Cupcake Anyone?

At the moment my home has been over run with cupcakes.

You wouldn't think that would be a bad thing...

Stephanie is studying small business enterprises this year. In the second term all the students run their own small business. Stephanie chose to make and sell cupcakes, chocolates and biscuits (sorry, that would be cookies to those in the U.S.!). She's a great cook (no idea where that came from) and her business is turning out to be quite profitable.

It's also teaching her to adjust her plans and vary her product according to the market. So far she has learned that chocolates aren't very profitable and are quite fiddly to make, so she has increased their price and decreased their space in the advertising! Cupcakes and cookies however are easy to make in large quantities and have a healthy profit margin, so they feature very prominantly in her advertising!

She has not learned however to not be a perfectionist. Her cupcakes are decorated beautifully. Any cupcake that does not meet her standards is left at home for Mum to eat. Sigh. And even though they aren't as pretty as she wants them to be they still taste great!

This has been a fabulous course for her. It teaches students to manage time, money, customers and advertising and these are all valuable things for their future.

Of course the signature cupcake is her own recipe featuring our own honey. They are just walking out the door.