Bake & Make

Bake & Make is our bakery at Vignana Nagar Jawaharlal Nehru Road. We have been here for a long time. Every morning starts at four o’clock when we turn on the ovens. The air gets warm and smells like yeast and sugar. We spend a lot of time mixing dough in big plastic bowls. Our hands are almost always covered in flour. We make bread, biscuits, and some cakes for birthdays. The display cases are made of glass and we have to wipe them many times because of fingerprints. Jawaharlal Nehru Road is a busy place and people stop by on their way to work. We don't have a fancy coffee machine, just a small pot we keep on the side. The floor is made of old tiles and some are cracked. We don't have much room for people to wait inside. Most people just stand near the door. We write our prices on a chalkboard. It’s a simple way to do things. We don't have a website or a phone that rings much. People just know we are here. Sometimes the oven doesn't heat up as fast as we want, so we have to adjust. We do all the cleaning ourselves at the end of the day. It’s tiring but we like seeing the empty shelves by the time we close. It means we did a good job.