I’m from a long line of fantastic bakers.
My mom used to bake and decorate beautiful wedding cakes when my sisters and I were young. She would hand us leftover icing and have us practice piping with buttercream on a parchment lined cookie sheet. I was so eager to be able to pipe as well as she could and relished opportunities to practice. On rainy days and school vacations she would bake sugar cookies with us and it soon became one of our favorite activities.
As I got older I tried my hand at a few cakes. They caused me a lot of anxiety and I quickly decided cakes were not for me. After getting married and starting a family I continued to bake as a hobby and I would score a commissioned job here and there. I always wanted to work in a bakery but being home with my boys and available for my family was my number one priority.