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Michigan Cakes Cottage Food Labels

Michigan'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 Michigan's required disclosure automatically.

Product

Vanilla Layer Cake

Ingredients

Yellow Cake Mix Betty Crocker
Creamy White Frosting Betty Crocker
Large Eggs
Vegetable Oil

Vanilla Layer Cake

Net Wt: 8 oz (227g)

Sunflower Home Bakery

412 Maple Ave, Springfield, MI

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:

Wheat Eggs

Made in a home kitchen not inspected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

What Every Michigan Label Needs

Every cottage food product sold in Michigan, 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 in a home kitchen not inspected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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 Michigan

Michigan permits cottage food sales at the following venues.

Direct from your home

Farmers markets

Online sales

Mail

Third-party delivery

Annual Sales Cap

$50,000

Gross annual revenue from all cottage food sales. HB 4122 (2025) raised the cap from $25,000 to $50,000.

Permit & Registration

No permit or registration required

No permit, license, or registration is required for cottage food operations in Michigan.

Frequently asked questions

What goes on a cakes label in Michigan?

A Michigan 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 Michigan's required disclosure: "Made in a home kitchen not inspected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development." 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 Michigan cakes label?

Yes. This is an FDA labeling rule that applies in Michigan 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 Michigan's required disclosure statement for cottage food labels?

Michigan requires this exact language on every cottage food label: "Made in a home kitchen not inspected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development." Quickly Cottage adds it automatically to every cakes label.

Can I sell cakes at a Michigan farmers market?

Yes — Michigan's cottage food law permits sales at farmers markets. Your label still needs to meet all Michigan requirements, including the disclosure statement.

What is the annual cottage food sales cap in Michigan?

Michigan's cottage food annual sales cap is: $50,000 gross revenue.

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