Income & Expenditure Google Sheets Workbook for Home Bakers
Take the stress out of tracking your baking business finances with this simple, beginner-friendly Income & Expenditure tracker :)
Designed especially for home bakers and small baking businesses like mine, this Google Sheets template helps you record your income, organise expenses and receipts, monitor profit and estimate how much money to put aside for tax, all in one clear place.
No complicated bookkeeping software or confusing accounting language. Simply enter your payments and purchases, and the sheet does the calculations for you.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Automatic Dashboard
See your business finances at a glance, including:
Gross income received
Payment-processing fees
Net income
Business expenses
Profit before tax
Estimated tax reserve
Cash remaining after your tax reserve
Monthly profit results
Colour-coded profit status
You can also set an optional monthly profit target to quickly see whether you are above target, below target or breaking even.
Income Tracker
Record income received through:
Squarespace
PayPal
Brand invoices
Bank transfers
Other payment sources
Enter the gross payment and any processing fee, and your net income is calculated automatically.
You can also record the customer or brand, invoice reference, payment status and a link to supporting evidence. Other payment types can easily be added.
Expenses & Receipt Tracker
Keep your business spending organised by recording:
Purchase date
Supplier
Expense category
Description
Payment method
Receipt or invoice number
Amount paid
Tax-deductible status
A link to your digital receipt
Additional notes
Dropdown menus make regular entries quick and consistent, and you can add your own options whenever needed.
Step-by-Step Instructions
A detailed Start Here tab explains:
How to use each section
Which cells you should edit
Which cells calculate automatically
How to add new dropdown options
How to enter additional transactions safely
How the Dashboard updates
PERFECT FOR
Home bakers
Cake makers
Cookie businesses
Dessert businesses
Small food businesses
Baking content creators
Bakers receiving brand or collaboration income
Anyone who wants a straightforward way to organise their business finances
HOW IT WORKS
You will be prompted to make a copy - please do so.
Open your workbook in Google Sheets.
Set your preferred tax-reserve percentage, reporting year and optional monthly profit target.
Add payments to the Income tab.
Add purchases and receipt links to the Expenses tab.
Return to the Dashboard to see your updated totals and profit position.
KEY FEATURES
✓ Simple and beginner-friendly
✓ Automatic calculations
✓ Adjustable tax-reserve percentage
✓ Optional monthly profit target
✓ Colour-coded monthly status
✓ Income and payment-fee tracking
✓ Expense and receipt organisation
✓ Customisable dropdown menus
✓ Space for up to 500 income and expense entries
✓ Full instructions included
✓ Accessible through Google Sheets
PLEASE NOTE
This is a digital Google Sheets template. No physical product will be posted.
You will need a Google account and access to Google Sheets to use the workbook.
The tax-reserve figure is provided for planning and organisational purposes only. It is not a tax calculation and does not replace advice from a qualified accountant, bookkeeper or tax professional.
Due to the digital nature of this product no refunds are available.
Turn any cookie recipe into a formula you can understand, test and confidently make your own :)
If you follow me online, you’ll know that I am a liiiittle bit obsessed with baking science - and particularly with understanding what makes the perfect cookie (or should I say MY perfect cookie!).
I’ve spent many, many hours comparing recipes, calculating baker’s percentages and testing how small changes to my ingredients, temperature and method affect the final result. My ongoing quest to create my perfect cookie has involved a lot of experiments, plenty of notes and failures, and, occasionally, absolutely no memory of what I changed between one batch and the next :D
You may also know Im a little obsessed with spreadsheets. SO, ive created one for us budding recipe developers and cookie science enthusiasts.
The Cookie Recipe Development Lab gives you one simple place to break down a recipe, understand how it works and record every test properly. I’ve designed it to make recipe development feel much more like active learning than stressful, clueless guesswork (been there, still there sometimes ha).
What does it do?
Just enter a cookie recipe in grams and select the correct category for each ingredient. The spreadsheet automatically converts everything into baker’s percentages, using the combined weight of all the flour in the recipe as 100%.
Separate Total Flour and Total Sugar rows (at the bottom) make it easy to understand the overall structure of your recipe and compare it with others.
When you want to tweak something, you can enter the number of grams you’d like to add or remove. Your new weights and baker’s percentages calculate automatically, while the original recipe always remains visible beside them.
Because there is nothing worse than finally making an incredible cookie and realising you can’t remember exactly what you did. DO I know that from devastating experience? Stop asking, I’ll never tell…
What’s included
Automatic baker’s percentage calculations
Space for up to 25 ingredients
Dedicated Total Flour and Total Sugar calculations
Your original recipe kept visible at all times
Four test versions for developing and comparing changes
Automatic recalculation of weights and percentages
Ingredient temperature tracking
Dough temperature, oven temperature, chill time and bake-time tracking
A detailed Test Log for recording every bake
Space for observations, scores and whether you would repeat each test
Dropdown menus covering common cookie problems
Automatic general troubleshooting guidance and suggested fixes
A full instructions tab explaining how to use and customise the workbook
Built-in cookie troubleshooting
Recipe development isn’t just about recording what you changed. It’s about understanding why the result changed.
If your cookie spreads too much, barely spreads at all, feels greasy, turns out dry or becomes more cakey than chewy, select the outcome from the dropdown menu.
The workbook will automatically show you a general overview of;
What the result might mean (most common issues, not exhaustive!)
What to check first
A suggested change for your next test
Useful temperature or method checks
What you should avoid changing/ assuming at the same time
It is my hope that it helps you think through the recipe, method and baking conditions so you can make a more informed next test.
Perfect for you if…
You love baking but want to understand the science behind it
You’re completely new to baker’s percentages
You want to tweak recipes without accidentally ruining them
You’re trying to create your own perfect cookie
You struggle to remember what changed between batches
You want to compare recipes more easily
You’re developing products for a home bakery
You want a clear, repeatable testing process
You don’t need to be a spreadsheet expert or already understand recipe formulation. I’ve made it as beginner-friendly as possible, with clear instructions, colour-coded input cells and automatic calculations throughout. Its also very pretty haha :)
This is the same approach I use when investigating recipes and developing cookies for Brown Butter Bakes, just turned into a simple tool that you can use in your own kitchen.
Because I really do believe that baking science doesn’t need to feel intimidating. Sometimes you just need somewhere to put the numbers, record what happened and work out what to try next. I hope you really love it!
Please note
This is a digital Google Sheets product. No physical item will be posted.
You will need a free Google account to create and use your own editable copy. The spreadsheet is intended for personal use or use within your own individual baking business. It may not be copied, shared, resold or redistributed.
Due to the instant-access nature of digital products, purchases are non-refundable. This workbook is an educational recipe-development tool; results will also depend on your ingredients, equipment, method and individual baking conditions.
A free, curated collection of trustworthy resources to help you learn how to bake, and understand why your recipes work!
If you want to improve your baking but don’t know what to learn first (or who online you can actually trust) then this library is for you.
I’m always banging on about learning how to bake properly: not just blindly following recipes, but understanding ingredients, recognising techniques and learning how to think when something goes wrong. I’m still on that learning journey too, and although I don’t have all the answers, I can try to help direct you towards solid sources that will help you find those answers for yourself :) So that’s what I’m doing here!
Inside the library, you’ll find:
A 12-stage “Start Here” learning path covering the baking fundamentals
Links to quick guides and videos explaining common baking methods
Free online baking courses
Books that teach technique and baking science
Reliable baking websites and blogs
YouTube channels and social media creators worth learning from
Purposeful recipes chosen to help you practise specific skills
This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I’ll continue developing it as I discover more resources worth sharing. Nothing included is sponsored; each recommendation has been chosen because it offers clear methods, useful cues, thoughtful testing or enough detail to help you genuinely learn. I would love this to become an ver evolving resource built by all of us, so if you have a resource you feel should be included, please let me know.
Treat the library as a menu rather than homework. Choose something you want to understand, learn from one strong source, put it into practice and make a few notes about what you noticed. That is how you begin moving from simply following recipes to baking with confidence and intention.
Please note that some resources are based in the US, where flour names, butter composition, measurements and oven conventions can differ from those used in the UK. Always check these details before converting or substituting :)
I’ve put this together as a big thank you for your support, I am very grateful to you, and I hope this helps you somewhat on your baking journey.
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The complete guide to starting, organising and growing a UK home bakery.
Who it’s for:
Aspiring or existing home bakers who feel overwhelmed by food law, pricing, admin, systems, marketing or trying to grow without burning out.
What you’ll get:
Practical guidance on UK food law, EHOs, allergens, branding, menus, pricing, wholesale, postal baking, social media and sustainable growth — plus every spreadsheet, calculator, planner and system I use to run Brown Butter Bakes.
Choose this guide if you want:
♡ One complete step-by-step resource instead of piecing together advice online
♡ Simple systems that make your bakery easier to manage
♡ Help pricing your products properly and profitably
♡ Ready-to-use templates for labels, allergens, admin, menus, content and production
♡ A realistic plan for building a bakery that feels organised, sustainable and genuinely yours
This is not a get rich quick guide. It’s the practical, supportive guide I wish somebody had handed me when I started :)
The all-in-one admin and organisation system for home baking businesses.
Who it’s for:
Home bakers who want to feel more organised, save time on admin and build clear, professional systems for food safety, allergens, orders, recipes and cleaning.
What you’ll get:
A fully customisable Google Sheets bakery organiser containing an order tracker, allergen matrix, recipe database, ingredient label generator, cleaning schedules, opening and closing checks, supplier records, food safety policies and hygiene procedures. Every section includes simple instructions to help you set it up for your own bakery - phew!
Choose this bundle if you want to:
♡ Keep your bakery information together in one organised place
♡ Prepare for your first food hygiene inspection
♡ Track orders, payments, collections and deliveries
♡ Manage recipes, allergens and ingredient labels more easily
♡ Create reliable cleaning and food safety systems
♡ Spend less time searching through notebooks, apps and loose paperwork
Perfect for home bakers, cake makers, market traders, postal baking businesses and anyone who wants calmer, safer and more professional bakery systems.
Google Sheets digital product. Make your own copy to edit and customise it for your business.
The all-in-one wholesale toolkit for home bakers ready to supply cafés, stockists and other businesses.
Who it’s for:
Home, postal, market and small-batch bakers who want to start or organise their wholesale offering without guessing their prices, minimum orders or production requirements.
What you’ll get:
A customisable Google Sheets system containing wholesale and MOQ calculators, a profit checker, enquiry tracker, prep planner, allergen and shelf-life records, delivery checklists and a practical wholesale strategy guide. You’ll also receive an editable Canva invoice template.
Choose this system if you want to:
♡ Calculate profitable wholesale prices and minimum order quantities
♡ Decide whether an enquiry is genuinely worth accepting
♡ Track cafés, stockists, follow-ups and pricing discussions
♡ Plan production, packaging and deliveries more efficiently
♡ Keep allergens, storage guidance and shelf-life information organised
♡ Approach wholesale opportunities with clearer systems and more confidence
Every section includes beginner-friendly instructions, examples, dropdowns and built-in formulas, so you do not need to be confident with spreadsheets.
Digital Google Sheets and Canva resource. No physical product will be shipped.
A simple label-generation system for UK home bakers.
Who it’s for:
Home bakers who need clear, professional ingredient and allergen labels for cookies, brownies, cakes, bread and other packaged bakes.
What you’ll get:
A customisable Google Sheets system that organises ingredients in descending weight order, identifies allergens and generates a copy-and-paste ingredient label. It also includes a free Canva label template, allergen cheat sheet, example recipes and completed label examples.
Choose this kit if you want to:
♡ Stop manually calculating ingredient order
♡ Create labels more quickly and consistently
♡ Understand how to list allergens and composite ingredients
♡ Avoid rewriting labels whenever a recipe changes
♡ Customise professional-looking labels to match your bakery branding
♡ Feel more confident navigating UK PPDS labelling requirements
Simply enter your recipe, choose the relevant allergens and add your product and business details to generate your label.
Includes an editable Google Sheet and a Canva template that works with a free Canva account. Always check that your final labels meet the specific legal requirements for your products and selling method.
A simple bakery pricing calculator to help you price your bakes properly and profitably.
Who it’s for:
Home bakers who are unsure what to charge and want to base their prices on real costs rather than guesswork or what other bakers are charging.
What you’ll get:
An easy-to-use Google Sheets calculator that works out ingredient costs, batch cost per item, packaging, labour, overheads, minimum selling price and profit margin.
Choose this calculator if you want to:
♡ Understand exactly how much each product costs to make
♡ Include your time, packaging and business expenses in your prices
♡ Set a realistic minimum selling price
♡ Check whether your current prices are actually profitable
♡ Feel more confident charging fairly for your work
This resource is pay what you feel, so you can choose the amount that works for you.
Delivered as a Google Sheet. On download you will be prompted to make a copy to create your own editable version :)
The complete checklist for creating a clear, professional home bakery order form.
Who it’s for:
UK home bakers who take custom enquiries, celebration cake orders, postal orders or fixed-menu bookings through Google Forms, Jotform or their website.
What you’ll get:
A printable checklist covering the essential information your order form should collect, including customer details, dates, collection or delivery, product choices, personalisation, payment, allergens, dietary requirements, cancellations and terms.
Choose this checklist if you want to:
♡ Collect all the information you need the first time
♡ Reduce repetitive messages and customer back-and-forth
♡ Avoid forgetting important order details
♡ Create a smoother, more professional booking process
♡ Build an order form for cakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, treat boxes or postal bakes
Perfect for new and established home bakery businesses that want a simpler, more organised ordering system.
Includes one printable digital PDF checklist.
A free, easy-to-use tin conversion cheat sheet for home bakers.
Who it’s for:
Home bakers who want to use a recipe but don’t have the exact brownie, cake, loaf or traybake tin it calls for.
What you’ll get:
A PNG cheat sheet covering common tin swaps, round-to-square conversions, brownie and cake tin equivalents, plus useful reminders about tin depth and adjusting bake times.
Choose this cheat sheet if you want to:
♡ Quickly find the closest alternative tin size
♡ Scale or adapt recipes with less guesswork
♡ Understand how changing tins may affect baking time
♡ Make use of the tins you already own
♡ Save yourself from doing maths halfway through a bake
Perfect for recipe testing, scaling bakes or making do with the random tin hiding at the back of your cupboard.
Digital Download Only
A guided monthly menu planner for more intentional, exciting and manageable bakery launches.
Who it’s for:
Home, postal, market and small-batch bakers who want more structure when planning flavours, products, launches, content and production.
What you’ll get:
A practical PDF workbook containing flavour-pairing ideas, seasonal prompts, menu-mapping worksheets, launch and content planners, production sheets, recipe-development pages, packaging checklists, goal tracking and emergency content ideas.
Choose this planner if you want to:
♡ Build stronger, more cohesive bakery menus
♡ Plan launches without overwhelming yourself
♡ Develop better seasonal flavour combinations
♡ Balance creativity with time, cost and production capacity
♡ Stop repeating the same products every month
♡ Keep your ideas, content and launch plans together in one place
Use it as a printed workbook, write on it digitally or dip into it whenever you need fresh menu inspiration.
Digital Canva resource. A free Canva account is required. No physical product will be shipped.
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