How to make an app for a cake shop

A cake shop's diary is full of small details that must be right: the flavour, the weight, eggless or not, the name spelled correctly, the time of pickup. An app keeps every order with these details, the advance paid, and a list of what the kitchen must bake for tomorrow.

Updated 2026-11-09

Who uses the app

Usually the owner and the counter staff. If only the counter phone takes orders, the data can stay on that phone. If the baker in the kitchen and the counter both use it, or customers order themselves, connect your own Supabase database; for online advances, connect your Razorpay account too.

The screens a cake shop app needs

Orders by date: Upcoming cakes grouped by delivery date and time, with pickup or delivery marked
New order: Customer name and phone, flavour, weight, eggless, message on the cake, design photo, date, time, advance and balance
Kitchen list: Tomorrow's cakes for the baker: flavour, weight, design notes and the exact words to write
Deliveries: Today's deliveries with address, time, a Google Maps button and a call button, including midnight orders
Customers: Past orders by phone number, with each customer's birthdays and anniversaries
Payments: Advances taken, balances due on delivery, and the day's total

Features worth asking for

The message on the cake stored exactly as the customer wrote it, shown big on the kitchen list
A reference photo attached to each order
Advance and balance per order, with a balance reminder on WhatsApp
An order confirmation on WhatsApp with flavour, weight, date and price filled in
Birthday reminder list: customers whose child's birthday is next month, with a WhatsApp greeting
Rates per kg for each flavour, so the price is worked out as the weight is chosen
An order slip as a PDF to print and stick on the cake box

Where the data lives

If one phone at the counter takes orders, the data stays on it. If the kitchen sees orders on another phone, or customers order and pay an advance in the app, connect your own Supabase database and your own Razorpay account; advances go straight to you.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide what the app does. List the screens you need, for example: Orders by date, New order, Kitchen list, Deliveries, Customers.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, changed to your own business and details.
Check the plan. AppCub shows the screens and features it will build. Change them in the chat until they are right; seeing the plan is free.
Try it on your phone. The app runs live next to the chat. Scan the QR code to install it, and ask for changes.
Share it. Share it as a web link, an APK file, or publish it on Google Play from your own developer account.

Copy this request, change the details to match your cake shop, and paste it into AppCub:

Make an app for my cake shop, Sweet Layer Cakes in Indore. Screens: orders by date, new order, kitchen list, deliveries, customers and payments. A new order has customer name and phone, flavour, weight (0.5, 1, 2 kg), message on the cake, a design photo, date and time, pickup or delivery, advance and balance. Work out the price from my rate per kg plus ₹200 for photo print. Show tomorrow's kitchen list. Send the order confirmation on WhatsApp. Remind me of customers' birthdays next month. Print an order slip as a PDF. Pink and white colours.

Tips for a cake shop app

Start with new order, orders by date and the kitchen list. Add the birthday list once you have a few weeks of orders.
Ask for the message on the cake to be read back on the WhatsApp confirmation, so the customer checks the spelling.
Give AppCub your rate card per kg and add-ons; the price then comes out the same every time.
Save the birthday date with the customer's consent, and send greetings only to people who ordered from you.
Before a festive rush, enter a few test orders for one day to see the kitchen list fills the screen the way your baker likes.

What it costs

Describing your app and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
A new app usually takes 60 to 110 credits. Start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits, enough for one app and a few changes) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499. Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Google Play needs a paid plan (it includes the Play Store bundle and your app’s signing key) and your own Google Play developer account, a one-time US$25 fee to Google.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

AppCub doesn't connect to Zomato, Swiggy or billing machines, and it doesn't send automatic SMS or WhatsApp messages. Confirmations and reminders go out when you tap the WhatsApp button.
AppCub builds Android apps. You can also share the app as a web link that opens on any phone; for the iPhone App Store, AppCub’s team can do it for you.

Questions

Can a cake shop app stop me from missing an order date?

Yes. Orders are grouped by date and time, and the kitchen list shows tomorrow's cakes, so nothing sits only in a WhatsApp chat.

Can customers order a cake and pay an advance in the app?

Yes. Ask for a customer screen to pick flavour, weight and date, and a pay button using your own Razorpay account. Connect Supabase and Razorpay first.

Can I attach the design picture a customer sent?

Yes. Each order can have a photo attached, and the kitchen list shows it with the order.

Can the app remind me of repeat birthdays?

Yes. Ask for a list of customers whose saved birthday is next month, with a WhatsApp button for each. You send the messages yourself.

Can my baker see orders on a separate phone?

Yes, once you connect a Supabase database; then the counter and the kitchen see the same orders.

Can I make the app in Hindi for my staff?

Yes. You can talk to AppCub in Hindi or Hinglish and ask for Hindi labels on the screens, while flavour names stay as you write them.

Make your cake shop app

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