I support Manchester United http://fittor.fun/eronatic/ anmer sox Britain is, quite literally, baking its way out of recession. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of independent bakeries increased by five per cent between 2011 and 2012. Simple Business Insurance received 2,000 quote requests from cake entrepreneurs last year: an increase of 325 per cent since Bake Off began. From suppliers (such as Bakers Toolkit, set up by Apprentice runner-up Luisa Zissman) to independent bakeries, owning a baking business is – as Vogue magazine described it – “the career fantasy of our times”.