How I became a "caker"
                                                                   My Cake Journey

          So I mentioned in my bio that I am cake baker and decorator. What does that mean? It means I spend countless hours creating cake masterpieces for any special occasion. I absolutely love baking and creating awesome cakes. I started baking at a young age and have come up with all my cake recipes on my own. I make everything homemade and from scratch. I have tweaked them into perfection in my opinion. But I may be partial lol.

 How It all started?
     As I stated previously, I always loved to bake and create new concoctions, but becoming a cake decorator was out of pure stubbornness and determination. It all started back in 2011 for my daughter's 2nd birthday. She wanted a girly John Deere cake. I asked around local bakeries but all they had were cookie cutter green and yellow cakes. Nothing out of the box or original. I decided that I could do this! I would create her perfect cake! I made it my mission to do so. I spent time learning to work with fondant and made test cakes. I started to experiment with making my own fondant. The store stuff didn't taste good to me and was pricey.  After lots of trail and errors I made it happen! I made her perfect cake.

The cake that started it all!

   
Then what?
     Brooke's cake was a start to a new trend. I realized that I loved creating cakes. I liked the challenge. I wanted to bigger and better my craft. I am completely self taught. I actually Major in marine biology! Talk about opposite sides of the spectrum lol. I love both, but cakes allow me to home school Brooke and show my creativity. Whats not to love about that? So as I was saying, I kept trying new techniques out and learning how to do more and more with decorating.  I did most of this by looking at pictures online and trying my version of it. I started to make cakes for family.

cake for my brother

cake for my brother in law

My first big sculpted cake. Made for My hubby.

     Each cake I learned new things and bettered myself. I started to do cakes for friends in addition to family. I taught myself how to sculpt things. For Brooke's 3rd birthday she wanted a bug cake. I made hand painted gum paste butterflies.

Brooke's 3rd birthday cake.

     I got better with sculpting things and making things out of fondant, chocolate, and even melted candy. I started making cakes all occasions for friends and family. Here are just some of them.

Brooke's cakes through the years.

Brooke turn 4

sculpted car replica

Brooke  turns 5

Brooke is 6. Dino theme

Brookes 7th

      Earlier this year, my husband and I competed in a local cake wars. We went up against groups of 3-5.  We had 2 hrs to create a cake. We won the wars and had so much fun. Everyone who was in the wars was so talented. The theme was decades and we chose the 60's. Never in a million years did I think that almost 6 years ago making that first cake would have turned into all this!

Me with our winning cake.

 My most recent cakes from last 2 weekends.

      This goes to show you that you really can do anything you put your mind to! With enough time and motivation you can do it! I hope you all enjoyed reading about my how I become a caker journey! Til next time, xoxo