re: New to the cake world

Hi Nikki, welcome to cakes decor!
You will love it here, I do. Everyone is very friendly and helpful and we’re all cake addicts! In answer to your questions, ive been caking for 9 years now, I still only do it as a hobby because my family is my first priority. I have done quite a few cakes for paying customers though. In my first year I wouldnt have done, I wasnt very sure of myself and I would practice all the time.
Youll know yourself when youre confident enough to take on your first customer, and I only feel now after 9 years of self-teaching that I am truly good enough at what I do.
As cake artists we never stop improving on our work and learning new techniques. Just be patient and keep learning!
As for starting your business, youll need to first get some sort of food safety certificate from your council, dont know as yet how to do this, so you might have to google it.
Anyway, I hope some of this helps you
Christine xx