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Delaware Cakes Cottage Food Labels
Delaware's required disclosure statement added automatically. Ingredient lists for cakes built from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Ghirardelli and more.
Here's What Your Label Will Look Like
Add the cakes products you use, and Quickly Cottage builds the ingredient list, detects allergens, and adds Delaware's required disclosure automatically.
Product
Ingredients
Vanilla Layer Cake
Net Wt: 8 oz (227g)
Produced: August 23, 2026
Sunflower Home Bakery
Permit #CF-10293
Springfield, DE
(555) 010-0142
Ingredients:
Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Corn Starch, Eggs, Soybean Oil, Water, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Salt, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Yellow 5, Yellow 6.
Contains:
This food is made in a Cottage Food Establishment and is NOT subject to routine Government Food Safety Inspections.
What Every Delaware Label Needs
Every cottage food product sold in Delaware, including cakes, needs a label with the following.
- All 9 FDA major allergens present
- Complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight
- Business name
- Product name
- Net weight
- City name
- Permit number
- Date of production
- Phone number
- "Not inspected" disclosure statement
Required Label Disclosure
This food is made in a Cottage Food Establishment and is NOT subject to routine Government Food Safety Inspections.
Added to every cakes label automatically, exactly as required.
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Common Allergens in Cakes
These are the FDA major allergens most often found in cakes — the exact list depends on the specific brands and ingredients you use.
- Wheat
- Eggs
Quickly Cottage detects all 9 FDA major allergens automatically from your ingredient list, not just these common ones.
Where You Can Sell in Delaware
Delaware permits cottage food sales at the following venues.
Direct from your home
Farmers markets
Events
Annual Sales Cap
No cap
No annual revenue cap. Cap removed 2023. Kitchen inspection still required.
Permit & Registration
A permit or registration is required
Requires a mandatory kitchen inspection. One of the most restrictive programs in the country despite having no revenue cap.
Frequently asked questions
What goes on a cakes label in Delaware?
A Delaware cakes label needs the product name, a complete ingredient list in descending order by weight, all FDA major allergens present, net weight, your business name and address, and Delaware's required disclosure: "This food is made in a Cottage Food Establishment and is NOT subject to routine Government Food Safety Inspections." Quickly Cottage builds all of this automatically.
What allergens are common in cakes?
Cakes typically contain: Wheat and Eggs. Quickly Cottage detects these automatically from the specific ingredients and brands you use.
Do I need to list sub-ingredients from a packaged mix on my Delaware cakes label?
Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Delaware and every other state. If you use a branded cake mix, frosting, or coating, its sub-ingredients must appear on your label. Quickly Cottage expands these automatically.
What is Delaware's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?
Delaware requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "This food is made in a Cottage Food Establishment and is NOT subject to routine Government Food Safety Inspections." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.
Can I sell cakes at a Delaware farmers market?
Yes — Delaware's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Delaware requirements, including the disclosure statement.
What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Delaware?
Delaware's cottage food annual sales cap is: No cap gross revenue.
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