The free bakery app for South African bakers

Know what to charge.Include your time.

Bake with heart. Count the flour, butter, cake box—and the hour spent decorating. See what your bake costs before you quote your next customer.

Open the app, then choose “Load demo bakery” on the empty Home screen. No shopping slips needed to explore.

Free to useNo account, card or subscriptionMade for South African bakers
The Stock And Spoon bakery dashboard built as shallow raised components beside two South African bakers
A tour through the Stock And Spoon bakery app
Free to useNo account, card or subscriptionMade for South African bakersEnglish + AfrikaansBuilt around Rand

Those little extras add up

You quoted R650. Then came the flowers.

A box, a board, another hour decorating. Try a different price or a little more time and see what remains.

Example costs: R250 ingredients, R50 packaging, R30 electricity and R20 other overhead. Labour is R60/hour for two hours of preparation plus your decorating time.

Ingredients
R 250,00
Packaging
R 50,00
Electricity
R 30,00
Other overhead
R 20,00
Your time
R 180,00
Total included costs
R 530,00
Remaining after these costsR 120,00

Illustration only—not a recommended price, app record or take-home income. These example amounts stay on this page and are not saved or sent to the app.

In baker language

Start with your usual dozen cupcakes.

Bring a recipe you already bake, plus the pack sizes and prices for its ingredients. Cost that one batch first. Build up your bakery records as you go.

A little help with your first week

Price with confidence

Two South African bakers negotiate a tiny handful of coins beside a celebration cake and calculator“Friend price?”

Stop guessing at the counter.

See what each batch, pan and piece costs, then choose a selling price that leaves room for your work.

Bake with less waste

A baker eyes a flour-dusted boerboel beside an empty flour bag and pantry basketWho finished the flour?

Know what the pantry can make.

See what is running low, what you can bake now and exactly what the next batch will use.

Finish the day clear

An older baker checks a calculator over a cash tin and comically long till slipSold out. Lekker. But profitable?

See where the money went.

Record sales in a few taps and understand profit by bake, product or date.

One simple bakery rhythm

Five small moments. One clearer bakery.

Each small action makes the next answer better. Stock And Spoon does the joining up in the background.

  1. A South African baker checks her supplier receipt beside a loaded trolley and curious hadeda

    Buy

    Add the flour, butter, boxes and delivery you paid for.

  2. A home baker works through a recipe notebook, calculator and ingredient scale over rooibos

    Cost

    Your recipes update when supplier prices change.

  3. Two South African bakers celebrate a perfect tray of cupcakes beside a warm oven

    Bake

    Ingredients come off the shelf; finished stock goes on.

  4. A Saturday-market baker hands a cake box to a smiling customer

    Sell

    Record direct orders or stock left with a café.

  5. An older baker reviews the day’s numbers with rooibos, empty trays and a cash tin

    Understand

    See clear sales, costs and profit in Rand.

Start with today’s question

The answers a small bakery needs most.

No accounting lecture. Pick the question that is keeping you up tonight.

Recipe costs

What did this recipe really cost?

Work out what your cupcakes or homemade cake cost in Rand, including ingredients, packaging and your time. Bring your recipe, ingredient pack sizes and prices; start with one familiar batch.

Pricing

What should I charge?

Start with what the bake costs, including packaging and your time. Try a selling price in Rand and see what remains before you reply to that WhatsApp order.

Stock & baking

What do I have, and what can I bake?

Know what is on hand, what is running low and which recipes are ready to go. Record a bake and Stock And Spoon moves ingredients, packaging and finished products where they belong.

Planning

What must I bake and buy next?

Plan batches by date, see what those bakes will need, catch supplier shortfalls early and print a shopping list that is ready for the road.

Sales & profit

Did I actually make money?

Birthday cakes, school cupcakes and orders from WhatsApp: record the sales, then compare revenue with recorded product costs for the week or month. See what your home baking is earning.

Why it’s free

Why is all this free?

Pieter built Stock And Spoon to help his sister Anna-Marie track her baking profit. You can use the whole app without an account, card or subscription. Start with a look around the demo.

South Africa first

A family question. A useful little app.

Pieter built Stock And Spoon to help his sister Anna-Marie track her baking profit. Now you can use it too—in Rand, in English or Afrikaans, from your own kitchen.

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Your records stay with you

Records stay in this browser on this device. Save a backup somewhere safe so you can restore them if you replace your phone.

No gate at the door

There is no account to create and no subscription to remember. Open the app and start with your first ingredient.

Works like an app

Install it on your phone or computer and keep working when the connection is patchy.

Before the oven timer rings

A few honest answers.

Is Stock And Spoon really free?

Yes. The app is completely free to use. There is no paid plan, trial countdown or subscription.

Do I need to understand accounting?

No. Stock And Spoon talks about ingredients, recipes, batches, stock, sales and profit—the things bakers already work with.

Where are my bakery records kept?

Your bakery records are kept on the device where you use the app. You can make a backup file and keep it wherever you trust.

Can I try it without entering everything?

Yes. Load the demo bakery to explore ready-made recipes, stock, bakes and sales. Delete the demo when you are ready for your own bakery.

Does it work in Afrikaans?

Yes. The complete app is available in English and Afrikaans, and you can switch whenever you like.

Your next bake can be clearer

Your next quote can include your time.

Explore a ready-made bakery first. Then start with one recipe of your own.

Open the free app