Guide to Cake Boxes for Your Bakery

Buy cake boxes by the case to keep costs down

Any time you buy in bulk you're saving your business some money. Order some simple white cake boxes to adorn with your logo or choose a specific color or accent stripe to be your signature package.

I recommend: Purchase cake boxes and cake pads from Uline Shipping Supplies, which offers plain boxes as well as boxes with windows. Choose from a large selection of colors and sizes at PAPER MART.

Prevent frosting mishaps with special cupcake packaging

Cupcakes pose a unique challenge since they topple over easily. Taking one quick turn in a car on the way to a party can pretty much guarantee destroyed frosting and unhappy party guests. This won't happen if you use cupcake packaging. Slap a sticker with your logo on the box and you're ready to roll.

I recommend: Try out the box inserts from Big River Packaging that keep cupcakes from bumping into each other. Several different packaging ideas are offered by Sugarcraft, including plastic cupcake trays and decorative boxes.

Stock pastry boxes to cater to the morning breakfast crowd

On their way to work, sometimes people will stop off and get a pastry and coffee for themselves. But other times, it's their turn to bring food for the entire staff at their office. It's wasteful and unprofessional to send a customer on his way toting ten small paper bags, each containing one pastry. You can avoid this by buying larger pastry boxes, ranging from flat boxes for bear claws to contoured plastic packages for donuts.

I recommend: Pack muffins, donuts and cinnamon rolls into the plastic disposable boxes offered by Plastic Container City. Get your pastry boxes custom printed at First Impressions Printing; they offer hot stamping in metallic and matte colors as well as ink imprinting.