§1What this business is

Corn flour (or vanilla) and water are made into a paste and heated to 80°C, then cooled; soybean oil is mixed with citric acid; GMS and CMC are added as emulsifier and stabiliser; both parts are blended in an electric mixer and packed hygienically. Cake gel is a whipping aid for bakeries: the report says it cuts whipping time by 50–70% and gives a stable batter and even crumb.

Capacity: 720 kg a day on the semi-automatic plant; 40% capacity in year 1.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone with a food-technology background and links to bakeries and bakery distributors.

Who it is not for

Someone without food-safety knowledge or bakery contacts.

Advantages

  • Every commercial bakery uses cake gel
  • Simple mixing process with few machines
  • Raw materials are standard food ingredients
  • Repeat orders once a bakery likes the product

Drawbacks

  • The sample report's cost figures do not agree; get your own detailed report
  • Raw material is about 72% of sales
  • Established bakery-ingredient brands dominate
  • Food-additive rules must be followed closely

Skills you need

  • Food emulsifier formulation
  • Hygienic batch processing
  • Testing performance in real cake batches
  • Selling to bakeries

Why difficulty 3/5: Simple plant, but food-additive compliance and bakery selling take expertise.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Commercial bakeries and cake shops
  • Hotels and caterers
  • Home bakers

How it sells

  • Bakery-ingredient distributors
  • Direct supply to bakeries
  • Online stores for baking supplies

Good to know

  • The report expects sales of ₹98.45 lakh in year 1 rising to ₹184.11 lakh in year 5.
  • The report describes cake gel as a better-performing substitute for baking powder.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Electric oven (heats the corn-flour paste to 80°C)——
Mixer with electric beater——
Automatic packaging machine——
All plant and machinery together (itemised table)—₹5.70 lakh

From: PMEGP sample project report — Cake Gel (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Soybean oilbase oil
  • Corn flour or vanillakeeps the cake white
  • Emulsifiers (GMS) and stabilisers (CMC, xanthan gum)give volume and stop cakes sinking
  • Citric acidnatural preservative
  • Packing materialraw material together ₹70.56 lakh in year 1 of the report

From: PMEGP sample project report — Cake Gel (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

In our raw material database

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§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence
  2. Udyam registration
  3. GST
  4. Trade licence
  5. Factory licence
  6. Pollution Control Board NOC
  7. BIS certification (as listed in the report)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

The report is a PMEGP sample. Bakery-ingredient units can also fit PMFME; MUDRA and CGTMSE can back the loan.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Itemised cost: plant & machinery ₹5.70 lakh + furniture ₹0.25 lakh + other assets ₹0.50 lakh + working capital ₹0.86 lakh = ₹7.30 lakh. The summary page of the same report states ₹23.00 lakh (term loan ₹16.20 lakh, working capital ₹4.50 lakh), so the report is internally inconsistent.

Working capital: The itemised table shows working capital of ₹0.86 lakh, but year-1 raw material is ₹70.56 lakh, so expect to need far more; the summary shows ₹4.50 lakh.

Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.

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§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

2106.90Food preparations not elsewhere specified

Export council / board: APEDA

  • Check each importing country's list of permitted food additives before exporting.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Batch spoilage or inconsistency
  • Ingredient price rise
  • Food-safety non-compliance
  • Losing bakery accounts to big brands

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working cake gel (cake improver) manufacturing unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (FSSAI licence, Udyam registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

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§12Watch

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Cake Gel (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.