Home Bakery and Cottage Food Website Template
A done-for-you cottage food website template where the menu is the order form. Set your delivery days, zones and zip codes, cap how much you can bake in a day, and take itemised orders straight to your inbox. Built for home bakers, cake decorators, meal preppers and home caterers who are running a real business out of a comment thread. Free to preview, no card required.
- Menu Is the Order Form, No Second List
- Delivery Days, Zones and Fees by Zip
- Per-Day Capacity So You Never Overbook
- Order Cutoff and Blackout Dates
- Pickup Always Available, Never Zone-Locked
- Cottage-Food Disclosure Built In
- Itemised Order Emails, Both Directions
- Mobile-First — Most Orders Arrive on a Phone
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Built for home bakers, cake decorators, meal preppers, tamale and empanada sellers, candy makers, home coffee and juice sellers, and home caterers. Everything is driven by what you enter, so nothing on the page assumes you sell cookies.
The Admin Is the Job You Did Not Sign Up For
Nobody starts baking because they love reconciling a comment thread against a notebook. The three things that actually eat the evening are taking the order, working out whether you can reach them, and realising too late that Saturday is already full. Hearth handles all three before you read a single message.
One Menu, Not Two Lists
Add an item to your menu and it is immediately orderable, with its own price, unit, minimum quantity and lead time. There is no separate order form to keep in step, which is the thing that always drifts. Sell out of something? Switch it off and it stays on the menu marked sold out, so people know it exists for next time.
They Find Out If You Deliver, Not You
Set your delivery days once, then add each area you cover with its zip codes and what you charge. A customer types their zip and immediately sees whether you come to them and what it costs. If you do not, they are offered pickup instead of a dead end — which is how you keep the order rather than losing it to a shrug.
A Cap So Saturday Cannot Be Oversold
Set how many orders you can fill in a day, or how much work, or both. A three-tier cake can count for more than a dozen cookies, because it is. When a date is full it shows as fully booked instead of quietly disappearing, so people can see you are in demand and try the following week.
Notice, and Days Off
Tell it how much warning you need and it stops offering anything sooner. Block out holidays and the week you are away. The date picker only ever shows dates you can genuinely bake for, so you are never in the position of turning someone down after they have already got their hopes up.
The Legal Line, Handled
Most states require home kitchens to state that their food was not made in an inspected facility. The disclosure is on by default, shows next to your menu, inside the order form and in the customer's confirmation email, and is fully editable because the exact wording is set by your state.
You Still Take the Money Your Way
This is request-to-order, not checkout. Customers ask, you confirm, and you take payment however you already do — cash, card reader, transfer, whatever suits. Nothing to set up, no processing fees, and no marketplace taking a percentage of a batch you baked.
Everything a Home Kitchen Actually Needs
Not a storefront with the food parts bolted on. The things that decide whether a Tuesday message becomes a Saturday order, and whether that Saturday is one you can actually survive.
Orderable Menu With Units and Minimums
Each item carries its own price, unit and minimum: cookies by the dozen, bread by the loaf, cakes by the tier. Set a lead time per item so a three-day sourdough is never offered for tomorrow while cupcakes still are.
Sold Out Without Deleting
Switch an item off and it stays on the menu marked sold out. People learn what you make, ask for it next week, and you keep the page working as a catalogue instead of shrinking it every time a batch goes.
Delivery Zones by Zip Code
Add each area you cover with the zips it contains and the fee you charge. A customer types their zip and finds out instantly, before they have written a message you then have to answer with no.
Pickup That Never Gets Zone-Locked
Someone outside every delivery zone is offered pickup rather than a dead end. That is the difference between losing the order and moving it to your porch on Saturday morning.
Per-Day Capacity, Counted Your Way
Cap a day by number of orders, by workload, or by both. A tiered cake can weigh more than four dozen cookies because it does. Full days show as fully booked instead of vanishing.
Order Cutoffs and Blackout Dates
Say how much notice you need and nothing sooner is offered. Block the holidays, the week you are away, and the Sunday you already promised to someone else.
Cottage-Food Disclosure, Everywhere It Belongs
Most states require home kitchens to say the food was not made in an inspected facility. It shows beside the menu, inside the order form and in the confirmation email, and the wording is yours to edit because your state sets it.
Itemised Order Emails, Both Directions
You get the order broken out line by line with the date, the address and the total. The customer gets the same thing, so there is no argument later about what was asked for.
Allergen and Dietary Tags
Tag items gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, vegan or egg-free. The people who need to know are the ones who message first, and answering it on the page saves the whole exchange.
Built for the Phone It Arrives On
Almost every order starts on a phone, usually from an Instagram or Facebook link. The menu, the zip check and the date picker are designed for a thumb first and a laptop second.
From Template to Taking Orders in Three Steps
Pick the Home Kitchen Template
Click 'Preview Hearth Free'. The site loads with a sample menu, a working order form and the warm Hearth theme already in place. No card, no account wall.
Put Your Own Menu In
Replace the sample items with what you actually make. Set your delivery days, your zones and zips, your daily cap and how much notice you need. Click any text to edit it live.
Publish and Post the Link
Go live on your own address and put the link in your Instagram bio and your Facebook page. The next person who asks 'do you deliver to 78704' answers their own question.
What Happens When Somebody Orders
This is the part a pretty menu page leaves out. An order that arrives as a comment under a photo is an order you will re-read four times and still get wrong. Here is the whole path from a customer tapping your link to you knowing exactly what to bake.
They Build the Order From the Menu
They add items at your quantities and minimums. The running total is visible the whole way, so nobody is surprised by the number at the end.
They Check Their Own Zip
Delivery or pickup, and if delivery, whether you come to them and what it costs. If you do not, pickup is offered rather than a refusal.
They Pick a Date You Can Actually Bake
The picker only shows dates that clear your lead time, are not blacked out, and still have capacity. A full Saturday reads as fully booked, which is a better look than an empty calendar.
It Lands in Your Inbox, Itemised
You get the full order, the date, the method and the address in one email, and the same summary sits in your Buildrok Lead Inbox with a five-stage pipeline so nothing is lost between the message and the oven.
Whatever Comes Out of Your Kitchen
The menu is driven entirely by what you enter, so nothing on the page assumes you sell cookies. These are the things home kitchens on Buildrok are already listing, and every one of them is just a menu item with its own unit, minimum and lead time.
- Cakes and Celebration Cakes
- Cookies, Brownies and Bars
- Bread and Sourdough
- Cupcakes and Cake Pops
- Pies and Pastries
- Tamales and Empanadas
- Weekly Meal Prep Boxes
- Jams, Preserves and Pickles
- Candy, Fudge and Chocolate
- Granola, Snacks and Trail Mix
- Home Catering Trays
- Seasonal and Holiday Pre-Orders
Why Somebody Orders From a Kitchen They Have Not Seen
Buying food from a stranger's home takes more trust than buying it from a shop, and the page has to earn that before anyone types their address. These are the things that do it, and they are all fields you fill in rather than claims we make for you.
- Cottage-Food Disclosure Shown Up Front
- Cottage Food Registration or Permit Number
- Food Handler Certification
- Allergen and Dietary Tags Per Item
- Real Photos of What You Actually Make
- Clear Delivery Areas and Fees
- Stated Lead Times, No Guessing
- Itemised Confirmation in Writing
Your Order System Should Not Be a Comment Thread
Somebody is scrolling your photos right now working out how to ask what a dozen costs and whether you come to their side of town. Give them a page that answers both and takes the order while they are still interested.
Pantry template questions
Everything home kitchen owners ask before they start.
Is this cottage food website template really free to preview?
Yes. Build the whole thing, put your real menu in, set your delivery zones and share a preview link, all without a card. You only pay when you want it live on your own web address, and plans start at $29 a month.
Do I need to set up payments or a shopping cart?
No, and that is deliberate. This is request-to-order: the customer asks, you confirm, and you take the money however you already do, whether that is cash at pickup, a card reader, or a transfer. There is nothing to set up, no processing fees, and no percentage going to a marketplace.
How does the delivery zone check work?
You add each area you cover, the zip codes inside it, and what you charge to deliver there. A customer types their zip into the order form and immediately sees whether you reach them and what it costs. If you do not cover them, they are offered pickup instead of being turned away.
Can I stop people ordering more than I can bake?
Yes, and this is the feature home bakers ask for first. Set a cap per day as a number of orders, as an amount of work, or both, so a tiered cake can count for more than a dozen cookies. When a date is full it shows as fully booked rather than disappearing, which reads as being in demand instead of being closed.
What about the cottage food disclosure my state requires?
It is built in and switched on by default. It appears beside your menu, inside the order form, and in the confirmation email the customer receives. The exact wording is set by your state, so the text is fully editable and you should paste in the language your own cottage food law requires.
Does this make my home kitchen legal to sell from?
No. Cottage food law is set state by state and often county by county, and it decides what you may sell, where you may sell it, how much you may earn and what your label must say. This template gives you the website and the disclosure field; getting registered or permitted is between you and your state. We deliberately do not pretend otherwise.
Can I set different lead times for different items?
Yes. Lead time is per item, so a three-day sourdough stops being offered for tomorrow while cupcakes are still available. The date picker only ever shows dates that clear the longest lead time in the customer's basket.
What if I only do pickup and no delivery at all?
That works. Leave the delivery zones empty and every order comes through as pickup, with your address and pickup window shown at the point where a delivery address would be. Nothing on the page nags you to add delivery later.
Can I list allergens for people who ask?
Yes. Each item can be tagged gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, vegan or egg-free, and the tags show on the menu. The people who need that information are the ones who message you first, so answering it on the page saves the whole exchange.
Where do my orders actually go?
Straight to your email as an itemised order with the date, the method, the address and the total, and into your Buildrok Lead Inbox at the same time. The Lead Inbox is a five-stage pipeline, so an order can move from new to confirmed to baked to delivered without you keeping a separate notebook.
Will this work if I sell tamales or meal prep rather than baking?
Yes. Nothing on the page assumes you sell cookies. Every item, unit and minimum comes from what you enter, so a dozen tamales, a five-meal prep box and a three-tier cake all behave the same way. Home bakers, cake decorators, meal preppers, candy makers and home caterers all use the same template.
How much does it cost once the free preview is over?
Plans start at $29 a month for a single-page site, which is what most home kitchens need, with hosting and SSL included. A custom domain is a separate one-off purchase if you want an address you own outright. Cancel any time.
Your Home Kitchen, Taking Orders Today.
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