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Klipfontein mother makes world standard cakes From selling cake slices for R2.50 to delivering cakes in Sandton
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yakallo Ratele, a 33-yearold mother of three from Klipfontein refused to wait for things to happen but decided to make them happen. She left her job to chase her dream of becoming a full-time baker. Before quitting, Nyakallo worked as a waitress and a junior manager at a coffee shop. "I quit my job because
work politics were killing my passion and I started feeling limited and not growing," she says. From a young age Nyakallo knew about her passion for the hospitality industry and studied Hotel Keeping and Catering at Seotlong Agriculture and Hotel School. She later studied Hospitality Management at Vaal University of Technology, where she
dropped out during her third year. In 2018, at age of 30, Nyakallo started baking from home where she was making just over four cakes a month with hardly any equipment except for a small oven which took long to bake. She tried to market her newly for med business by putting up posters around Klipfontein where she lives but she struggled to get orders. She then realised to gain customers she had to keep her prices low, which was alright as her craft was not as good as it is now. With improved skills and word of mouth she got the business moving forward. "So, for a cake I had charged R250 3 years ago I would charge 2 times more for it now." she told The Olifants. The now engaged Ratele still
Nyakallo Ratele and examples of her beautiful creations
works from home hence she limits her intake of orders to a maximum of 16 cakes per week, also depending on how creative the cakes she would be making for the week. She makes between 10 and 16 cakes per week. The cheapest cake costs R400, being just a basic standard cake. The more complex the design the more it costs. The most
expensive standard sized, single tier cake would cost between R1000 and R1500. Nyakallo's big plan is to open a walk-in store soon. “The beginning is not always easy, but hard work and honesty will get you farther than your dreams," says Nyakallo when asked about her advice for newcomers.