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Maryland Cakes Cottage Food Labels
Maryland'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 Maryland's required disclosure automatically.
Product
Ingredients
Vanilla Layer Cake
Net Wt: 8 oz (227g)
Sunflower Home Bakery
412 Maple Ave, Springfield, MD
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:
Made by a cottage food business that is not subject to Maryland's food safety regulations.
What Every Maryland Label Needs
Every cottage food product sold in Maryland, including cakes, needs a label with the following.
- All 9 FDA major allergens present
- Complete ingredient list, in descending order by weight
- Business name
- Business address
- Product name
- Net weight
- "Not inspected" disclosure statement
Required Label Disclosure
Made by a cottage food business that is not subject to Maryland's food safety regulations.
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 Maryland
Maryland permits cottage food sales at the following venues.
Direct from your home
Farmers markets
Retail
Online sales
Annual Sales Cap
$50,000
Gross annual revenue from all cottage food sales.
Permit & Registration
No permit or registration required
No permit or license is required for cottage food operations in Maryland.
Frequently asked questions
What goes on a cakes label in Maryland?
A Maryland 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 Maryland's required disclosure: "Made by a cottage food business that is not subject to Maryland's food safety regulations." 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 Maryland cakes label?
Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Maryland 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 Maryland's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?
Maryland requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "Made by a cottage food business that is not subject to Maryland's food safety regulations." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.
Can I sell cakes at a Maryland farmers market?
Yes — Maryland's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Maryland requirements, including the disclosure statement.
What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Maryland?
Maryland's cottage food annual sales cap is: $50,000 gross revenue.
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