CakeMaster: Order Builder and Kitchen Queue

Our family bakery receives dozens of individual cake orders every week by phone and email, and passing requests to the kitchen has become chaotic. We need a web application where the customer builds the order themselves and makes a deposit online, while bakers see a neat, organized queue of work. The heart of the application is the cake builder: the customer chooses the base (sponge, chiffon, red velvet, gluten-free), then filling and frosting (chocolate ganache, salted caramel, berry mousse, mascarpone), size or number of tiers, and an inscription. Each choice instantly recalculates the price and shows estimated preparation time so we don't overbook a busy Saturday. The delivery date scheduler must account for our workload: close already-filled dates, require a minimum of 48 hours for multi-tier cakes, and offer free slots for pickup. After order confirmation, the customer pays a deposit (about thirty percent) by card, with the balance marked as payment upon pickup. The kitchen needs a board-queue grouped by delivery days: configuration details, allergen notes, deposit status, and a baking sheet for printing. The baker moves the ticket through stages: accepted, baking, decorating, ready. Deliverables: responsive client interface, admin panel for flavors and load management, deposit payment integration, email and SMS notifications, simple sales reports.