Opening a street bakery in Tenerife

[lorand.firnigel]

Hi!

I would like to start a new business in Tenerife.
In Hungary there is a special cake, called "kürtös kalács".
I would like to bake this in a mobile vendor. The smell of the cake will attract everybody to the car and I think nobody bake this cake on the Islands.

What do you think about this?
The biggest question is that how can I operate this car? Should I rent a small area from the council?

Thank you for your answers!
Lorand

[junglejim]

WELCOME TO FORUM !
I think you would need a council licence and hygiene licence for starters - there are some mobile street vendors who sell food .
This link is your cake !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCrt%C5%91skal%C3%A1cs

[Kinney61]

MMMhhhh - chimney cakes - they are really lovely - hope you get your licence and certificates, I will be queuing up to buy!!

[lorand.firnigel]

Where did you buy chimney cake? I hope not in Tenerife :)

[Tickey]

I'm Hungary already :fpull:

[lorand.firnigel]

:) I think if you once taste this cake you will want to eat every day a chimney cake! Hot chocolate is a good idea!4738

[9PLUS]

Looks like Ikea carpet


Cheers

[lorand.firnigel]

:lol: But the taste is a little bit better

[Fivepence]

Does it taste as good as pea soup?.................................:whistle:

[9PLUS]

:lol: But the taste is a little bit better


I most say now i'm back in and i can see then on the computer, look great.


Any special filings, whats inside??

[lorand.firnigel]

No, its empty, because it is hollow. The dough is rolled to a wooden brick than we bake it.
The outside is the most important: it is sprinkled with sugar, walnut, almond, coconut, nutella or other sweet things!

[9PLUS]

No, its empty, because it is hollow. The dough is rolled to a wooden brick than we bake it.
The outside is the most important: it is sprinkled with sugar, walnut, almond, coconut, nutella or other sweet things!



**** yeah that sounds like one of those Hungarian cakes called kürtös kalács

[lorand.firnigel]

9Plus, in the first post I said I would like to bake a hungarian kurtoskalacs in Tenerife :)

I think there is more hungarian people like as I expected :)

[Kinney61]

Hi

No I didn't buy them in Tenerife, we have a lovely Hungarian lady in our home town who has a traditional stall. We love the chimney cakes - especially cinnamon.

[KirstyJay]

:) I think if you once taste this cake you will want to eat every day a chimney cake! Hot chocolate is a good idea!4738I had this in Romania. From a street vendor in Brashov. It was lovely!

[redarrow]

Somebody opened a 'chimney cake' shop near us last year. It went down the pan rapidly.

[lorand.firnigel]

Bad news :(

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Where was that shop?

[redarrow]

Near Playa Las Vistas beach. To be honest, the people who opened it were pretty clueless. The shop looked pretty bare and cheaply fitted. We thought it would have been a good idea if they had opened a proper coffee shop with the cakes being a focal point of the business, but they didn't even think about that, they just tried to sell these cakes and nothing else. They priced them at 3.50€ each, which was too expensive anyway. We worked out, that even at this price they would have to sell around 700 of these cakes a month at 3.50€ just to break even. They lasted less than a week and gave up.

[lorand.firnigel]

Ahh, it's really sad.
I think coffe and other beverages is a must.
And the exterior is an other important think. If it is not pleasant, nobody will come in to buy something...

They couldn't sell 700 in a month? I think if everything is Ok, the minimum is a 80-90 cake per a day...