Manda’s Mini Indulges needs your help!

Hi! My name is Amanda, and I run a small home business called Manda’s Mini Indulges. I specialise in Cheesecakes (150+ flavours), plus many other yummy treats.

In 2020, I opened a coffee shop selling coffee and cheesecake. Unfortunately, 5 weeks after opening, I had to close due to the Coronavirus pandemic. I spent every last penny I had getting that shop looking amazing. It was heartbreaking but there was nothing I could do, so I closed my shop and took my coffee and cheesecakes back home.

Since we were all in lockdown, I decided I would offer cheesecake & coffee deliveries! I started by posting an ordering window each morning on my Facebook Business Page, list what I had to offer in coffee and cheesecake then take everyone’s orders. I would make the coffee fresh from home then deliver to the customers. There was never any face-to-face contact, everything was done through messages and payment was made online. This proved to be very successful until the lockdowns lifted and people went back to work.

Each time we were thrown into lockdown, I would offer the services again, and again, it proved to be a huge success! People were still getting their coffee and cheesecake fix in lockdown and delivered straight to their door.

This is how I got the idea to go mobile and I purchased a coffee van with help from an amazing friend who loaned me the money. Everything was done legitimately; we even drew up an agreement and had it signed in front of a JP. My cheesecakes are popular all over Perth and I’m now attending sporting events, visiting schools and offices and any other events, markets, and food truck festivals that I can get to.

Unfortunately, about a month after purchasing the van, I started to have issues with the generator. I was referred to a place in Henderson called Cully’s. These guys were amazing and dropped everything to have a look. They got it running for me, but the wiring in the van was dodgy, so I had to take it back to get a new harness fitted and rewired. $1600 later, I had my van back and was back out there doing what I love most.

About a month after that, the generator stopped again. The guys at Cully’s kindly looked at it for me and suggested they put in a loan generator so I could go back to work and they would keep mine to see what was wrong with it. Turns out it needed a lot of work and I’m now left with a bill of $6,268.34, which I can’t afford. Cully’s have let me have 8 weeks to pay it off but even that isn’t long enough to come up with the funds. That’s why I’m here and I’m hoping people can support me and my small business to get back on its feet. I’ve lost income due to the generator issues, which is making it even harder to come up with the money to foot the bill. Despite the repairs, I’m still going to need a new generator in the near future and any extra funds I receive will go towards that.

I’ve never done anything like this before, and asking for help isn’t easy, but I’m desperate and my business is suffering.

I LOVE that everyone loves my coffee, I LOVE that everyone loves my cheesecakes. I’m onto something awesome here, but I really need to get this bill paid and enough funds to help me with a new generator. I need your help so that I can keep doing what I love, and making people happy. I hope in time, I’ll start to bring in an income too!

This business allows me to look after my 5-year-old son who is highly autistic. He doesn’t like to go out, and has other issues, so it’s easier to keep him home in his own environment. When I’m out with the van, I pay for babysitters a couple of times a week, which is why getting an income is so important. With so many outgoings at the moment, along with this huge bill, I can’t catch up.

Here is my story of how my cheesecakes came about:

Title & brief summary of my business:

Manda’s Mini Indulges

Being a cheesecake lover myself, I noticed the limited range of flavours amongst commercial entities offering cheesecakes. Manda’s Mini Indulges is fixing this problem. How? By ensuring that everyone can indulge in the pure joy of cheesecake regardless of dietary requirements or flavour preferences. There’s a cheesecake for everyone!

I cater for people with dietary needs such as those who are Gluten/Lactose Intolerant, Diabetics, people on special diets like Keto, those who want to eat healthier, and are more conscious of watching what they eat but are not averse to a healthy sweet treat.

Many families lead very busy lives these days leaving them time poor and struggling to find the time to make something special for their families, special events. Corporate events these days include a range of food and needs to meet a wide range of dietary requirements. Our range of mini cheesecakes does the same thing.

Cheesecakes from Manda’s Mini Indulges encourage people to have a little of what they like while minimising the risk of over-indulging. I make my cheesecakes from my kitchen at home (Council Approved), and they are fresh, on a made-to-order basis for busy families, special events and corporate event catering in various sizes. With my coffee van too, you can be assured there’ll be coffee at the ready and cheesecakes made with the freshest ingredients and ready to eat!

What is my inspiration?

This idea is inspired by my Mum who passed away on the 15th July 2017. She LOVED my cheesecakes and was always very supportive, encouraging me to do something with my passion. Now that she has passed, I still feel her support and encouragement. It gives me the drive and passion to take my cheesecake idea to the market and make them available to all. I am constantly creating different flavours, blends of flavours, and doing research into the less common dietary requirements and how we can meet them.

My vision for Manda’s Mini Indulges is to become known as providing the BEST home-made style, high quality cheesecakes at affordable prices catering for a wide range of dietary requirements so no-one needs to go without and everyone can indulge.

My signature cheesecake

Mum’s favourite chocolate bar was the Polly Waffle. I have recreated this into a cheesecake. It has a vanilla wafer base, a marshmallow cheesecake, topped with milk chocolate. YUM!

This is just ONE of my many cheesecakes that I have to offer.

I will attach a copy of my menu so you can see everything that I do and all the flavours I’ve done.