Finch Bakery

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jackolantern

jackolantern

Swipeupxo said:
He is just as bad trust me



He slags off other bakeries but is just very sly about it
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I don't get a good vibe from him either, seems a right witch tbh. Think they are just as bad as eachother. Although he's pretty funny I'll give him that :p
 
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jackolantern said:
I don't get a good vibe from him either, seems a right witch tbh. Think they are just as bad as eachother. Although he's pretty funny I'll give him that :p
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I cant take him seriously so he doesn't annoy me as much those others, but imagine him after a few drinks I bet his is so offensive 😂
 
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thatstupidcat

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Wholesalers can often have minimum order amounts so if you’re operating out of your kitchen, it can be cheaper picking up stuff on special in your local supermarket or Costco. Especially since the likes of Cadburys and Nestle will not sell for cost price and coffee chains have cornered the sugar wholesalers.

I have seen a lot of recipe books since the 70’s and instagram bakers are not reinventing the wheel - it’s a bit naive to assume “secret recipes” are key to a business when they can easily be obtained and recreated with little effort by someone who knows what they are doing. It always seemed like instagram just made it seem you were supporting a local business and not buying factory made stuff, and that the decorations would be far more appealing and unique.

Essentially, it’s like you’re buying treats off one of your mates AND at the same skill and hygiene levels too - let that sink in...
 
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jackolantern

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thatstupidcat said:
Wholesalers can often have minimum order amounts so if you’re operating out of your kitchen, it can be cheaper picking up stuff on special in your local supermarket or Costco. Especially since the likes of Cadburys and Nestle will not sell for cost price and coffee chains have cornered the sugar wholesalers.

I have seen a lot of recipe books since the 70’s and instagram bakers are not reinventing the wheel - it’s a bit naive to assume “secret recipes” are key to a business when they can easily be obtained and recreated with little effort by someone who knows what they are doing. It always seemed like instagram just made it seem you were supporting a local business and not buying factory made stuff, and that the decorations would be far more appealing and unique.

Essentially, it’s like you’re buying treats off one of your mates AND at the same skill and hygiene levels too - let that sink in...
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Everyone and their dog are selling brownies and blondies these days. It's actually really disheartening because I've always wanted my own baking business but it seems so faddish now with everyone jumping on the bandwagon. Most of them don't even offer anything unique either, just nicking eachother's recipies and baking the same bogstandard tat covered in more sugar. Like christ atleast have some originality, how many biscoff/kinder/nutella/jammie dodger traybakes does anyone need!?
 
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jackolantern said:
Everyone and their dog are selling brownies and blondies these days. It's actually really disheartening because I've always wanted my own baking business but it seems so faddish now with everyone jumping on the bandwagon. Most of them don't even offer anything unique either, just nicking eachother's recipies and baking the same bogstandard tat covered in more sugar. Like christ atleast have some originality, how many biscoff/kinder/nutella/jammie dodger traybakes does anyone need!?
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I've had my own baking business for 6 years now and I agree, when I started business was amazing and now I've lost count of how many people do it around my area, during lockdown everyone seemed to be doing it. The bad thing is, is that most of them don't follow guidelines and haven't been inspected and sell cheaper than me especially celebration cakes.
 
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jackolantern said:
Everyone and their dog are selling brownies and blondies these days. It's actually really disheartening because I've always wanted my own baking business but it seems so faddish now with everyone jumping on the bandwagon. Most of them don't even offer anything unique either, just nicking eachother's recipies and baking the same bogstandard tat covered in more sugar. Like christ atleast have some originality, how many biscoff/kinder/nutella/jammie dodger traybakes does anyone need!?
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Agreed! I’ve been doing “Hobby baking” for about 7 years now, I have a page but mainly just to archive my pictures (not a huge amount of followers) and don’t generally advertise, just tends to be baking for Friends and Family which I’m happy with but it’s really disheartening to see people make brownies and blondies and then creating business pages to sell them having never done it before and thinking it’s as easy as that 🙄 loads cropped up in lockdown as well, I even saw some using packet mixes and selling them but because they’re loaded with sweets/chocolate finch bakery style it was OK 😬
 
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Swipeupxo said:
I've had my own baking business for 6 years now and I agree, when I started business was amazing and now I've lost count of how many people do it around my area, during lockdown everyone seemed to be doing it. The bad thing is, is that most of them don't follow guidelines and haven't been inspected and sell cheaper than me especially celebration cakes.
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There has been an explosion of people baking and selling cakes this last year. I’m really careful about who and where I buy from, and usually go for someone who’s been doing it longer, has the necessary hygiene and insurance and has good reviews along with a big collection of photos. Please don’t give up your business, I’m sure those who started up for a quick buck will soon stop.
 
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I’m really interested to see what’s going to be in the book because they seemed to have created loads of new recipes just for the book which seems to defeat the object...is it going to just be stuff like ‘use melted spread for a drip’ and ‘the same buttercream recipe the rest of the world uses’, surely they’re not going to give away the actual recipes they use for their business? Jane’s Patisserie also has a book coming out and as much as I love her recipes I’m wondering the same, will it just be the same old stuff bound in a pretty book
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I wondered if Jane was bringing out a book for people who don’t like/can’t print out her recipes and prefer not to use a tablet. I must admit I’m a sucker for a recipe book, can’t bear to keep touching my phone with dirty hands!
 
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Ninetiesbitxh said:
I wondered if Jane was bringing out a book for people who don’t like/can’t print out her recipes and prefer not to use a tablet. I must admit I’m a sucker for a recipe book, can’t bear to keep touching my phone with dirty hands!
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Very true, same for me I will still buy it because I love her recipes but I do hope it’s not only all the ones on her site, some new ones would be fab!
 
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Esme

Esme

Jane is so lovely! She’s always friendly and helpful if you reach out to her or comment on her Instagram. I’m sure her book will be a better success. She has such a huge variation of recipes to warrant publishing a book.
 
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Esme said:
Jane is so lovely! She’s always friendly and helpful if you reach out to her or comment on her Instagram. I’m sure her book will be a better success. She has such a huge variation of recipes to warrant publishing a book.
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I’ve got janes book on preorder! I’m glad she’s doing one, she deserves it
 
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SootySweepAndSoo

judgejohndeed said:
Very true, same for me I will still buy it because I love her recipes but I do hope it’s not only all the ones on her site, some new ones would be fab!
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I made her mini egg NYC cookies at the weekend, if you haven’t already, then make them! Amazing 😍
 
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Justforthesnoop

Open for ONE day only to prove to isabakes we still got it and put competition in the spanner works 😂 so see through 🙈🙈🙈
 
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Yorkshirewife

Gonna be honest, I now don't know if its finch's insta or isabakes insta I'm looking at. Are finch aware they are starting to look really obvious in their battle with isabakes 😬
 
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