one’s for you.

These Peppermint Candy Cane Kiss Cookies are soft, festive, and always a crowd favorite; perfect for holiday orders, cookie boxes, or just baking for fun at home.

Remember: you don’t need to overcomplicate holiday flavors to make something special. Sometimes a classic with a festive twist is exactly what customers (and families!) want.

👉 Read full recipe here:

🎁 Holiday Sale Still Going 🎁

If you’ve been thinking about starting - or finally getting serious about - your home-based baking business, this is your sign.

Cake Biz Bootcamp is still just $9.99/month (cancel anytime).

Inside Cake Biz Bootcamp, you’ll learn:

• How to price your baked goods with confidence
• What you actually need to legally sell from home
• How to organize your baking business so it feels manageable
• The foundations of running a profitable cottage food business

This is the best time to jump in before the new year.

👉 Join Bootcamp: Click Here for the Deal​

NEW COMMUNITY FEATURE:

🍰Sweet Spotlight 🍰 (Launching Next Scoop!)

Starting in the next Scoop, I’ll be featuring photos of YOUR baked creations in every newsletter. This new community feature is called: Sweet Spotlight

It’s my way of celebrating your hard work, creativity, and growth; whether you’re baking for fun, selling at markets, or building your dream home bakery.

Want to Be Featured in Sweet Spotlight?

Each month, I’ll highlight photos from our amazing baking community in the newsletter.

If you’d love to see your work featured:
📷 Send in a photo of your baked goods
🧁 Share what you made (and if it’s a customer favorite!)
💬 Tell us where you’re baking from

This is all about celebrating YOU, no matter where you are in your baking journey.

👉 Submit your photo by replying to this email or following the submission guidelines below.

📝 Sweet Spotlight – Submission Guidelines

To keep things fun, fair, and easy, here’s how Sweet Spotlight works:

✔ What you can submit:

• Photos of cookies, cakes, cupcakes, breads, or other baked goods
• Seasonal bakes, bestsellers, or recent favorites
• Clear, well-lit photos (phone photos are totally fine!)

✔ How to submit:

• Reply directly to this email OR
• Send via Instagram DM (make sure you follow us!)​

✔ Include:

• Your name or business name
• What you baked
• Your Instagram handle (if you’d like to be tagged)

✔ A few notes:

• By submitting, you give permission for your photo to be shared in the newsletter and on social media
• Not all submissions can be featured every month, but we’ll rotate as often as possible
• You don’t have to be a Cake Biz Bootcamp member to be featured; this is for our whole community 💛

Thank you for being part of the Cake Business School family. Keep learning, keep baking, and keep building the business you love!

See you in a few weeks for your next scoop!

Happy Baking, Nicole Bendig-Lamb Master Cake Designer / Author / Speaker / Cake Business Coach Haven't started your business yet? Now enrolling for Cake Biz Bootcamp!​ Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, check out our Podcast (available on iTunes and Spotify), visit our website at www.cakebusinessschool.com , or check out my book Baking Your Way To The Top: How to Start & Grow Your Own Home-Based Baking Business​ Interested in helping us create more FREE content? You can now leave us a tip! These funds go toward new podcast episodes, blogposts, and tutorials. Click Here to Contribute​

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