Wow. I am so excited to start this blog! I love to share
what I do with others and this is a great opportunity!
I figured that I would start out by letting my readers and
clients know my story, and why I love decorating cakes so much!
It all started when I was 12 years old. I was in charge of
an activity night for my church group. I had always been interested in cooking,
baking, and other creative outlets, so I figured that having someone teach us
about cake decorating would be fun!
I still remember the cake! It was a white (cause that was my
favorite) cake that I iced in buttercream and piped a super messy shell boarder
around. Then the teacher added a few beautiful buttercream roses on top and I wrote
“Happy Mother’s Day” on top!
I took the cake home. I was so proud of myself. The teacher
had even let me take home a piping bag and a rose nail. I was going to master
the roses! I remember sitting at the dinner table for hours that night, trying
to get it right. I never did get it right that night, but I remember my dad
coming in and proclaiming that he could do it! I doubted that he could and what
he produced looked a whole lot more like a rose than what I had been making
did! I was upset and I vowed to never let my dad out do me at icing roses ever
again!
I was hooked! I knew that I needed to learn all I could
about this wonderful edible art! I begged my mom to let me buy some tips and
bags I had found on eBay, and it even came with a book to help me! I practiced
and practiced and practiced. I made cakes for everything! I gave cakes to my
neighbors, to my friends at school, and to my family. I just kept baking. I even
entered some cakes in our State Fair.
I did my first wedding cake at age 15 (pictured above). It was my first
stacked cake and I was TERRIFIED that it would fall over! It was still standing
at the end of the night, and I was so proud.
The path to where I am now was not an easy one! I have made
hundreds of cakes and I am still learning! Believe me when I say that I am
actually quite embarrassed to show you any early cakes of mine! I have gotten
so much better!
As I progress, learn more, and get better. I still remember
some of those early cakes. Here are a few of the very first cakes I ever made.
A true trip down memory lane!
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