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here in NC, baked goods and other "low-risk" foods are OK to make at home. you can be certified by the department of agriculture. i have a tiny kitchen and do wholesale (yes, there are lots of labelling requirements), weddings, and celebration cakes, as well as cakes to restaurants. one thing i am looking into for the summer when i have really heavy production weeks is the Blue Ridge Food Ventures, a non-profit "value added food processing center" kind of an incubator for food business and farmers, you can rent by the hour, they have EVERY kind of equipment you could imagine and its really cool. check and see if there is anything like that in your area... good luck... I really love working for myself and doing it at home (i'm a mama, too) so if you can make it work... do it!!!