Start at your local Health unit.

I don’t think they’ll allow it, but you can try.

Go to your health dept first. If you want to sell your product it must be regulated. It would be the county health dept.

Also, if you have major vendors lined up to supply you with ingredients, ask them for help. They’re often willing and helpful, especially if they’re local.

There are some states that will license home bakers, and a lot more that won’t. For example, I live in TX and the only way you can get a home kitchen licensed is if it’s not accessible from your living quarters…basically, you could put a kitchen in your garage, in addition to the kitchen in the house, but you would have to be able to get to it without going through the house.

A lot of people who bake at home don’t do it legally. It limits your options for advertising a lot, and can be used against you if you have an unhappy customer (if they know you’re illegal, they can threaten to report you if you don’t refund their cake, etc…). You also can’t get insurance for an illegal home bakery. Still, a lot of people do it, to build up a customer base before investing in opening a shop, or in building a commercial kitchen in their home…that way they can see if it’s a viable option without sinking their life savings in first.

You can call your county health inspector and ask what the laws are in your state. You can also join the forums at and look in the business section for the thread on states that license home bakeries.