December the 3rd The cakes

We started making cakes for Christmas hundreds of cakes are needing to be marzipaned and a iced and then decorated. I a while ago created a costings database and that was directly linked to a recipe list which meant that the product could be cosseted before making it with estimations (the system was not used before I came along) . I was able to notice that that was a very small if any profit made in these Christmas cakes which are used as a 'PR' tool. Noticing that there was little profit to be made a few months ago I undertook a futile products in order to establish if there was a mother product that could be introduced with a big enough profit margin. It was found that a very popular product and its a gingerbread house. I then offered it to local businesses and organisations as a product that could be customised into their own buildings. So far I have been commissioned to complete a church and hotel and a factory along with many houses. Making this year the most profitable for the bakery in a long time over the Christmas season.