How this all got started...​​

I am a self taught baker and decorator. I have always wanted to take classes but so far I have not. 21 years ago I decided that I wanted to make my daughter's birthday cakes, rather than buy them at the store. For her second birthday I did my best to replicate a doggie in a basket cake that I found in Parent's magazine. Although far from perfect, it set in motion the desire to get better and try new ideas. Eventually I bought a pastry bag and two tips, a number 3 round and a 16 star. I didn't make my frosting at first, but used the canned, already made. I had to learn to compensate for my warm hands, because the heat would make the frosting too soft and my stars wouldn't hold their shape. I realized I would need to make my own frosting if I wanted to get better and I am so glad I did. As the years went by, friends would ask me to do cakes for their children and then people who attended their parties would contact me. It has never become a business, but rather just a hobby that I occassionally get compensated for, and that is how I want it to stay.